Star Mountain is a rapidly growing, specialized private investment firm focused on the large and less competitive lower middle-market – businesses that generally have between $3 million and $50 million in annual EBITDA (“LMM”). The firm employs three complementary strategies: private credit, private equity and secondary fund investing, all focused within North America. The Firm’s track record, business model, growth trajectory and award-winning culture provide compelling career opportunities for driven and talented individuals. Culture is a core principle which includes long-term alignment of interest with 100% of employees participating in investment profits. The Firm has over $3 billion in assets under management and expects strong continued growth based on its performance, distinctive investment approach and its diversified investor base of domestic and global institutions (including public pensions, corporate pensions, insurance companies, endowments, foundations, and family offices) and individuals. Star Mountain values team players with positive, solutions-based attitudes complemented by a strong work ethic and is heavily committed to long-term training and career development. The Firm is 100% employee-owned with material long-term wealth creation opportunity for dedicated, entrepreneurial professionals. Dynamic team of over 60 full-time people and 40+ Senior Advisors / Operating Partners.
The senior team has over 500 years of collective investment experience including prior leadership experience at Blackstone, Goldman Sachs, Thoma Bravo, Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan, Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, H.I.G., and Barings.
For the last three consecutive years, Star Mountain was recognized as one of the Best Places to Work by both Crain’s and Pensions & Investments.
Star Mountain puts a high value on a great attitude, passion, commitment, and drive. 100% of employees participate in the investment profits of the business for aligned long-term wealth creation. Star Mountain offers a broad range of tailored investment solutions and products for a wide range of investors.
Position Description:
- Assist with the valuation process for private credit and private equity investments, a quarterly process covering a wide variety of asset classes across numerous borrowers/issuers
- Interface with internal investment team members and external valuation providers to create accurate, timely valuations
- Collaborate with investment teams to understand new investments and deal underwriting assumptions
- Value financial instruments and complex securities across the capital structure independently, including loans, equity (common/preferred), convertibles, and warrants
- Create summary materials and present to valuation committees for review and approval of significant changes/events, valuation and market trends, and key judgments
- Support quarterly external valuation processes with third party service providers and auditors
- Work with deal teams to understand portfolio company performance, metrics, and assist with monitoring direct private credit and private equity investments
- Help recruit, train, and manage junior valuations and portfolio monitoring team
Required Qualifications:
- 5+ years of relevant experience in private credit and private equity related valuations and/or portfolio monitoring
- Experience building and/or validating valuation models (DCF, Comp Multiple and Option Models)
- Ability to manage the valuation process across a large quantity of diverse investments in parallel
- Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
- Team player with a positive attitude and great people skills
Timing: Immediate
Location: Ideal candidate resides in Tampa, FL. or willing to relocate.
Compensation: Base, bonus, and equity package within a heavily aligned organizational culture.
Please submit resume through LinkedIn.
Please visit the following links for more information about Star Mountain, the Star Mountain Charitable Foundation, Star Mountain’s Crain’s and Pensions & Investments awards, and to visit our YouTube channel.
Investing in the Growth Engine of America ®
www.StarMountainCapital.com
Note: Detailed award eligibility requirements for Crain’s can be found here and for Pensions & Investments here.