Career Opportunities
Career Opportunities
Weathervane Investments is a Vancouver-based private equity fund, backed by committed capital with the intentions of investing and supporting the Canadian mid-market business ecosystem. With $100 million in committed capital, the
fund is actively seeking investments across Canada. Started by three founding partners in the spring of 2023,
Weathervane is now looking to expand our team and is seeking highly skilled individuals to join our team to grow the
platform. We are seeking up to two individuals to join us at the Analyst/Associate level (subject to prior experience).
You can learn more at: http://www.weathervaneinvestments.ca
Primary Responsibilities
- Investment Evaluation
- Perform financial and industry due diligence on potential investment opportunities
- Detailed excel modelling for investment consideration
- Prepare and maintain acquisition models
- Participate in site visits and interviews with management for due diligence purposes
- Contribute to discussionsregarding investment decisions
- Perform analysis on specific sectors and industry trends
- Transaction Support
- Perform confirmatory due diligence
- Work alongside financial, legal, and other transaction advisors
- Prepare bid letters for new deals that are being pursued
- Review transaction documents(NDAs, purchase agreements, credit agreements, etc.)
- Maintain ongoing documentation supporting the investment evaluation and transaction process.
- Portfolio Company Monitoring
- Review and analyze reports from portfolio companies
- Support financial planning & analysis requirements
- Support investee company Management with ongoing modelling support
- Support investee companies on key strategic initiatives when required
Key Skills Required
- Financial Proficiency
- Demonstrated experience building complex financial models
- Experience in the areas of due diligence and investment evaluation
- Strong understanding of accounting concepts and the ability to analyze financial information to derive insights into the historical and future performance of companies
- Priority Setting / Multi-Tasking
- Able to process information and make decisions in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.
- Proven time management, organizational and planning skills
- Communication Skills
- Able to interpret large amounts of data, and respond appropriately demonstrating strong verbal and written communication skills
- Able to quickly processinformation and respond appropriately
- Working With Others
- Exceptional interpersonal skills
- Proactively solicits opinions and ideas; values other’s input and point of view
- Enthusiastic and curious; a team player willing to assume a hands-on role
- Highly motivated and organized self-starter who thrives in a goal-oriented and deadlinedriven setting
- Initiative
- Ability to work with a minimum amount of supervision, in an independent environment, demonstrating a high degree of initiative, judgement, and professionalism
- Weathervane is an entrepreneurial environment with an opportunity to grow based on demonstrated ability
Qualifications
- Undergraduate degree required preferably with a specialization in finance or accounting
- CPA and/or CFA will be considered an asset
- Two to four years of relevant professional experience in a private equity firm, investment bank, accounting firm or corporate development group
- Over two years of experience evaluating and/or executing mergers and acquisitions
- High level of proficiency in MS Excel and strong financial, analytical, valuation and research skills
- Authorization to work in Canada
Contact
If you are interested in joining our team, please submit (via email) a resume and cover letter in a PDF document to:
Weathervane Investment Corp.
3101 – 1055 Dunsmuir Street,
Vancouver, BC V7X 1L3
admin@weathervaneinvestments.ca
We wish to thank all applicants for their interest and effort in applying for the position; however, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.