Associate, New Ventures

• Company

  Not Disclosed

• Location

  USA-KS-Overland Park

• Remuneration

  Competitive

• Position Type

  Permanent

• Employment type

  Full time

• Updated

  30-Oct-2013

• eFC Ref no

  1300643

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The Associate, New Ventures position is responsible for supporting the development of strategic and quality long-term growth through research and analysis of new business ventures. This position is located in the Kansas City metropolitan area and relocation will be considered.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• Tortoise Capital Advisors is a rapidly growing financial services firm that focuses on providing energy infrastructure investment management services to individual and institutional investors.  Tortoise has approximately $12.4 billion in assets under management across publicly-traded closed-end funds, open-end funds, and approximately 800 separately managed accounts.

POSITION SUMMARY:

• Responsible for supporting the development of strategic and quality long-term growth through research and analysis of new business ventures.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND EXPECTATIONS:

• Provide execution support on new ventures through diligence, market research, structuring and project modeling
• Track, assess and provide periodic updates on research, trends and issues in related industries / focus areas
• Assist in the development of implementation approaches to turn potential new ventures into long-term businesses
• Assist in the drafting, review and revision of new venture documentation, including term sheets, business plans, internal dashboard reports and other relevant materials
• Purposely spend dedicated time on broader macroeconomic, industry and capital markets trends and dynamics
• Provide support for current business development team
• Support the professional development of more junior team members

KNOWLEDGE, RESPONSIBILITIES and EXPECTATIONS:

• Inherent strategic, innovative, independent and visionary thinker – idea driven
• Self-starter - the type of person that proactively generates ideas and can also execute them
• Demonstrated ability and experience working with different constituencies and independently advancing projects with little guidance
• Strong understanding of and experience in capital markets – ability to use that combined with marketing perspective to  sense, identify and assess business merits and positioning
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills; strength and experience in building relationships
• Ability to work in dynamic, collaborative, team-oriented environment
• Ability to work under pressure and beyond standard hours to meet deadlines and project objectives
• Proficient level of skill in MS Office (particularly modeling, macro writing, pivot tables, chart/table creation, and Bloomberg functions in Excel)
• Proficient in the use of industry research/information tools such as Bloomberg and others.

EDUCATION, TRAINING, REGISTRATIONS or CERTIFICATIONS:

• 4 year undergraduate degree with strong academic record (economics, entrepreneurial, business / finance-oriented degrees preferred but not required)
• Either hold, or have interest in possibly pursuing, the Chartered Financial Analyst designation preferred but not required

WORK-RELATED EXPERIENCE:

• 4-5 years work experience in private equity, investment banking, entrepreneurship or consulting
• Strong background in research and project management / deal execution and development of associated materials (i.e. documents, models, presentations, market analysis) preferred

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