Investment Associate - Venture Capital / Growth Capital

We are a North-West based, private investor supporting early-stage companies who are developing innovative engineering technologies that solve real world problems.

We are well-capitalised with a small but strong portfolio which we are looking to grow and we now seek an investment professional to join our team.

We make equity investments, typically at Pre-Seed to Seed stage and on occasion up to Series A. Ticket sizes range between £200k and £2m.

What the role offers:

• Primarily: involvement in all aspects of the investment process including deal sourcing, appraisal, structuring and execution with responsibility for financial due diligence and commercial analysis
• Opportunity to contribute to overall development of the business and the investment strategy
• Mentoring and supervising a finance assistant
• Responsibility for financial processes and procedures including budgeting, monthly and year-end accounts production

What we are looking for:

• ACA/ACCA or CIMA qualification and 2 years+ post-qualification experience ideally in a SME environment
• 2 years+ experience of investing venture capital or growth capital
• Strong technical financial modelling skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Comfortable in a small team, self-motivated and able to work independently with plenty of scope to grow
• Understanding of or interest in, an engineering (not software) discipline would be advantageous

We are an equal opportunities employer.