This is the first hire onto our investment team. Not the first analyst on a team of twelve — the first.
You will sit next to the founder across a nine-figure fund we actively manage, and help build the platform that comes next, including subsequent co-founded vehicles. There is no staffing pool, no deal team layer, no rotation, and no one else to hand the unglamorous work to. That last part is the honest version of the pitch.
In the same week you may build the model, write the memo, turn a due diligence questionnaire around for an investor, sit in a portfolio company's operating review, help that company get a financing across the line, and rebuild a reporting template because the current one doesn't scale. We are looking for a builder — someone who reads that as opportunity rather than as overhead, who wants ownership of a franchise as it scales, and who is comfortable being generalist by necessity before becoming specialist by choice. If you want a defined lane and a finished playbook, this is the wrong seat.
If you want to help write the playbook, keep reading.
About Valentino Capital
Group
VCG is a private capital management and strategic advisory firm working at the intersection of entrepreneurship, operations, and institutional capital. We partner with private equity sponsors, family offices, and founder-led businesses on operating execution, transaction readiness, capital structure strategy, and portfolio optimization. The firm pairs senior-level advisory engagements with an active investment management platform.
That platform is formed and operating today, with additional co-founded vehicles in the pipeline. Our perspective is shaped by global institutional investment platforms and hands-on operating leadership, including board-level roles. Location and Travel
You do not need to live in Miami. We care about output and responsiveness, not a badge swipe.
You do need to be U.S.-based, and you should expect to travel 0–10 days per month — to Miami, to portfolio companies, and to client and counterparty meetings. It will be uneven and will cluster around live processes. This is a high-touch seat by design. What You'll Do The honest answer is: whatever the mandate requires. Concretely, that means:
Investment evaluation
Build integrated three-statement models, LBO and growth structures, returns waterfalls, and scenario and sensitivity analyses
Run market, industry, and competitive research; size markets and pressure-test unit economics and distribution assumptions
Draft investment memoranda, screening summaries, and committee materials
Analyze capital structures and transaction scenarios across private equity and private credit opportunities
Investor reporting and diligence
Prepare periodic investor reporting packages, performance and portfolio summaries, and capital activity schedules
Respond to investor and consultant due diligence requests, including DDQs and ad hoc information requests
Build and maintain the data room and underlying source documentation, so that answers are consistent, sourced, and fast
Reconcile reported figures to underlying records and hold the line on data integrity
Portfolio company capital formation and financing
Support portfolio company fundraising on an ongoing basis: financial models, projections, investor materials, data rooms, pipeline tracking, and diligence response
Support financing workstreams at the portfolio company level — lender and credit materials, covenant and capacity analysis, term sheet comparison, and sources and uses
Advisory delivery
Prepare analytical materials, board decks, and client presentations for sponsor, family office, and founder clients
Support transaction readiness, monetization, and balance sheet workstreams
Portfolio monitoring and value creation
Track performance against underwriting across the portfolio and own the reporting cadence
Provide operating partner support to early-stage growth companies: KPI definition, forecasting, pricing and channel analysis, and value-creation planning
Platform building
Build the infrastructure the investment function runs on — diligence templates, model architecture, portfolio dashboards, pipeline tracking, data hygiene
Contribute to the standards and processes the next hires will inherit, and help recruit and onboard them What We're Looking For
Required
3–7+ years in private equity, venture capital, investment banking, transaction advisory, business development, or corporate development. We are deliberately open on level; title and compensation will be set to the person.
Demonstrated ability to build integrated financial models from a blank sheet, not just maintain someone else's
Fluency in valuation frameworks, capital structure analysis, and deal process mechanics
Exceptional written communication: you can compress a complicated situation into one page a board would actually read
Evidence you thrive without structure — a build, a launch, a function you stood up, a process you owned end to end
Ability to operate independently and stay closely coordinated while working remotely
Precision under deadline. Investor-facing materials do not get a second draft.
High integrity, sound professional judgment, and comfort owning work with limited oversight
Bachelor's degree in finance, economics, accounting, engineering, or another quantitative field
Advanced Excel and PowerPoint
Strongly preferred
Direct exposure to the health, wellness, and longevity sector
Early-stage and growth-stage experience, including working alongside founders
Experience with LP or investor reporting, DDQs, or fund-level performance reporting
Exposure to debt financing or capital raising at the company level
Fluency across a range of distribution and business models (D2C, retail and wholesale, subscription, licensing, franchise, services)
Nice to have
CFA, CPA, or CAIA, or active candidacy
CapIQ, PitchBook, Preqin, or comparable research platforms
SQL, Python, or BI tooling for portfolio and performance reporting Compensation and Structure
Base: $120,000–$180,000, set to experience, level, and engagement structure
Bonus: discretionary performance bonus, targeted at 30% of base, based on individual contribution and firm performance, with meaningful upside in strong years
Structure: this role can be filled as a W-2 employee or as a 1099 independent contractor engagement, depending on the candidate's circumstances and preference. Cash compensation will be calibrated to the structure selected.
Carry: not part of the initial offer. Carried interest participation may be earned over time as the platform scales and as you demonstrate ownership. We would rather be straight about that than dress it up.
Co-investment: may be available depending on the candidate and the vehicle
Trajectory: the first investment hire at a growing platform has a materially different ceiling than the tenth. That is the trade being offered.