Analyst/Associate - Investor Relations Strategic Capital Group

BAIN CAPITAL OVERVIEW

Bain Capital, LP is one of the world’s leading private multi-asset alternative investment firms with more than $185 billion of assets under management that creates lasting impact for our investors, teams, businesses, and the communities in which we live. Since our founding in 1984, we have applied our insight and experience to organically expand into several asset classes including private equity, credit, public equity, venture capital, and real estate. We leverage our shared platform to capture cross-asset class opportunities in strategic areas of focus. With offices on four continents, our global team aligns our interests with those of our investors for lasting impact.

BAIN CAPITAL INVESTOR RELATIONS TEAM

The Bain Capital Investor Relations team includes more than 100 professionals focused on business development, client service, diligence, and marketing and is based across offices in Boston, New York, San Francisco, London, Melbourne, Hong Kong, and Tokyo. This team is responsible for raising new funds and accounts, supporting existing investors, collateral production, and reporting across the Firm’s strategies.

BAIN CAPITAL STRATEGIC CAPITAL GROUP

The Strategic Capital Group (SCG), which sits within Bain Capital’s Investor Relations team, launched in 2023 to serve as a dedicated resource to manage all non-fund LP-related activities across the Firm. Today, these activities consist primarily of LP coinvestments and also include transactions such as GP-led secondaries (e.g., continuation vehicles), minority sales, and liquidity solutions. The core goals for the SCG are to deepen and manage relationships with direct investment and secondary professionals across our investor base and engage with Bain Capital investment teams on alternative capital solutions opportunities. This is a lean, nimble, and entrepreneurial team at Bain Capital.

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Analyst / Associate will play an integral part in day-to-day transaction oversight, including:

• Maintain real-time deal tracking and log interactions
• Help facilitate transaction execution, including document control (e.g., NDAs, diligence materials) and interact with various Bain Capital functional teams (e.g., Legal, Finance, Compliance, IR Diligence, IR Operations)
• Draft materials for and execute investor engagements
• Coordinate calls between LPs and our investment teams
• Respond to and manage diligence requests
• Ability to step in for SCG coverage team on calls and meeting, as needed

The Analyst / Associate will also support the team in broader LP-related engagements, including:

• Track investor feedback to help build and maintain holistic investor profiles

• Help create analyses and address fund-related diligence requests related to SCG activities
• Support managing SCG transaction-level data and develop ad hoc analyses and presentations for both internal and external consumption
• Manage semi-annual investor update calls on active coinvestments, including associated analytics and trends

This is an investment-oriented role, and the Analyst / Associate will be expected to understand transactions from an investor mindset. A successful candidate is a result-oriented individual who can work independently, under time constraints, and consistently produce accurate and timely deliverables. The individual should have the ability to think creatively / problem-solve and the desire to help our business grow and succeed.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE / QUALIFICATIONS

Professional Requirements

• 1-3 years (most recently) of relevant and successful experience, preferably in investor relations
• Demonstrated understanding of private equity and investment / market landscape is strongly preferred. Understanding of LP coinvestments, secondaries, and investment diligence is a plus
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to communicate quantitative and qualitative concepts
• A history of maintaining high standards of service excellence with both existing clients and prospective investors
• Extensive experience working with Excel and PowerPoint is required

Personal Characteristics

• Strong executive function, with ability to drive a process to completion and effectively prioritize competing objectives and urgent deadlines
• Exceptional presence and self-confidence to interface with the key constituents of the Firm
• A pattern of excellence, both personally and professionally, demonstrated by the individual’s education, career track record, and professional reputation
• Proven relationship management skills – networking, influencing, collaborating, consensus building
• A high standard of integrity and ability to maintain the highest degree of confidentiality
• Excellent communication and presentation skills (both written and spoken)
• Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team and a willingness to take on any task, no matter how small
• Detail-oriented, conscientious, and energetic self-starter with ability to think creatively
• Humble, mature, and proven team player

Education

• An undergraduate degree with a demonstrated track record of achievement is required

Series 7 and 63 is desired but not required. If not currently licensed, we would look for a successful hire to receive licensing in due course.

Bain Capital is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.