Associate – Private Equity Investment

Job Description

Private Equity Associate | Blacklock Group

The Tone:
This is a full-time Associate role at Blacklock Group, collaborating closely with a leading private equity firm specializing in investments across the dynamic TMT, Consumer, Sports, and Media sectors. The firm operates with a distinct strategy, partnering directly with management teams to actively cultivate and build market-leading businesses. This approach is underpinned by a foundation of deep industry expertise, extensive operational experience, and a disciplined investment execution framework. For the investment team, this Associate position is pivotal, granting significant responsibility and comprehensive involvement throughout the entire investment lifecycle. The firm fosters a highly collaborative environment, ensuring meaningful exposure to both senior leadership within the firm and key executives at portfolio companies.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Team: Investment Team
• Mission: To drive investment execution and support strategic value creation across portfolio companies within the TMT, Consumer, Sports, and Media sectors.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Financial Modeling: Build, meticulously maintain, and critically analyze complex financial models, including sophisticated leveraged buyout (LBO) analyses, detailed operating models, and comprehensive M&A analyses, to rigorously support potential investment opportunities and strategic planning.
• Market and Competitive Analysis: Conduct thorough industry research and in-depth competitive analysis to identify emerging trends, evaluate market dynamics, and inform robust investment theses and strategic positioning within target sectors.
• Due Diligence Leadership: Take the lead on critical due diligence workstreams for prospective investments, coordinating efforts and effectively managing relationships with third-party advisors to ensure a comprehensive and accurate assessment.
• Investment Documentation Development: Prepare clear, concise, and compelling investment memoranda and highly professional Investment Committee materials that effectively communicate key findings, risks, and recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Transaction Support and Portfolio Oversight: Provide essential support for transaction structuring and ensure smooth closing processes. Post-acquisition, actively monitor portfolio company performance against key performance indicators (KPIs), assist with strategic and operational value-creation initiatives, and contribute to both add-on acquisitions and exit processes.

The Must-Haves
• Background: An Officer-level professional bringing 2–4 years of prior experience, specifically gained within demanding environments such as investment banking, private equity, or transaction advisory roles.
• Experience: Demonstrated strong financial modeling and valuation capabilities are critical, enabling the Associate to perform rigorous quantitative analysis essential for investment decision-making.
• Skills: Possesses excellent analytical skills to break down complex problems and derive actionable insights, coupled with strong communication skills necessary for clear articulation of findings and collaborative engagement.
• Bonus: A clear and demonstrable interest in media, communications, or digital business models, which aligns with the firm’s core investment focus. Additionally, the ability to be highly detail-oriented while simultaneously managing multiple concurrent workstreams effectively is a key asset.