Venture and Private Equity Associate
U.S. International Development Finance Corporation
At the Development Finance Corporation (DFC), you’ll have the chance to make a meaningful impact by driving solutions to critical challenges in the developing world, ranging from climate change, COVID-19, energy poverty, and food insecurity.
About the role:
As a Venture & Private Equity Associate you will support complex, sensitive, or precedent-setting direct equity investments.
What you’ll do:
- As a Venture & Private Equity Associate you will conduct analyses of direct equity proposals to determine their market, competitive, business, and financial viability, including review of financial statements, proforma financial models and valuation analyses.
- Conduct desk and field visits, correspondence with officials of the host country, industry experts, private firm representatives, Embassy personnel and other sources needed to analyze applications for U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) financing.
- Prepare investment memos by synthesizing due diligence analysis to present potential investments to various committees for approval.
- Build financial models and valuation analyses for prospective investments.
- Support team in sourcing new potential investments, managing deal pipeline, and taking investments from screening, due diligence, structuring, negotiating, to closing.
- Support team on administrative duties and tasks as needed.
Experience we’re looking for:
(1) Experience assisting in conducting direct equity investing, including venture capital, private equity, and/or investment banking;
(2) Experience building financial models and valuation analyses;
(3) Experience preparing and writing investment memos.
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B. A Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree; or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree; or possession of a LL.M. degree, if related. Graduate level education must demonstrate the competencies necessary to do the work of the position;
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C. A combination of education and experience as listed above.
