Strategic Partners - Infrastructure Secondaries, Associate

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Strategic Partners - Private Equity Secondaries, Associate

Business Unit:

Strategic Partners

Business Description:

Strategic Partners is a global leader in illiquid fund investing, including secondaries, co-investments and primary advisory. The Strategic Partners business was founded in 2000 and has significant experience in providing limited partners a range of liquidity solutions across illiquid asset classes on a fair, timely and confidential basis. Strategic Partners is one of the most prolific secondary market participants in the world and is recognized as an innovative investor, with broad transaction capabilities that reinforce its established reputation as a nimble and responsive investor. Through its private equity, infrastructure and real estate platforms Strategic Partners has executed over 2,000 transactions that represent interests in approximately 5,200 underlying fund interests managed by over 1,600 different financial sponsors.

Job Title:

Associate

Job Description:

Strategic Partners provides the opportunity to join one of the most active and long-tenured investment teams in the secondary private equity industry. Primary job responsibilities include extensive analysis, valuation and financial modeling of infrastructure assets and funds.

The Associate will gain valuable experience working on GP and LP secondary transactions, as well as co-investments, primary commitments and other unique deals. Additional responsibilities include preparing Investment Committee memos, identifying and executing investments, attending investment diligence sessions and performing portfolio monitoring activities.

Responsibilities will include:

• Evaluating and closing investments including all aspects of deal due diligence
• Negotiating and structuring transactions effectively within tight time constraints
• Preparing internal memoranda and other materials to support investment recommendations and to communicate with internal constituents
• Monitoring investments to communicate strategy and performance with existing and prospective investors
  
  

Qualifications:

Strategic Partners seeks to hire individuals who are highly motivated, intelligent, and have demonstrated excellence in prior endeavors. In addition to strong analytical and quantitative skills, the successful candidate should have strong communication skills, a demonstrated ability to write effectively, and a desire to work both independently and collaboratively in a lean and growing team. The ideal candidate will have at least 4 years of experience in investment banking, direct investing or secondary private equity experience.

A successful candidate will be:

• A driven individual with a strong sense of personal integrity
• Self-motivated and resourceful; able to multi-task and focus on delivering results
• An enthusiastic team member who collaborates well with others and builds strong working relationships, both internally and externally
• An effective communicator who also recognizes the importance of listening
• Resilient, flexible, open to feedback and focused on achieving excellence
• Client-focused and committed to developing creative solutions
  
  

The duties and responsibilities described here are not exhaustive and additional assignments, duties, or responsibilities may be required of this position. Assignments, duties, and responsibilities may be changed at any time, with or without notice, by Blackstone in its sole discretion.

Expected annual base salary range:

$120,000 - $150,000

Actual base salary within that range will be determined by several components including but not limited to the individual's experience, skills, qualifications and job location. For roles located outside of the US, please disregard the posted salary bands as these roles will follow a separate compensation process based on local market comparables.

Additional compensation: Base salary does not include other forms of compensation or benefits offered in connection with the advertised role.

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Depending on the position, you may be required to obtain certain securities licenses if you are in a client facing role and/or if you are engaged in the following:

• Attending client meetings where you are discussing Blackstone products and/or and client questions;
• Marketing Blackstone funds to new or existing clients;
• Supervising or training securities licensed employees;
• Structuring or creating Blackstone funds/products; and
• Advising on marketing plans prepared by a sales team or developing and/or contributing information for marketing materials.
  
  

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