Sei Teil des Bright Capital GmbH Teams – Werde Investment Analyst Private Debt (f/m/d) in Frankfurt am Main

Job profile

Bright Capital is looking to hire an Analyst investment professional for the Frankfurt office. The scope of the role is to provide support to the investment and portfolio team in the origination, underwriting and portfolio process, as well as certain investor reporting. As an Analyst at Bright Capital, you will support senior management through the full lifecycle of an investment, from origination to execution as well as subsequent responsibilities over the active portfolio. Key responsibilities include:

• Assist in sourcing and originating investments from corporates, sponsors, and intermediaries (debt advisors, corporate finance boutiques, lawyers, etc.)
• Undertake an initial assessment of potential investment opportunities
• Assist in the preparation of credit committee papers and completion of credit due diligence (buy-side and independent DD, sessions with management/PE sponsor)
• Prepare financial models and scenario analyses
• Monitoring of portfolio investments

Your skills and experience

We are looking for an individual with excellent technical and modelling competencies, an entrepreneurial attitude, and great German market knowledge as well as language skills to join our investment team. Key skills and experience include:

• 1-4 years experience across leveraged finance, debt advisory, or other relevant PE or investment banking experience
• Strong credit experience/knowledge is required. Being able to build models (including DCF and LBO)
• Ability to work on multiple deals concurrently and quickly identify key issues
• Highly commercial with strong business acumen is essential
• Good understanding of the DACH corporate/sponsor market, with a particular focus on the small to mid-cap space
• Solid exposure to legal documentation is a plus
• Entrepreneurial and self-starting attitude to match our dynamic culture
• Strong communication skills and fluency in German and English

Benefits

Bright Capital offers a highly flexible hybrid working model to achieve your goals in the environment in which you are most productive. Key benefits:

• Fast-paced start-up culture with a well-established name in the market and a strong track record in the lower mid-market
• An investment mandate to invest in a broad range of companies across sectors, size and geography
• Direct exposure to senior management, and lots of opportunities for upward progression
• A talented and entrepreneurial team as well as company benefits incl. programmes for sports and other activities