Private Equity Investment Associate
Aqua Capital
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: São Paulo • Brazil
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About the role
- Lead the operational execution of fundraising processes, including coordination of due diligence, management of the data room, Q&A flows, timelines and deliverables, ensuring efficient, accurate and investor-ready execution across all capital-raising initiatives.
- Support proactive management of LP relationships, including preparation of meetings, follow-ups, portfolio queries and ongoing communications, contributing to strong engagement, trust and long-term partnerships with investors.
- Develop, refine and maintain high-quality fundraising and investor materials, including pitchbooks, teasers, DDQs/RFPs, case studies, track record analyses and thematic research content, ensuring consistent institutional standards.
- Build and maintain financial and analytical models to evaluate fund and portfolio performance, value-creation initiatives and return profiles, providing actionable insights to support fundraising, investment and strategic decisions.
- Monitor the alternative investment and fundraising landscape, including competitor fundraises, allocator sentiment and competitive positioning, translating market intelligence into strategic recommendations for capital formation activities.
- Proactively originate and evaluate investment opportunities through structured sector mapping, relationship development and opportunity screening. Lead underwriting processes, including commercial, market, financial and strategic assessments, providing well-founded investment recommendations.
- Lead and coordinate end-to-end due diligence processes (financial, operational, commercial, legal and management), working closely with advisors and internal teams to assess risks, validate value-creation theses and support deal structuring and closing.
- Collaborate with sourcing, finance, legal, operations and portfolio teams to align reporting, diligence and investor communications while continuously improving CRM workflows, fundraising processes and internal standards.
- Coordinate and leverage support from Analysts, delegating execution tasks when appropriate, reviewing deliverables and ensuring investor-ready accuracy, consistency and quality across all outputs.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in Private Equity, Investment Banking, Corporate Development, Strategic Consulting or Capital Formation, with direct exposure to fundraising, LP diligence, investment underwriting, transaction execution and due diligence processes.
- Strong knowledge of finance, accounting, valuation and capital markets.
- Proven ability to deliver high-quality analytical and presentation materials under tight deadlines.
- Experience supporting deal sourcing, screening or execution, and/or capital formation or investor relations initiatives.
- Sound professional judgment and discretion when handling confidential information and engaging with senior stakeholders.
- Demonstrated experience leading or making significant contributions to investment underwriting, financial modeling and multi-stream due diligence processes.
Benefits
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Hard Skills & Tools
financial modelingdue diligenceinvestment underwritingcapital formationanalytical skillspresentation materialsvaluationfinancial analysismarket intelligenceportfolio performance
Soft Skills
professional judgmentdiscretioncommunicationrelationship managementteam collaborationleadershiptime managementattention to detailproblem-solvingstrategic thinking