Senior Finance Associate - Global Private Equity Analytics

Bain Capital • Boston, MA

3d • $95,000 - $110,000

About The Position

Bain Capital is seeking a Senior Associate to join its Global Private Equity Analytics data function. The role connects raw financial and operational data with limited partners (LPs), deal teams, senior leadership, and Investor Relations. The successful candidate will deliver existing processes while improving how analytics are produced and delivered.

The position supports fundraising and LP engagement by preparing accurate, timely analysis and bespoke data deliverables in response to investor requests. It also identifies manual, repetitive, or error-prone workflows and develops tools to improve or automate them. Solutions may include Power BI models, Alteryx workflows, scripts, applications, or workflows built with Claude Code. The role contributes to enterprise applications developed with agentic coding tools and partners with Data Governance to maintain an interpretable, documented, and trustworthy data lake.

The role works across Finance, Investor Relations, Capital Markets, IT, Data Governance, and Investment Professionals to understand upstream data and downstream needs. Success includes independently handling standard LP data requests within the first few months and, within the first year, delivering a meaningful process improvement or tool and contributing to a cross-functional data initiative.

Requirements

• 2–6 years of experience.
• Fund accounting experience or a similar accounting or finance background, with interest in moving into data, analytics, and AI-driven work.
• Proactive approach and willingness to understand the purpose behind tasks and take ownership of problems end-to-end.
• Comfort with ambiguity and willingness to acknowledge when an answer is not known.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Clear communication skills, including the ability to explain technical and financial logic to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to work hard and contribute in a hands-on data function.

Nice To Haves

• Exposure to private equity, alternative assets, or fund/partnership accounting.
• CPA or CFA designation, whether active, inactive, or in progress.
• Prior experience in public accounting.
• Experience with SQL, Python, DAX/Power BI, or other data/BI tools.
• Experience with source-system data connections or enterprise data lakes/warehouses.
• Interest in or exposure to AI-assisted or agentic coding workflows.

Responsibilities

• Deliver accurate, timely data and analysis in response to LP and investor requests, including bespoke deliverables supporting fundraising and LP engagement.
• Handle standard LP data request workflows independently after ramp-up.
• Identify repeatable, manual, or error-prone workflows and develop tools to improve or automate them.
• Build or contribute to solutions such as Power BI models, Alteryx workflows, scripts, applications, and workflows built with Claude Code.
• Contribute to enterprise-level applications built with agentic coding tools in partnership with the broader analytics team.
• Partner with Data Governance to design and maintain an interpretable, well-documented data lake that non-technical stakeholders can use and trust.
• Work with Finance, Investor Relations, Capital Markets, IT, Data Governance, and Investment Professionals to understand upstream data and downstream needs.
• Deliver at least one meaningful process improvement or tool and contribute to a cross-functional data initiative.

Benefits

• Competitive benefits package designed to support employees’ health, financial security, family needs, and overall well-being.
• May be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus based on factors such as individual impact, team performance, and firm performance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed