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About the Role

The European Mid-Market strategy, launched in 2019, has successfully raised a €3.0bn second fund and continues to expand its investment activities across the UK and Europe. This role offers the opportunity to help build a market-leading franchise within ICG, a leading alternative asset manager, while developing within a significant growth phase. The role involves supporting the origination, diligence, execution, and monitoring of European fund investments, providing significant responsibility and exposure to all aspects of the investment process.

Responsibilities

Support deal team on developing and refining an investment thesis.
Undertake financial and commercial analysis to support investment decisions and assess key risks.
Lead financial modelling, including operating scenarios, valuation analysis and capital structure structuring.
Analyse and challenge findings from sell-side due diligence, particularly financial and commercial workstreams.
Scope and help drive targeted buy-side due diligence.
Assess the achievability of management’s plan and strategic initiatives.
Prepare papers for Investment Committee discussions.
Drive work streams which help complete transactions including funds flow, tax structuring and short-term cash flows.
Drive identified post deal actions.
Help capture and assess value creation activities.
Assist with bolt-on targeting and execution, working collaboratively with our investee management teams and internal Value Creation Team.
Help monitor monthly financial progress.
Support the ICG team with internal valuations, reporting and exit planning.
Help identify and research potential platform targets.
Organise and participate in calls to gain early market insight.
Attend adviser meetings with bankers and strategy consultants to early build knowledge of opportunities.
Help actively think about and drive angles around opportunities.

Requirements

3-5 years' experience in a role providing exposure to M&A transactions, investing or related strategic analysis.
Experience in investment banking, transaction advisory, due diligence, strategy consulting, private equity, private debt or a related field.
Buy-side experience would be a plus, particularly from private equity or structuring investing background.
Interest in working across geographies and sectors.
Fluent English required.
Other European language capabilities would be an advantage.
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint is expected.
A proactive approach to adopting emerging technologies, including AI tools, would be a strong advantage.
Strong communication abilities both within the organization and with external parties.
Self-starter with a proactive approach and strong sense of ownership.
Intellectual curiosity and a genuine interest in businesses, industries and investing.
Reliable and adaptable.
Excellent interpersonal skills - ability to build effective relationships with management teams, advisers and colleagues.
Strong commercial judgement and problem-solving ability.
Keen eye for detail.

Skills

Financial modelling
Commercial analysis
Financial analysis
Due diligence
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft PowerPoint
AI tools

Location

London, St Pauls

Work Type

Permanent
full-time

Experience Level

Associate

Benefits

Supporting your mental, physical and financial wellbeing as well as your lifestyle needs.
Fit for purpose and competitive, no matter who or where you are.
Long term and sustainable in design.

About the Company

ICG is one of Europe's largest and fastest-growing alternative asset managers, with approximately $126bn of assets under management.
ICG is a market leader in partnership capital investing, a fast-growing niche within the broader private equity market.
The Mid-Market team comprises 22 investment professionals across the UK, France, Germany, Italy and the Nordics.

Equal Opportunity

Inclusion is one of ICG’s key values and we are committed to creating an equitable and inclusive workplace for everyone.
By welcoming different perspectives, we strengthen ICG’s performance, enrich decision-making and contribute to better outcomes for our clients, colleagues, and the markets we serve.
Accordingly, our recruitment processes provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees, regardless of age, ethnicity, disability, sex, gender, sexual orientation, religion, or any other characteristic protected by local law.
We are equally committed to delivering an inclusive and accessible candidate experience. If you require information in an alternative format, additional time for assessments, an adjusted interview schedule, or any other support during the recruitment process, please let us know.