Private Equity Associate

Soul Equity Solutions • New York, NY

14h • Onsite

About The Position

The Associate will join a growing team, in their NYC office. This opportunity offers broad, hands-on experience across the full investment lifecycle, with particular depth in deal execution, portfolio value creation, and M&A-driven platform building. Given the firm’s active pace of add-on activity across its platforms, Associates are exposed to an unusually high volume of live deal work relative to peers at larger firms.

Requirements

• 2–3 years of experience in investment banking (M&A, leveraged finance, or industry coverage)
• Undergraduate degree with a strong academic record
• Extensive financial modeling skills, including LBO and merger analysis
• Strong work ethic and comfort operating in a high-ownership, entrepreneurial environment
• Mature, professional candidate with strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Genuine interest in consumer and industrial businesses; intellectual curiosity about how companies are built

Responsibilities

• Support senior investment professionals across sourcing, execution, and portfolio management.
• Build and analyze detailed financial models, including LBO models and acquisition analyses.
• Support and manage due diligence across multiple workstreams on live transactions.
• Draft investment committee memoranda, term sheets, and letters of intent.
• Prepare materials for internal and external stakeholders; interface with bankers, consultants, and advisors.
• Support platform companies through active add-on acquisition processes, from origination through close.
• Analyze portfolio company performance and key operating metrics.
• Participate in board meetings, management presentations, and strategy sessions.
• Assist with capital structure optimization and debt and equity capital raising initiatives.
• Conduct industry research and market mapping across consumer and industrial verticals.
• Identify and evaluate new platform and add-on investment opportunities.
• Support proactive proprietary sourcing efforts alongside senior team members.
• Support Fund V fundraising and LP communications as the firm approaches its next capital raise.
• Portfolio monitoring, reporting, and value creation initiatives across operations, talent, and technology.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level