Overview:
We are partnering with one of the longest-established mid-market value-add private equity investors in North-Western Europe, headquartered in Amsterdam, on the hire of a Investment Associate.
The firm has completed 265+ investments and more than 200 platform and buy-and-build transactions, delivering an average 4x profit growth across its portfolio. Value creation comes from structural improvement rather than financial engineering, across concept investing, growth investing and recovery situations, in sectors such as healthcare, industrial manufacturing, business services and defence. Commercial and operational due diligence is largely done in-house, and the team invests its own capital alongside its LPs.
The role
- Lead deal execution end to end: origination support, in-house commercial and operational due diligence, modelling, structuring and documentation
- Build and drive buy-and-build pipelines for platform companies, from add-on mapping to completion
- Work directly with management teams on value creation plans, budgets and performance tracking
- Take an active role in portfolio monitoring and exit preparation
- Report directly to Partners with early exposure to boards and shareholders
Requirements
- 3–5 years' experience in private equity, M&A, transaction services, restructuring or top-tier strategy consulting
- Strong LBO modelling and commercial analysis skills, with the judgement to form your own view on a business
- Genuine interest in operational value creation and buy-and-build, not purely process work
- Fluent Dutch and English (both essential)
- Based in or relocating to Amsterdam; entrepreneurial, hands-on and comfortable with responsibility early
