POSITION: ASSOCIATE

LOCATION: MUMBAI

ABOUT AAVISHKAAR CAPITAL:

Aavishkaar Capital is an Impact fund manager focused on the Global South.

A pioneer in taking an entrepreneurship-based approach to scaling businesses for impact, Aavishkaar Capital's unique approach has resulted in its invested enterprises positively impacting over 500 million MSMEs and livelihoods (40% of whom are women) and creating over 43,000 jobs.

Aavishkaar Capital invests in sectors such as Sustainable Agriculture, Financial Inclusion and Essential Services across India, Emerging Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa. Aligned to 13 out of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, Aavishkaar Capital has raised eight funds, while generating commercial returns with over c.$500 million in assets under management.

Aavishkaar Capital is the impact investing arm of the Aavishkaar Group, the impact platform with presence in Microfinance, MSME Lending and ecosystem building across India, Emerging Asia and Sub Saharan Africa. Aavishkaar Group with its vision to bridge the opportunity gap for the emerging 3 Billion, currently manages over USD 1 billion in Impact Assets across its platform.

For more details please visit www.aavishkaarcapital.in

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY:

It is an opportunity for passionate, talented candidates to work with and learn from India's premier impact focused venture capital fund. An Associate would work closely with the investment team at Aavishkaar Capital and get high quality exposure to the inside workings of a VC fund focused on delivering high impact along with returns.

Role:

- Full-time position with the ability to grow within the organisation

- Location: BKC, Mumbai

Key responsibilities:

- Research: Identifying and analysing emerging technologies, sectors and themes

- Investment and Portfolio Management: Working with the investment team in the entire investment life cycle of sourcing, deal execution, portfolio management and exits. Ownership of the deal collaterals, with complete grip on business model, including MIS analysis, financial model and other KPIs

- Corporate Development: Associates will also be responsible for internal initiatives such as maintaining sector and deal flow databases, fund presentations and portfolio reporting

- Other: Support senior team members in any other ancillary tasks from time to time, as required

Experience Requirements:

- 4-5 years of experience in the financial services domain (Investment Banking, Consulting, Research, Investing, banking) and with a post-graduate degree in business, economics, commerce, finance or any other related discipline from a premier institution

- Excellent business writing and analytical skills. Proficiency in modelling Company financials and performing valuation analysis

- Arriving at comparable transaction multiples

- Precedent Transaction Multiples, Public Market Multiples; (Please add knowledge of valuation techniques - DCF to this)

- Knowledge of relevant regulations (FDI, SEBI, RBI etc), term sheets and shareholder agreements is a plus

- Proficient with MS word, excel and power point

- Strong attention to detail and dedication to quality

- Good communication skills, both verbal and written

- Ability to multi-task and work with multiple team members

- Willingness to travel extensively