Private Equity Capital Solutions—Private Fund Group, Associate at Credit Suisse in New York, New York

Job Description:

We Offer
In our Asset Management (AM) business, Credit Suisse offers products across a broad spectrum of investment classes, including equities, fixed income, and alternative investments. Credit Suisse's AM business handles over $410 billion of assets for clients. These clients include governments, institutions, corporations and private individuals. In the New York office, our business focuses on alternative investment strategies, as well as capital raising by the Private Fund Group.

Our Private Fund Group (PFG) is the world's leading placement agent with two main lines of business:

• In our Primaries business, we raise capital for domestic and international direct investment firms, including private equity, buyout, real assets, credit/distressed, secondary, infrastructure and emerging markets funds, from investors worldwide, including public pension, corporate pension, sovereign wealth, endowments, foundations, financial/insurance companies and family offices.

• In our Capital Solutions business, we advise General Partners on a range of secondary market transactions, such as single or multi-asset continuation funds, portfolio securitizations, or the sale of limited partner fund interests through secondary transactions. We also raise capital for direct or co-investments in companies and projects alongside investment firms.

We have professionals located in New York, London, Hong Kong, Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas, Amsterdam, Madrid, Santiago, Seoul, Tokyo and Sydney.

The PFG has Associate opportunities in its Capital Solutions business, which includes exposure to Secondary Advisory, Directs & Co-Investment placement, and Primary Private Equity Fundraising. Our Associate role provides excellent exposure to the alternative investment business. You will have direct contact with the senior partners of our private equity clients, heads of our clients' marketing and investor relations teams, and institutional buyers' decision-makers.

Associates are exposed to all elements of Capital Solutions transactions and fundraisings, including:

• Supporting Capital Solutions deal origination and working with the Due Diligence team to evaluate prospective opportunities
• Providing advice to clients on fundraising strategy, structuring, timing, investors and legal terms
• Evaluating clients prospective liquidity needs and modeling main value drivers of illiquid portfolios
• Articulating complex marketing messages
• Preparing compelling fundraising materials and financial models
• Planning and managing the online data room
• Daily interaction with client senior executives and with senior PFG team members worldwide
• Completing special projects, such as building market maps, tracking returns across a market segment, or comparing structures across completed capital solutions transactions
• Gaining exposure to alternative investment managers and learning about myriad private equity investment strategies from an unusually close vantage point

You Offer
To be eligible for this opportunity, you should have a minimum of three years of post-college financial services experience, ideally including corporate finance, financial sponsors or private equity experience. We are noted for the diversity of our employees and seek those with a common set of abilities-highly motivated and creative individuals who have the ability to work both independently and as a member of a team. We'll be looking at your potential, your ability, and your experience. We seek to build future leaders who add fresh perspectives to our business. You are:

• A leader who engenders dedication, assumes responsibility and mobilizes others
• Results oriented with excellent problem solving skills
• A proactive self-starter who has the ability to learn in a fast paced environment
• A hardworking and adaptable team member who can build positive relationships
• An outstanding written and verbal communicator who recognizes the importance of listening
• A principled colleague, committed to the highest standards of ethical behavior

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