Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. LLR Partners is a lower middle market private equity firm focused on investing in software and tech-enabled companies within the knowledge economy. They are seeking a Senior Associate, Finance & Operations to support value creation initiatives across their portfolio companies, primarily by enhancing financial and operational performance and managing strategic projects.
Responsibilities
- Support Finance & Operations value creation initiatives across the portfolio
- Partner with CFOs and management teams to identify opportunities to improve growth, profitability, cash flow, and operational performance
- Develop financial analyses, business cases, reporting frameworks, and actionable recommendations
- Drive execution of operational improvement and transformation initiatives
- Support strategic initiatives and special projects across portfolio companies
- Assist with M&A integration planning and execution
- Lead project management activities, including workplan development, milestone tracking, and stakeholder coordination
- Bring structure and execution discipline to complex, cross-functional initiatives
- Develop and share Finance & Operations playbooks, tools, and best practices across the portfolio
- Support internal portfolio reviews and other value creation initiatives
- Help identify emerging technologies and AI-enabled capabilities that can improve business performance and decision-making
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field
- 4-8 years of relevant experience in consulting, finance, transaction services, strategic finance, business operations, performance improvement, private equity value creation, or related fields
- Strong financial analysis, problem-solving, and project management skills
- Ability to synthesize data, develop actionable recommendations, and drive execution
- Strong communication and stakeholder management capabilities
- Ability to work effectively with executives and management teams
- Willingness to travel to portfolio companies (up to 25-50% of time)
- MBA or other relevant advanced degree is a plus
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