Vice President, Investments

Company: Simon Quick Advisors
Position: Vice President, Investments
Location: New York City or Morristown, NJ
Compensation: $150,000 - $250,000 annually plus bonus
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Company Description
Simon Quick Advisors is an independent, employee-owned RIA that offers holistic financial planning solutions for affluent families, business owners and executives.  We offer sophisticated strategies built around individual needs, preferences, risk tolerances, objectives, and tax considerations.

Our purpose is to give our clients and our team the freedom to pursue what matters. We give our clients the peace of mind in knowing that they have a trusted partner in Simon Quick. This allows them to focus more of their attention on their careers, relationships, and hobbies. Similarly, we exist to serve our employees. We seek to provide our team with fulfilling careers, significant growth opportunities, and a best-in-class employee experience, ultimately giving them the same sense of freedom.

Mission of the Position
The mission of the Vice President is to be an experienced contributor of the Investment function of the organization, working closely with the CIO and the broader Investment team to expand and enhance our market and macro research and investment sourcing and diligence processes. The primary role of this individual would be the coverage analyst for prospective and existing fund investments, and secondarily a contributor to broader market and economic research and analysis that can help inform asset allocation and investment priorities. Strong preference for individuals with demonstratable experience sourcing, evaluating, and investing with Private Equity and Private Asset managers. This is a highly visible role across the organization and with clients.

Top Accountabilities

• Independently source, screen, and diligence investment opportunities across asset types and strategies. Present recommendation and supporting work product to Investment Team and Investment Committee. If approved, be able to present the opportunity to Advisors and Clients
• We have a generalist investment focus. The ideal candidate should be fluent across investment strategies and asset classes with a strong proficiency and network in the buy-out, growth, and venture space.
• Oversight and management of covered investments: Respond to advisor and client questions on investments and market relevance, supported through maintaining communication and related portfolio data capture and analysis, in addition to operational review.
• Ability to assess broader economic and market trends that influence the investment landscape and opportunity set. Be a contributing member of the team to provide thoughtful insights that can influence the investment activity of the team and content support for the Investment Committee and advisors.
• Deliver assessments and recommendations of all of the above via written documentation and presentations.

Other Duties & Responsibilities

• While this is a generalist investment position, we are looking to enhance our private investment capabilities across buy-out, growth, and venture strategies, primarily in fund diligence, and secondarily in co-investment opportunities.
• Investment Oversight: Senior coverage analyst on managers across asset types and investment vehicles, maintains active communication and monitors key investment and business elements.
  • Builds and maintains return and portfolio exposure models.
  • Documents meetings and relevant correspondence with managers.
  • Actively monitors and disseminates performance and related market news of covered managers and relevant strategies.
• Proficient in conducting operational due diligence, including but not limited to aspects of cash controls, valuation and allocation processes, financing, compliance and regulatory matters, and technology.
  • Review of regulatory filings: ADVs, Audited Financials, PPM, LPA, Sub Docs
• Actively engages with client-facing team to provide regular updates on portfolio investments in advance of client/prospect meetings.
• Supports any existing and future Simon Quick private funds, including allocations, capital flow management, investor communications, performance analysis, vendor and regulatory requirements.

Key Criteria/Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree, and an MBA and/or CFA designation, or equivalent.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant investment due diligence experience with strong fluency across asset types and investment strategies.
• Proficiency in Excel is required, including the ability to create and manage complex spreadsheets, utilize advanced formulas, and generate detailed reports for data analysis and decision-making.
• Proficiency in investment tools including Claude, Bloomberg, Morningstar, and PitchBook is preferred, with the ability to conduct comprehensive financial analysis, generate detailed market reports, and support data-driven investment decisions.

Key Competencies

• Markets acumen - Comprehension of pricing, market structure, stakeholders in capital markets, etc. across asset types and industries and geographies
• Macroeconomic acumen - Comprehension of economic information and assessing importance to changing business cycles
• Fluency of asset type and strategy - Understanding of the interplay of assets and capital structures, and how many investment strategies work
• Knowledge of investment metrics - Understanding of alpha, beta, sharpe, correlations, etc.
• Financial analysis competency - Understanding of margins, EBITDA, multiple, etc.
• Analytical skills - Ability to synthesize large sets of dynamic information and provide actionable insights with conviction and analytical rigor.
• Communicate both in written & verbal form - Ability to effectively convey complex financial and technical information and ideas, clearly and persuasively through both written and spoken mediums.
• Collaborative - Ability to work cooperatively with others, leveraging diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals and produce collective results.
• Problem Solving - Ability to identify, analyze, and develop effective solutions for complex and challenging issues using critical thinking and creativity.
• Prioritize & Delegate - Ability to assess tasks based on importance and urgency, effectively allocate resources, and assign responsibilities to ensure optimal productivity and goal achievement.

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time.
• Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine, and computer printer.
• The ability to communicate information and ideas so others will understand. Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations.

Disclaimer: This job description may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the job described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of the Employer.
 

Simon Quick Advisors, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer and we do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.