Saturn Five - Operations Associate

Trinity Park Talent•Denver, CO

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Saturn Five is seeking an execution powerhouse to join its Operations Team in Denver as an Operations Associate. This role supports and strengthens a growing portfolio of enduring small businesses through operational execution, analytics, and project management. The ideal candidate will thrive in a culture that values variety, loves small business, and offers direct exposure to the operating realities of growing small businesses and the investment strategies that support them. Saturn Five is currently deploying a nearly $200 million investment fund focused on acquiring outstanding small businesses with strong cultures, resilient cash flows, and long-term growth potential. The company emphasizes stewardship over short-term optimization, operates as a long-term-hold investor, partners closely with management teams, and prioritizes the long-term health of its owned businesses.

Requirements

Meticulous attention to detail, a strong bias toward action, and amazing follow through.
Comfortable consolidating financial information, documenting operational processes, managing complex projects, and supporting leadership teams.
Resourceful, service-oriented, and willing to jump into unfamiliar or challenging situations.
Bachelor's degree in finance, business, or a related field.
3–5 years of professional experience in operations, finance, business analytics, consulting, investment management, private equity support, or a related environment.
Solid financial acumen - knowledge of general finance and budgeting, and comfort with three-statement financial models, including profit and loss (P&L), balance sheet, and statement of cash flows.
Advanced Excel and Google Sheet capabilities.
Fluency with tech (especially AI) tools.
Demonstrated ability to aggregate, synthesize, and visualize data clearly for others.
Strong project management capabilities with demonstrated excellence handling multiple parallel projects.
Laser-focused control of your calendar and tracking your to-dos.
Exceptional execution and follow-through; someone who consistently completes work accurately, thoughtfully, and faster than expected.
High attention to detail and organizational discipline.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to adapt communication styles across investors, executives, operators, and external partners.
Strong emotional intelligence and willingness to proactively communicate challenges, needs, and important information.
Ability to assess, implement, and manage software tools to address business needs.
Demonstrated initiative, accountability, and sound judgment.
Strong interest in small businesses and long-term investing.
Ability to leverage AI tools productively while maintaining independent critical thinking.
Questionably high tolerance for tired jokes.

Nice To Haves

Expertise with project management tools like Asana and/or Notion is a major plus.
Experience with business intelligence, dashboarding, SQL, or data visualization tools is a plus.

Responsibilities

Manage the integration of new acquisitions (transitions), ensuring entities are established properly and all financial and operational changes are handled correctly and completed on time.
Execute on operational, support, special research, or administrative projects for the Ops Team or within portfolio companies.
Support periodic CEO gatherings and best-practice-sharing events.
Execute and manage the monthly financial reporting process for portfolio companies, including compiling data into standardized templates and coordinating senior-level reviews.
Support quarterly investment performance reporting to senior management and investors.
Support Operating Partners to collect, organize, systematize, and analyze portfolio-company operating metrics.
Aggregate, synthesize, and visualize operational and financial data to support decision-making.
Identify, implement, and manage technology tools to optimize Operations Team processes and information gathering.