Private Equity Associate

Models build an LBO that returns a tidy IRR and skip the parts that make or break a deal: a debt schedule that ignores the covenants, an entry multiple with no exit story, diligence that takes management's projections at face value. Someone has to underwrite it like their own capital is at stake, and that someone is you.

As a Private Equity Associate you'll evaluate AI-built LBO models and diligence, check the return drivers and the downside, and write the judgments that teach models how private-market deals are underwritten.

• Underwrite AI-built LBOs: entry and exit multiples, the debt schedule, and the return bridge that explains the IRR.
• Test the diligence: management projections, market claims, and the downside case the model conveniently skipped.
• Write the investment-committee answer when the model falls short, with returns and risks a partner would sign.