Investment Analyst

Role overview

You will support investment decisions across private positions and the group's operating companies: building the analysis, writing the memo and tracking what happens after the decision.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain financial models for new and existing positions.
• Write investment memos that stand on their own without a presentation.
• Track portfolio performance against the assumptions in the original memo.
• Prepare quarterly reporting for the investment committee.

Experience & skills

• Two to four years in investment banking, private equity, corporate finance or audit.
• Fluent financial modelling and a habit of checking your own numbers.
• Clear written English; German is an advantage in Frankfurt.

How the role works

The investment team is deliberately small. Analysts present their own work to the committee rather than handing it up. On-site in Frankfurt or Berlin, with travel to portfolio companies.

Application process

1. 1Application review by the investment lead.
2. 2Three short written questions submitted with your application.
3. 3A modelling exercise discussed live rather than graded in isolation.
4. 4Conversations with two committee members.
5. 5Decision, usually within three weeks of first contact.

What you can expect

• Real exposure to decisions from the first month.
• Written feedback after the modelling stage.
• A clear picture of compensation and progression before you decide.