Vice President, Valuation & Strategic Analysis

Firm Overview

Providence Equity Partners L.L.C. is a specialist private equity investment firm focused on growth-oriented media, communications, education and technology companies across North America and Europe. Providence combines its partnership approach to investing with deep industry expertise to help management teams build exceptional businesses and generate attractive returns. Since its founding in 1989, Providence has invested over $40 billion across more than 180 private equity portfolio companies. With its headquarters in Providence, RI, the firm also has offices in New York, London, Boston and Atlanta.

Position Overview
As a member of the Valuation & Strategic Analysis team, one of your primary responsibilities will be to assist with the quarterly valuation of Providence Equity’s portfolio companies, in accordance with ASC 820. You will also work with other teams, including finance, investment, and investor relations, to assist with various financial planning and analysis projects. These projects include fund performance analysis, LP requests, fundraising, and benchmarking.

Responsibilities        
The Vice President, Valuation & Strategic Analysis will be responsible for the following:

• Assisting with valuation analysis on a wide range of portfolio companies within Providence’s core sectors of media, communications, education and technology  

• Preparing materials for financial reporting and fundraising purposes

• Supporting new fund launches, responding to investor due diligence requests and conducting investor meetings/calls

• Fund forecasting and other scenario analysis

• Creating ad hoc reports for various departments throughout the firm including senior leadership

Qualifications
The successful candidate will have an exceptional track record and reputation. Given the significant responsibilities of this position, the top candidate will be a mature, experienced individual. In addition, the successful candidate should have:

• Bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting, or Economics; MBA or other professional designation (“CFA” or “CPA”) ideal but not required for role

• 5 - 7 years of experience

• Strong analytical, comprehension, and problem-solving skills, as well as strong verbal and written communication skills

• High degree of professional maturity; ability to work independently and interact with all levels of the business

• Ability to master new tasks quickly

• Ability to prioritize tasks, work on multiple assignments and manage rapidly changing assignments in a team environment

• Demonstrated commitment to outstanding results

• Strong Excel Skills

Providence Equity Partners L.L.C. (the “Firm”) is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practice laws. The Firm strictly prohibits and will not tolerate, condone or allow discrimination, harassment or retaliation with respect to any Supervised Person or applicant for employment in matters of hiring (or failure or refusal to hire), promotion, transfer, disciplinary actions, assignments, working conditions, termination, compensation, fringe benefits or other terms and conditions of employment on the basis of characteristics protected by federal, state, or local law, as may be applicable, such as race, color, religion, creed, age, national origin, ancestry, alienage or citizenship status, actual or perceived sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), actual or perceived gender (including sex stereotyping, gender identity, gender expression, other gender-related characteristic, or transgender status), actual or perceived sexual orientation, disability (including physical disability or mental disability), medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status, employment or unemployment status, credit history, familial status, partnership status, caregiver status, sexual and reproductive health decision-making, domestic victim status, or marital status, pay or other compensation history, or height and weight. All employees are prohibited from engaging in unlawful discrimination, harassment, bullying, or retaliation.

Please note that Providence Equity Partners L.L.C., together with its subsidiaries and affiliated entities (collectively, the “Firm”), does not accept unsolicited resumes from any third-party recruiting agency that is not currently operating under a valid, fully executed agreement with the Firm. The Firm strictly prohibits agencies from contacting employees directly, including hiring managers, for the purpose of submitting candidates.

Any unsolicited resume or candidate information sent to the Firm or any of its employees—whether submitted via email, postal mail, online platforms, or through any other means—by a third-party recruiting agency lacking a current signed agreement will be deemed the property of the Firm. In such circumstances, no implied contract or obligation shall be created, and the Firm expressly reserves the right to contact, engage, or hire any such candidate without any financial or other obligation to the submitting agency.  The Firm reserves the right to reject or disregard any terms, conditions, or fee schedules that accompany or are included in unsolicited submissions.

Third-party recruiting agencies that wish to be considered for a formal engagement should contact a member of the Firm’s Human Capital Management Team to discuss entering into a signed agreement. The Firm reserves the sole discretion to determine whether to enter into any such agreement and may decline to do so.