Private Equity Associate
1 day ago
About the Job:
Blacklock Financial is partnered with a leading Pittsburgh-based private equity firm seeking to add a
Private Equity Associate
to its investment team. The firm invests across a broad range of industries with a particular focus on
industrials, manufacturing, and business services
, and is looking for a generalist investor with strong analytical skills and a passion for middle-market investing.
Responsibilities:
The Associate will support senior investment professionals across all stages of the deal lifecycle—from sourcing and evaluation through due diligence, execution, and ongoing portfolio management.
Specific responsibilities will include:
- Screen, evaluate, and analyse middle-market investment opportunities
across industrials and adjacent sectors, developing independent views on market attractiveness, competitive positioning, and value creation potential. - Lead financial modelling responsibilities
, including detailed valuation work, operating model development, returns analysis, and scenario/sensitivity assessments to identify key value drivers and risks. - Support the due diligence process
, coordinating with commercial, operational, financial, and legal advisors to assess target company fundamentals and validate investment theses. - Prepare internal investment materials
, including memos, models, and presentations, and contribute to presenting recommendations to the Investment Committee. - Work closely with portfolio companies
, supporting operational improvement initiatives, tracking financial and KPI performance, and contributing to strategic planning and value-creation efforts. - Conduct thematic and sector research
across industrials, manufacturing technologies, supply chain/logistics, and other relevant markets to identify emerging trends and new investment themes. - Represent the firm at industry events and conferences
, helping strengthen relationships with management teams, advisors, and the regional investment community. - Maintain internal deal tracking and market databases
, ensuring accuracy and relevance of market intelligence and pipeline information. - Perform other responsibilities associated with executing the firm's generalist private equity investment strategy.
Qualifications
Ideal candidates will have
1–5 years of experience
in investment banking, private equity, consulting, or a related analytical discipline. Candidates should demonstrate strong technical capabilities and an interest in industrials and middle-market private equity investing.
Additional qualifications include:
- Proven analytical and financial modelling skills, including comfort with valuation, capital structure, and transaction analysis.
- Demonstrated transaction or project experience, ideally within industrials, manufacturing, business services, or other relevant sectors.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to produce high-quality investment materials and articulate insights clearly.
- Entrepreneurial, self-starting mindset with the ability to work collaboratively in a lean, high-performance team environment.
- Strong sense of ownership and accountability, with enthusiasm for supporting value creation across portfolio companies.
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