Please send you resume to Kara ZHAO (kara.zhao@ardian.com)
Please use the Subject "ARDIAN Internship Application - (Name)"
Company Description:
Ardian is a world-leading private investment house with assets of US$71bn managed or advised in Europe, North America and Asia. The company is majority-owned by its employees. It keeps entrepreneurship at its heart and focuses on delivering excellent investment performance to its global investor base. Through its commitment to shared outcomes for all stakeholders, Ardian’s activities fuel individual, corporate and economic growth around the world.
Holding close its core values of excellence, loyalty and entrepreneurship, Ardian maintains a truly global network, with more than 500 employees working from fourteen offices across Europe (Frankfurt, Jersey, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, Paris and Zurich), the Americas (New York, San Francisco and Santiago) and Asia (Beijing, Singapore, Tokyo). It manages funds on behalf of c.700 clients through five pillars of investment expertise: Fund of Funds, Direct Funds, Infrastructure, Real Estate and Private Debt.
Address:
ARDIAN BEIJING CONSULTING LIMITED COMPANY
Unit 22, Level 47, China World Tower A
No. 1 Jian Guo Men Wai Avenue, Beijing 100004, China
Duration:
Six months (at least 3 full days per week), starting from Aug 2018
Job Title:
Intern / Analyst
Objective:
Assist ARDIAN Asia team with investment activities in Asia, based in Beijing.
Tasks & Responsibilities
Primary fund of funds investments:
* Screens fund investment opportunities in the Asia Private Equity market
* Compiles information and conduct private equity market research: competitors,
GPs, funds, companies, industries, environment etc.
* Meets and participates to evaluate fund managers
* Helps conducting due diligence on potential investment opportunities (strategy,
team, performance)
* Assists the Investment Manager / analyst in writing investment memorandums
* Monitors fund investments: review quarterly financial statements, and report
from underlying fund investments, monitor cash flows from underlying funds
* Helps on presentations to global team, and prepares reporting presentations to
existing investors
Direct investments in companies:
* Produces company snapshots and carries out market researches (internet,
databases, etc.)
* Drafts financial models (adapt models to companies’ specificities, perform
sensitivity analysis, etc.) and prepares companies’ financial analysis (evaluate
historical financial statements and projected business plan)
* Assists the Investment Manager / analyst in writing investment memorandums
* Contributes to portfolio investments monitoring: collect and analyze periodic
financial reports
* Prepares documents in collaboration with the Investment Manager / Analyst for
internal reporting, Advisory Boards and Annual General Meetings, existing investors
reporting.
Secondary fund of funds investments:
* Helps in investment opportunities sourcing effort by performing market researches
* Values and prices private equity assets (portfolios, companies, funds)
* Prepares financial projects and transaction modelling
* Monitors fund investments: analyze performance vs. targeted performance,
update projections
* Helps on presentations to global team, and prepares reporting presentations to
existing investors
Skills Requirements
* Strong ability to conduct financial and credit analysis (finance background
preferred)
* Excellent communication skills; fluent in English speaking and writing
* High motivation and attention to detail
* Ability to learn quickly and work independently as well as being a t
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