Investments & Finance at Catamaran Ventures
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Catamaran - Finance Associate (1-4 yrs)
Company Overview :
- Catamaran is a leading Indian entrepreneurial firm engaged in creating, partnering with and funding disruptive businesses globally
- Catamaran looks for opportunities that are fundamentally altering the structure of their industries in India, or are gaining respect overseas. In pursuit of such opportunities, we consider both private and public companies, run by either global leaders or home-grown entrepreneurs. In select cases, we will also build such businesses from scratch internally
- Our investments and operations span a wide range of sectors: technology, FMCG, healthcare, manufacturing, financial services, media and other sectors. Our interests by stage include angel/VC, PE, joint ventures and public market investing
- Our common preference across all our activities is to (i) work with teams we can trust implicitly and have a relationship-oriented partnership for several years (ii) seek differentiated, capital-efficient businesses with strong fundamentals over the long-term and (iii) partner with great teams early in their journey as private or public companies
Mission:
- Build a - Catamaran- group of companies, all leaders in their space, each of which will earn enduring respect
Sample Portfolio :
Prione : a partnership with Amazon Eurasia to bring the power of internet commerce to millions of small and medium businesses in India
Hector Beverages : (makers of Paper Boat) - India's first venture funded beverage business
Healthspring : India's first and largest chain of networked primary health care clinics
Achira Labs : a unique Bangalore-based company that has developed a proprietary, lab-on-chip platform to perform multiplexed immunoassays (protein tests) for distributed medical testing applications
About the Role :
Role :
Associate reporting to the Director
Probation Period : Three months
Description :
- Oversee audit, compliance, tax and reporting for the investment firm, provide required inputs to portfolio companies
- Manage investment processes (e.g., post Term Sheet all the way through exit)
- Co-ordinate with legal and taxation consultants
We are looking for :
- Candidates with a great value system - believers in open-mindedness, meritocracy, fairness, integrity, transparency and accountability
- Quick learners and self-starters with drive, interpersonal skills and passion and the courage to look at big picture and think big
- Ability to fit into a small, entrepreneurial, and fast-paced work environment
- Positive attitude a must - should be willing to roll up the sleeves and be a good team player
Skill Sets expected :
- Chartered Accountant (First attempt pass out). A degree in law, company secretarial matters would be a plus
- Consistency in academics
Location - Bangalore
Other
Selection Process :
- Shortlisted candidates will complete a written evaluation comprising two parts
- Test on logical problem solving skills
- Test on basic finance/ accounting skills
- Final shortlisted candidates will be interviewed by Mr. Murthy and the Catamaran team
Work Environment:
- Work with respected professionals
- Understand how great businesses are built and managed
- Seek and receive strategic responsibilities
Culture:
- Catamaran has a high quality team with domestic and foreign education/experience (Harvard, MIT, Cornell, IIM, McKinsey, Lehman Brothers, Goldman Sachs, Standard Chartered)
- Catamaran retains the ethos of a small-knit entrepreneurial environment, where colleagues are encouraged to lead and take bottom-line responsibility
- Catamaran cares about the value-system and personalities of our team and encourages them to develop their interests and professional skills
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