Audax Group is a leading alternative investment manager with offices in Boston, New York, San Francisco, and London. Since its founding in 1999, the firm has raised over $40 billion in capital across its Private Equity and Private Debt businesses. With more than 400 employees and approximately 180 investment professionals, the firm is a leading capital partner for North American middle market companies. For more information, visit the Audax Group website www.audaxgroup.com.
Since its founding in 2000, Audax Private Debt has partnered with leading private equity firms to help finance their purchase of middle market companies. We provide senior loans, unitranche loans and junior capital in addition to co-investments in equity securities. We source opportunities directly from financial sponsors throughout North America, investing in leveraged buyouts, acquisition financings and debt recapitalizations. We differentiate ourselves by taking a long-term view as it relates to new financings and portfolio decisions. Audax Private Debt has an established track record of helping private equity firms acquire and grow businesses.
We are based in New York City and have 50+ investment professionals. Our leadership team has been in place since inception and our managing directors average 25 years of investment experience.
POSITION SUMMARY:
Associates work as integral team members of a highly skilled and experienced professional team. Responsibilities include evaluating and screening new investment opportunities, conducting industry and business due diligence, creating, or reviewing financial models and assessing alternative deal structures. In addition, the role encompasses start to finish work on all aspects of a transaction, including the monitoring of portfolio companies. Associates will interact with executive management teams for new investment opportunities as well as Audax Private Debt Origination portfolio companies. In addition, an Associate will participate in all elements of deal review and the investment committee process and will have a high level of interaction with the senior leadership.
We believe Audax provides a unique opportunity for Associates across several dimensions:
- Opportunity to join an entrepreneurial and growing team with exceptionally talented and experienced Origination focused professionals
- Opportunity to develop a broad range of business skills including: competitive strategy, industry and customer analysis, risk assessment, financial analysis, LBO modeling, debt financing, and portfolio company management
- Supportive, collegial, and energetic team culture
REQUIREMENTS/QUALIFICATIONS:
- 1-4 years of experience in investment banking or direct lending
- Strong work ethic and demonstrated desire to learn
- Excellent communications skills, both written and verbal
- Exceptional attention to detail
- Ability to thrive in a team environment
- Highly motivated; demonstrated leadership potential
- Top tier academic performance
For New York City only: The base salary range for this position is. The base salary range represents the estimated low and high end for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation may vary and will be determined based on but not limited to, the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and Audax reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. An employee may also be eligible for annual discretionary incentive compensation based on performance.
Audax offers a wide range of employee benefits, including health insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, paid time off (including sick leave, parental leave, volunteer leave, and vacation), charitable donation match, family support services (including Bright Horizons and Benefit Advocate Center), and a 401(k) in addition to other benefits.
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.
Audax Management Co. is an equal opportunity employer.
Please note that Audax Group and its affiliated entities do not accept unsolicited resumes from a third-party recruiting agency not currently under a signed agreement. Any unsolicited resume that is sent to directly to Audax Group or one of its affiliated entities, or its employees, including those submitted to hiring managers by a third-party recruiting agency not currently under a signed agreement, will be considered property of Audax Group. If a third-party recruiting agency submits a resume without an agreement, Audax Group or its affiliated entities explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the third-party recruiting agency. Any third-party recruiting agency should contact either a member of the Talent Acquisition or Human Resource team at Audax Group, in conjunction with a valid, fully executed contract for service based upon a specific job opening.
What We Do
Founded in 1999, Audax Group is a leading alternative investment manager with offices in Boston, New York, San Francisco and London. With approximately $36 billion of assets under management and more than 360 employees, Audax is a leading capital partner for middle market companies, operating through three distinct business lines: Audax Private Equity, Audax Private Debt, and Audax Strategic Capital.
For more information, visit the Audax Group website www.audaxgroup.com.
