An opportunity in an investment fund

An opportunity in an investment fund
发信站: 饮水思源 (2007年05月07日17:43:01 星期一)

The Position
An international investment fund (“The Fund”, with headquarter in Singapore)
, focusing on emerging market, globally, is looking for 1-2 Private Equity Ass
ociates to join the team. The Associate(s) will focus on potential investments
 in Asia and particularly Greater China. The key priority of the position is t
o actively support the Greater investment team and Asian team in general in:
l	Finding companies to invest
l	Analyzing companies to invest
l	Obtaining internal approval for investment
l	Investing the fund’s capital
l	Monitoring and managing the investments
l	Exiting form investment successfully
l	Dealing with regulatory authorities if necessary
l	Dealing with legal, tax and accounting issues if necessary

He/she will be involved in screening all investment opportunities, analyzing a
nd pursuing those which look promising, conducting due diligence, preparing in
vestment committee memos and presenting them to the investment committee. On a
n ongoing basis, he/she also will actively monitor the portfolio, advise portf
olio companies, act as board member/observer, and manage the investments to ex
it via trade sale, IPO, or recapitalization. In carrying out these tasks, he/s
he will be able to have an access to resources available at the rest of the Gr
oup. Successful candidate(s) will be expected to spend at least six months in 
Singapore initially in order to become fully integrated into the team. However
, as the bulk of the work will take place in Greater China, significant travel
 will be involved.

The Ideal Candidates
The ideal candidates will be evaluated against the following competencies:

Transaction skills, as indicated by:
l	Participating in or advising on buy-side acquisitions, including experience 
in coordinating external advisor due diligence process.
l	Hands-on ability to assess value, conduct negotiations, negotiate written ag
reements.

Financial and analytical competencies, as indicated by:
l	The person must be very intelligent and should have sufficient financial com
petencies to analyze investment opportunities in terms of balance sheet and pr
ofit and loss statements.
l	Solid analytical competencies to evaluate industries and companies in order 
to identify room for improvement where Capital can provide substantial support
.
l	Spreadsheet skills such as Excel.
l	Experience in analyzing businesses across a wide range of industries.
l	Financial modeling skills.
l	General knowledge of international debt and equity markets.

Creative intelligence and proven judgment, as indicated by:
l	The ideal candidate will not only be intellectually strong but also able to 
think “outside the box” and make powerful judgments based on that process.
l	Individual who is too structured or narrow in his/her thinking is unlikely t
o have the ability to identity real value or formulate creative solutions.

Personal competencies, as indicated by:
l	Grew up and finished his/her high school education in Mainland China.
l	Complete fluency (speaking, reading and writing) in Mandarin Chinese and Eng
lish including the ability to negotiate in both languages.
l	Understanding of the subtleties of the Chinese business culture and ways of 
doing business in China.
l	Strong team work and ability to collaborate with multi functional team in mu
lti national environment.
l	Long-term oriented in career planning.
l	Strong academic credentials with at least a bachelor’s degree.

We expect that attractive candidates will have between 4-6 years of profession
al experience in Corporate Finance/Investment Banking, Private Equity or Finan
cial Analysis/Business Development function in other industry sectors with pro
ven track record in supporting transactions and superior analytical thinking c
apability. 

Compensation
The Fund is prepared to pay competitively to attract the right individual(s).


About “The Group” and “the Fund”
The Group was established in 1930s and has managed investments for more than 7
5 years, with over $308 billion in assets management up to June 30, 2006. It l
everaged its 20 offices worldwide and 8,000 associates in total to serve clien
ts in North America as well as cosmopolitans in Asia. The Group provides mutua
l funds service, investment funds service and personal investment management f
or individual clients; at the same time, the business of the Group also includ
es institutional investing and global private equity for institutions.

The Fund’s private equity investing program dates back to 1992, and the priva
te equity team of 16 professionals has invested over $1 billion in 60 investme
nts across 18 countries and 25 sectors. Up to now the Fund has over $19 billio
n in emerging markets assets under management and over 18 years of emerging ma
rkets investing experience. The Fund is a subsidiary of the Group.

Should you be interested in the position, please send you CV to tongming.su@ez
i.net.Only short listed candidates will be contact for further interview. Than
ks!