Associate - Financial Services, Denton Search

Job Title	Associate - Financial Services
Employer	Denton Search
Job Type	Full Time
Location	London, UK
Industry	Investment Banking
Experience	0-3 Years
Languages	English
Deadline	Friday 8th April 2016

Skillcapital is a unique firm that sits at the intersection of financial services, consulting and executive search. We offer executive search and advisory services exclusively for private equity investors.

We connect senior executives with private equity investors to take on roles in their portfolio businesses and to co-invest in deals. We also help our clients appraise potential investment opportunities using our sector knowledge and insight.

Today’s Skillcapital team is very well regarded by private capital investors and has delivered consistent double digit growth in recent years. We have 90 people in four international offices in London, Paris, Munich and New York.

We are looking to hire an Associate to join our Financial Services team in London.

Deliverables

As an Associate at Skillcapital you will play a key role in the Financial Services team on both pre- and post-deal private equity engagements. This will involve helping private equity funds to map and understand the most active sub-sectors, to evaluate target companies and to find suitable alternative leadership teams who can be appointed to grow or turn around a company.

On a day-to-day basis the role will involve:

Working on specific assignments for funds – for example, finding advisors to validate an asset pre-acquisition or identifying a new CEO for one of their portfolio companies Managing an executive search process including research, candidate contact, interviews, client management and closing Helping to monitor and track financial services private equity deals in Europe
Mapping all the active private equity funds in the sector and keeping abreast of their investment priorities
Researching companies in financial services to identify potential acquisition targets and world-class executives with whom Skillcapital can build relationships Preparing analytical reports to brief clients on progress and attending meetings with senior team members Assisting senior team members with networking with leading executives and board members in the sector
The role offers a unique opportunity to become an expert on the dynamics of a financial services and the private equity industry, with a high level of direct exposure to the leaders of some of the top companies in Europe. We expect our staff to build a thorough understanding of private equity deals and the different structures and strategies that affect both fund and management returns, and we give our people significant independence and responsibility.

Experience and Characteristics Experience

The right candidate will have at least 3 years’ experience in a professional services environment and will have excellent research and interpersonal skills. We would expect candidates to have a strong executive search background or worked previously in blue-chip organisations in management consulting, law, accounting or investment banking.

Characteristics

Positive Energetic and tenacious High tempo approach and used to multi-tasking and significant workload
Naturally at ease with people, relationship oriented
Good at listening Able to be persuasive Non-hierarchical Strong intellect Intrinsically motivated Genuine interest in both people and business Experience in the financial services sector is desirable

Compensation and benefits

Highly competitive remuneration: Packages match or exceed levels in other professional services firms Significant investment in training: Associates will attend dedicated training days throughout the year and be mentored by our sector team leaders Global exchanges: We ensure that all Associates have regular opportunities to visit and work in different offices

About Denton Search

Denton Search is a leading international Search to Search consultancy working in the Tier One Executive Search market. We focus on Executive Search appointments and specialise in finding researchers, associates, consultants and partners.  

We have worked for 3 of the top 6 global Executive Search firms and the leading boutiques within their area of specialisation. Thanks to our reputation and strength of our network we are in a position to enable our clients to access the most talented executive search professionals worldwide.

We were founded in 2008 by one of the leading figures in Search to Search. We advise a wide variety of organisations from boutique to large global Executive Search firms.