Firmament (www.firmament.com) provides structured equity capital solutions to small- and medium-sized enterprises. Firmament is a value-added partner to entrepreneurs, management teams and business owners and curates solutions by deploying versatile capital in a user-friendly way. Firmament concentrates on software and services businesses with significant scaling potential in the healthcare, logistics, wellness and environmental sectors. With offices across the United States and in the United Kingdom, Firmament is focused on turning small business into big business.
Firmament invests in people with the vision to create and sustain meaningful long-term opportunity. We leverage our geopolitical knowledge and investment experience to build companies and ideas into market leaders across various industry sectors. Firmament currently manages three investment funds, which includes investments that range across the capital structure in the form of unitranche senior debt, junior debt, structured equity and common equity. Firmament brings to bear the totality of their resources to catalyze winning outcomes for their portfolio investments.
Firmament is seeking talented individuals interested in joining its investment team.
Job Responsibilities
As a member of Firmament’s investment team, responsibilities will include:
• In-depth company and industry due diligence to identify merits and risks of investment opportunities
• Detailed financial modeling and preparation of investment memoranda
• Monitoring of portfolio companies including quarterly and annual valuations
• Preparation of marketing materials for prospective investors and official communications with existing limited partners
You will work directly with Firmament’s Principals and be expected to engage with portfolio companies’ management teams.
Background & Desired Qualifications
Prospective candidates should have the following background and qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree from leading academic institution with a concentration or major in Accounting, Finance, or Economics (other disciplines with strong quantitative and analytical requirements will be considered)
• Minimum GPA of 3.5
• Minimum 2 years of professional experience in corporate finance, M&A, private equity, or credit at an investment bank, financial institution, or investment firm is required
• Strong quantitative and financial modeling skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office
• Ability to handle multiple responsibilities and work on a small team in a fast-paced environment
• Highly motivated individual with demonstrated intellectual curiosity