Associate Director - Research

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Mumbai, Maharashtra, IND
In-Office
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The Role
Leads private equity portfolio value creation and operational improvement initiatives. Assesses company performance, identifies growth and efficiency opportunities, executes revenue, pricing, sales, cost, working capital, and operations programs, and tracks impact against investment cases. Partners with portfolio-company CEOs, CFOs, and functional leaders, establishes KPIs and governance, and supports 100-day planning, portfolio monitoring, and exit readiness.
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Company Description

Looking for a senior Private Equity professional with hands-on experience in portfolio value creation and operational improvement. The candidate should have worked with a PE firm / portfolio operations team and directly with portfolio-company management teams.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

  • Assess portfolio-company performance and identify value-creation opportunities.
  • Develop and execute initiatives across revenue growth, pricing/GTM, sales effectiveness, cost, working capital and operations.
  • Track performance against the investment case and value-creation plan, identifying reasons for underperformance.
  • Work directly with portfolio-company CEOs/CFOs and functional leaders on improvement programs.
  • Establish KPIs, milestones and governance; track impact on revenue, EBITDA, FCF and ROIC.
  • Support 100-day planning, portfolio monitoring and exit readiness.

Qualifications

Candidate Profile:

  • 10-15+ years of relevant experience.
  • Prior PE / Portfolio Operations / Value Creation experience strongly preferred.
  • Hands-on experience executing improvement programs within PE portfolio companies.
  • Strong understanding of the PE lifecycle from diligence and underwriting through value creation and exit.
  • Strong financial, analytical and program-management skills.
  • Comfortable working with PE senior leadership and portfolio-company management teams.

Priority: Candidates with actual portfolio-company value creation and execution experience, rather than primarily transaction, research or strategy backgrounds.

Skills Required

  • 10-15+ years of relevant professional experience
  • Prior private equity, portfolio operations, or value creation experience
  • Hands-on experience executing improvement programs within private equity portfolio companies
  • Strong understanding of the private equity lifecycle, including diligence, underwriting, value creation, and exit
  • Strong financial, analytical, and program-management skills
  • Ability to work effectively with private equity senior leadership and portfolio-company management teams

Sutherland Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Sutherland and has not been reviewed or approved by Sutherland.

  • Flexible Benefits — Flexible scheduling and work-from-home arrangements are offered on certain programs, supported by remote-work infrastructure and virtual IT support. Program-specific flexibility is emphasized for “Sutherland Anywhere” roles.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off and paid training are positioned as standard elements, with some materials also highlighting flexible vacation days. Core leave features are presented as part of the baseline package.
  • Strong & Reliable Incentives — Performance incentives, bonuses, and commissions are available on selected programs to supplement base pay. Goal-linked earnings opportunities are described for certain functions.

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HQ: Pittsford, NY
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Year Founded: 1986

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