Global Client Solutions Product Analyst/ Associate

The Global Client Solutions Group (“KCS”) is KKR’s dedicated investor solutions team. KCS, formerly known as the Client and Partner Group, or CPG, was first formed in 2009 to invest in and focus on KKR’s relationships with current and potential investors. The Private Equity Product Strategies team, which is part of KKR’s Global Client Solutions (KCS) team, works exclusively with the firm’s Private Equity platform to provide ongoing LP support including raising, marketing and structuring funds, as well as maintaining an ongoing dialogue with investors. The team collaborates with investment professionals and the deal teams to understand the current portfolio, deal pipeline and overall market dynamics. The team participates in fundraising activities and is also responsible for the diligence process, where a number of requests can be rather technical in nature and the volume and cadence can be quite heavy and involved. Other ad-hoc tasks for the KCS Product Strategy team include creating quarterly presentations, consistently updating marketing materials, and drafting letters to communicate complex and nuanced topics to a wide range of audiences.

POSITION SUMMARY

KKR’s Product Strategy Team within KCS is looking to make a hire at the Analyst/Associate level based in New York. The new addition to the team will work dynamically across all of KKR’s investing strategies in two primary capacities: 1) focusing on deepening our relationships with our investors and representing the KKR  products to form new capital and 2) managing the internal fundraising processes required to facilitate fundraising, including structuring products, developing marketing materials and ongoing reporting, building prospective investor pipelines, supporting client-specific requests and projects and managing teams.

The successful candidate will work closely with the investment professionals to understand the current portfolio, deal pipeline, and overall market dynamics with the intention to be able to speak as a surrogate for the deal team in the market. Specific responsibilities will include developing deep knowledge of the KKR platform, its differentiators, and investments. We expect a successful candidate to be highly skilled at supporting live fundraising efforts, leading technical diligence processes with clients, and project managing across internal and external stakeholders.

IDEAL EXPERIENCE

Qualified candidates will have spent 2-6 years at an investment bank or an asset management firm in a product management role.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Partner with senior team members on structuring, raising, and maintaining funds
• Maintain an open dialogue with investors, and provide ongoing LP support
• Work closely with:

- Investment professionals and deal teams to understand the current portfolio, deal pipeline, and overall market dynamics

- Finance/Operations professionals for ongoing fund reporting and communications

- Sales professionals to pursue new business opportunities and investor relations globally

• Create and update marketing materials, quarterly presentations, and draft client communications
• Heavily involved in the investor diligence process

 CRITICAL COMPETENCIES FOR SUCCESS

• Aptitude for critical and creative thinking across the quantitative and qualitative spectrum
• Quick learner with clear intellectual curiosity and self-motivation
• Team-oriented, pro-active communicator
• Interest and prior experience in broader fundraising and product development
• Proven ability to manage the demands of multiple teams and projects in a fast-paced work environment, including the ability to prioritize time efficiently and handle heavy workloads while remaining attentive to detail
• Outstanding oral and written communication skills, including the ability to read information/situations from varying perspectives and tailor messages to suit different audiences
• Meticulous organization skills with an emphasis on attention to detail
• Technical and aesthetic mastery of PowerPoint and Excel
• Programming/coding / strong VBA excel skills, a plus
• Content-driven with the ability to communicate complex and nuanced topics to a wide range of audiences
• Maturity, presence, sound judgment, and ability to form and express opinions effectively to cross-divisional teams including senior management
• Strong relationship development skills, including remotely, with global teams and with individuals of whom work is being requested

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