🚀 Investment Manager

Overview

We are currently mandated with a growth buyout fund looking to expand into the SME market.

Your Role

As an Investment Manager, you will take on a highly entrepreneurial role and actively shape the build-up of our new direct investment strategy. Your responsibilities, which will be supported by an Investment Associate, include:

• Strategy Development: Co-designing and refining our direct PE strategy; defining investment themes, targets and criteria.
• Deal Sourcing & Origination: Actively sourcing platform and add-on investment opportunities. Building and leveraging networks, initiating outreach, proactively meeting potential targets and identifying off-market deal flow.
• Financial & Market Analysis: Deep market research, competitive benchmarking, financial modelling, including LBO modelling, valuation work, and preparing investment memos.
• Due Diligence & Deal Execution: Leading, coordinating and managing due diligence workstreams (commercial, financial, legal, tax, operational, ESG), structuring acquisitions and debt financing, co-leading SPA and SHA negotiations
• Portfolio Support & Value Creation: Supporting the portfolio companies post-acquisition as a non-executive board member, helping define growth and operational strategies, identifying and executing add-ons, and preparing for exits.

What You Bring

• Outstanding academic background: Bachelor's, Master or MBA from a leading university with excellent study results
• Relevant Experience: 5+ years of working experience with at least 3 years of hands-on experience in small- or mid-cap private equity, corporate M&A, or M&A investment banking. Solid track record in deal sourcing/origination is essential.
• Transaction & Structuring Expertise: Experience with financial modelling (LBO etc.), valuation, structuring of transactions, conducting due diligence, debt financing, familiarity with SPA/SHA or equivalent deal documentation, and negotiating terms.
• Analytical & Entrepreneurial Mindset: Excellent analytical skills; ability to think strategically; strong problem-solving; being proactive, self-motivated, and able to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Communication & Stakeholder Skills: Strong communicator; capable of interacting with entrepreneurs, management teams, external advisors, and legal/finance counterparties. Persuasive, confident.
• Languages: Native in German and fluent in English .
• Personality Fit: Driven, motivated, collaborative, hands-on, with a true entrepreneurial spirit and a passion for building companies.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Finance and Strategy/Planning

Industries

• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals

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