Private Equity Associate

Selby Jennings is working with a Houston based Private Equity firm that invests across the Energy industry. This firm is seeking an Associate addition on their deal team with a flexible start date from near term to 2025. This firm recently closed their most recent fund and have a large pool of dry powder to deploy.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree required, preferably in finance, accounting or engineering
• 1 - 3 years of direct experience in upstream private equity, upstream investment banking, equity research, engineering, or with an upstream operator
• Primary responsibility for oil and gas asset and/or capital project valuation
• Familiarity with operations and terminology common in the oil and gas industry
• Ability to research, organize and analyze industry data, metrics and reports
• Exhibit strong financial modeling and analysis skills
• Significant competency modeling within Microsoft Excel and experience working regularly in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint

Responsibilities:

• Evaluate and analyze new investment opportunities
• Perform detailed financial modeling and analysis/interpretation of complex data and financial statements
• Conduct industry, sub-sector and company specific research
• Assist with portfolio company monitoring and strategic planning initiatives
• Monitor and evaluate portfolio companies by analyzing capital projects, financial models and asset performance
• Evaluating oil and gas assets (historical operating statement analysis, analysis of well performance, etc.)
• Engage with management teams, advisors, and other constituents