Associate/Senior Associate – Caribbean
Job description
CrossBoundary is recruiting an Associate or Senior Associate to join the Caribbean Advisory team. We are seeking candidates with extensive experience living and working in the Caribbean or Guyana, with strong contacts across the region’s financial services sector, and a thorough understanding of the investment landscape.
You will be tasked with evaluating investment opportunities, conducting macroeconomic markets assessments, and providing transaction support to both investors and capital seekers. Experience working with a range of stakeholders (including private equity firms, Development Finance Institutions, and development agencies) to support investments in high impact sectors as well as experience in the Caribbean will be regarded favorably.
CrossBoundary is not a development firm and is not seeking typical development skills. Candidates should have 2-7 years of experience working in high caliber finance, investment banking or consulting organizations and an interest in having an impact in frontier markets.
About the role
Drive day to day project execution on workstreams including:
- Identifying and evaluating investment opportunities
- Conducting sector or geographic landscape assessments
- Identifying and engaging with qualified regional and international investors
Support the firm’s business development efforts in the Caribbean region by:
- Performing market assessments and identify key potential clients and partners within regional markets
- Developing strategies for using CrossBoundary services to drive value for these potential clients
- Working closely with CrossBoundary leadership on developing partnerships and pursuing new business opportunities in regional markets
Support on transaction advisory engagements by:
- Supporting or often leading complex commercial due diligence assignments
- Performing market research and developing client-facing recommendations
- Providing value-creation recommendations for post investment strategy
- Advising on the structuring and deploying of blended finance vehicles
About you
- 2-7 years of experience in investment banking, management consulting, private equity or similar
- Experience living and working in Caribbean and/or Latin America
- Strong quantitative skills; familiar with diligence and valuation methodologies
- Familiarity and comfort with financial modeling and accounting
- Experience with high-quality slide-design and storyboarding
- Deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities businesses face in frontier markets, as well as the macro-economic trends that impact them
- Possesses tangible grit, seeks differentiation by intentionally taking self outside of comfort zone physically, culturally and intellectually
- Experience working with a range of stakeholders (including private equity firms, Development Finance Institutions, and development agencies) to support investments in high impact sectors
- Demonstrated fluency in English; fluency in French or Spanish is a plus