Private Equity Associate
Closed Loop Partners
Location: This is an in-person role at Closed Loop Partners’ office in midtown Manhattan.
Salary Range: $115,000-$135,000 salary + discretionary bonus (compensation commensurate with experience)
Target Start: March 1, 2025
Closed Loop Capital Management
Closed Loop Partners is dedicated to building the circular economy. The firm is comprised of three key businesses that create a platform for systems change: an innovation center, the Center for the Circular Economy, an investment group, Closed Loop Capital Management, and an operating group, Closed Loop Builders.
Closed Loop Capital Management manages venture capital, mid-market buyout private equity and catalytic private credit investment strategies on behalf of global corporations, financial institutions and family offices. To date, Closed Loop Capital Management has over $550 million of assets under management. Our team has made over 85 investments ranging from emerging innovations to established businesses. Focused on developed markets, Closed Loop Capital Management is designed to identify and accelerate circular solutions at different points within their growth, transitioning the economic system toward the efficiencies of circularity.
Closed Loop Partners is based in New York City and is a registered B Corp. www.closedlooppartners.com.
Closed Loop Leadership Fund
Closed Loop Partners’ lower mid-market buyout private equity investment strategy, the Closed Loop Leadership Fund, makes control investments in cash flowing businesses and enabling technologies to scale platforms that are fundamental to the circular economy. Closed Loop Leadership Fund is focused on areas including plastics & packaging, electronics, organics, the built environment, healthcare and the energy transition. With a buy-and-build strategy, the team brings active capital solutions, operating experience, circularity expertise and the strategic network of the Closed Loop Partners ecosystem to capture opportunities for growth and accelerate the circular economy.
Role
The Closed Loop Leadership Fund is looking for an Associate to support the investment team in all aspects of the deal process from origination and due diligence through deal support and post-investment portfolio management, as well as research new investment opportunities and work on strategic projects.
Responsibilities
- Analysis of investment opportunities including financial modeling, valuation, and return analysis
- Market landscaping and industry research
- Pipeline management of new and prospective investment opportunities
- Impact measurement analysis and reporting
- Support preparation of term sheets and letters of intent
- Monitoring select portfolio companies, quarterly portfolio valuation analysis, financial and operational reporting
- Due diligence on companies, management teams, customers, competitors, and industries
- Preparation of materials for Investment Committee, Executive team, investors, and others
Qualifications
- 1-2 years of post-college experience within investment banking, private equity, investment management, consulting or related industries
- Undergraduate degree with demonstrated academic excellence
- Strong financial modelling, accounting, and corporate finance skills
- Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and thoroughness
- A dynamic, enthusiastic individual who can take both initiative and direction
- Ability to work in small deal teams with significant opportunities to succeed and be challenged
- Genuine, personal interest in sustainability and the natural environment
Closed Loop Partners is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality or sex.
You must have US Work Authorization to be considered for any open Closed Loop Capital Management position.