Investment Banking - Private Capital Advisory, GP-Led Secondaries - Analyst
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We are seeking a highly motivated Analyst to join the Secondary Advisory team of Private Capital Advisory & Solutions, with a focus on GP-led secondary transactions. The team advises private equity sponsors and other alternative asset managers on liquidity and capital solutions across the private-fund lifecycle. Transactions may include single-asset and multi-asset continuation vehicles, preferred equity solutions, and other structured secondary transactions. The Analyst will work closely with senior bankers, financial sponsors, portfolio-company management teams, secondary investors, limited partners, legal counsel, and other transaction advisers. The role provides significant exposure to transaction structuring, financial analysis, valuation, marketing, and end-to-end execution within the growing private-capital secondary market. The Analyst will work in a collaborative, apprenticeship-oriented environment with meaningful responsibility and direct interaction with senior members of the team.
Job Responsibilities
- Support the origination and execution of GP-led secondary transactions, including single-asset and multi-asset continuation vehicles
- Build and maintain financial models, including operating models, valuation analyses, leveraged-buyout models, investor-return analyses, and continuation-vehicle capitalization models
- Prepare presentations, pitch books, confidential information memoranda, management presentations, investor materials, process letters, and internal approval materials
- Coordinate with industry coverage teams, M&A professionals, capital-markets teams, legal counsel, tax advisers, accounting firms, and other transaction participants
- Assist in the preparation and management of virtual data rooms and coordinate due-diligence requests across clients, management teams, investors, and advisers
- Support outreach to prospective secondary investors and maintain buyer lists, outreach logs, process trackers, and bid-comparison materials
- Monitor GP-led secondary-market activity, investor appetite, fundraising trends, pricing dynamics, and relevant precedent transactions
- Maintain internal databases covering secondary investors, transaction precedents, market activity, and sponsor relationships
- Support senior bankers in client meetings, business-development initiatives, and strategic discussions with financial sponsors
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Bachelor’s degree with a strong academic record
- Up to three years of relevant experience in investment banking, private capital advisory, private equity, secondary investing, transaction advisory, valuation, or a related field
- Excellent quantitative and analytical skills with a strong understanding of financial statements, accounting principles, corporate finance, and valuation methodologies
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Exceptional attention to detail and commitment to producing accurate, high-quality work
- Organizational skills with an ability to manage multiple assignments and work effectively in a fast-paced, transaction-oriented environment
- Strong judgment, integrity, professionalism, and discretion
- Demonstrated interest in private equity, private markets, and secondary transactions
Preferred Qualifications
- Familiarity with GP-led secondaries, continuation vehicles, or private-fund structures
- Experience with leveraged-buyout modeling, private-equity transactions, or sponsor coverage
- Understanding of private-equity fund economics, including management fees, carried interest, fund waterfalls and limited-partner elections
- Knowledge of secondary investors, financial sponsors, and institutional limited partners
This role encompasses the performance of regulated activity. The successful candidate will therefore be subject to meeting certain regulatory requirements.
We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.
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JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans
J.P. Morgan’s Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.
We are seeking a highly motivated Analyst to join the Secondary Advisory team of Private Capital Advisory & Solutions, with a focus on GP-led secondary transactions.