Investment Director or Manager, successful lower mid cap buyouts, Munich

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About our client

Our client is a successful independent private equity firm backed by a distinctive, value-add group of investors. As an active investor, they pursue opportunities in the lower mid-cap space with an emphasis on the value-creation agenda, targeting companies with powerful growth potential, an established market position and independent management teams. The investor base enables them to adopt a long-term view, and offer portfolio companies capital, expertise, and access to a wide industrial and strategic network.

The firm's core market is the DACH region, though they have also built momentum in the Scandinavian market for several years and have completed a significant number of successful investments in Nordics.

They are now looking to hire an Investment Manager or Director to strengthen their deal team and add dedicated resource for DACH. Principally, the new team member will support buyout transactions along the entire private equity investment lifecycle, from deal origination through all aspects of due diligence, leveraged financing, contract work and negotiations, post-closing portfolio work and potential add-on acquisitions until the successful exit.

The roles will be based in the firm's existing Munich office.

What the job involves

• Sourcing and analysis of deal flow, management of due diligence, structuring / financing, negotiations and execution end to end
• Creation and implementation of value creation initiatives to optimise the portfolio companies through to exit
• Strategic development of the business and the wider group

Who we are looking for

• An experienced mid-level direct investor with initial professional experience gained at a top tier investment bank or consultancy firm, followed by meaningful direct private equity investment exposure
• Active local network of advisers and entrepreneurs, together with the confidence and drive to drive new business development and secure attractive investment opportunities
• Relationship-led approach, effective at winning the trust of founders and managers, able to influence and create genuine cultural points of difference to rival firms
• Outstanding commercial judgement and high degree of execution competence
• Strong drive, self-motivation and yearning to have a lasting impact. The role would be on a clear partner track, so you need to demonstrate ambition and credibility for this step-up medium term
• Native level German and fluent English language skills are a must.