Position Summary: New Catalyst Strategic Partners is looking to add an Investor to work collaboratively with firm leadership and help execute the fund's investment activities across a range of private markets strategies. The successful candidate will exhibit a proactive, entrepreneurial mindset and strong communication and financial modeling skills. This is an exciting opportunity to join a new private investment firm as an early team member and participate alongside firm leadership in many key activities required to start and scale a successful alternative investment firm.

This role will allow candidates to gain hands-on experience in supporting emerging managers build and scale their business (such as: operational support, fundraising, infrastructure development, and team hiring). The candidate will have exposure to evaluating both investments in managers and in their underlying portfolio companies, providing a comprehensive understanding of private markets. This role is ideal for individuals who enjoy entrepreneurial environments while benefitting from the resources and engagement from one of the world’s largest asset managers, Apollo Global Management (see below for more details).

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Play an active role in investment transactions (both manager due diligence and company diligence) from start to finish, including screening opportunities, conducting due diligence, and preparing investment memos
• Manage deal pipeline CRM and assist in prioritizing managers for investment consideration
• Build and maintain financial models for transactions across: (i) GP seeding /staking investments, (ii) Co-sponsored / co-investment direct transactions, (iii) Primary fund underwriting and (iv) Secondaries
• Draft investment committee memos to synthesize findings from investment due diligence
• Participate in manager meetings and due diligence sessions
• Coordinate operational due diligence workflow and facilitate closing process
• Supervise and mentor junior investors/interns as the team expands
• Support the development of pitch materials and marketing collateral (including preparing presentations and financial analysis) for New Catalyst’s fundraising initiatives. Draft responses for investor questionnaires and create analysis to respond to investor questions
• Assist with firm strategic initiatives / special projects (business development, bespoke research projects, white papers, etc.) on an as-needed basis

KEY QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree with outstanding academic credentials
• A minimum of 2+ years experience in financial services (private equity, investment banking, consulting, M&A, corporate strategy etc.), with a strong interest in a career in Private Equity
• Strong Excel proficiency with experience in financial analysis and financial modelling
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Ability to conduct industry research, articulate opinions and write clear and concise memoranda on investment opportunities
• Experience in principal investing / secondaries / GP seeding / GP stakes / manager selection are a plus but not required

OTHER PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS

• Entrepreneurial mindset – excited to take initiative as a self-starter and be proactive
• Team-player with strong personal values, work ethic and demonstrated maturity
• Creative and nimble thinker, capable of developing new ways of thinking about a problem
• Willingness to travel as needed for diligence meetings, conferences, etc.

To apply, please submit your application here: https://uidvpod8crc.typeform.com/to/XPp6Xfo3

Employer: New Catalyst (the “Firm”) is an independent, alternative investment firm focused on GP seeding and providing related growth capital solutions to emerging fund managers (“Next Generation GPs”). The Firm will focus predominantly on private equity strategies (buyout, special situations, growth equity) with opportunistic exposure to other private market strategies. The Fund was founded with support from and in strategic partnership with Apollo Global Management, Inc (“Apollo”), including a cornerstone capital commitment and operational support to help create value for the Firm and its investments.

The Firm will provide Next Generation GPs with a range of solutions including: (i) Seeding new private market firms; (ii) Acceleration capital for existing private market firms; (iii) Co-sponsoring company acquisitions; and (iv) Providing catalytic growth capital for launching new investment strategies, scaling investment teams and other structured investments.

Led by a group of experienced investors, New Catalyst's leadership has significant experience identifying, evaluating, investing in – and partnering with – Next Generation GPs to build enduring investment franchises and to help those franchises realize their potential.
For more information on New Catalyst, visit https://www.newcatalystsp.com/