About the Role: Grade Level (for internal use): 10
The Team: As a market leader in the provision of illiquid portfolio pricing valuation services, our Private Market Valuation professionals assist clients in the post-trade valuation of alternative investments, specifically for debt and equity positions for which there are no "active market" quotations available.
Since inception in 2014, the department has been amongst the fastest-growing areas within S&P Global. Our analyst teams in London, Dallas, Singapore and Noida serve over 600 institutional investors and cover notable names in start-up, growth, mature and distressed spectra across the globe.
Responsibilities & Impact: Senior Associate, Private Market Valuation will deliver a range of valuation services specifically to the alternative investment community including private equity, private credit, real estate, infrastructure, hedge funds, banks, institutional investors and fund administrators, in connection with provision of post-trade valuations for their alternative investment positions.
Senior Associate will use valuation techniques and technology-enabled solutions to fulfil these client commitments. They will periodically liaise with valuation committees on adopted methodology, with auditors on regulatory requests and internal developers on new technology to streamline workload.
Senior Associate's duties include:
- Performing valuations on a wide range of illiquid investments across industries and geographies while using accepted and relevant approaches and theory
- Presenting analyses and conclusions including written reports, and handling valuation queries from clients
- Contributing to the design and enhancement of the financial models used to perform valuations
- Working with management to build and maintain client relationships
- Use AI tools to gather and clean financial, market, and operational data from various structured and unstructured sources (e.g., filings, news, databases), improving efficiency and accuracy in valuation inputs.
- Incorporate machine learning to identify patterns in historical valuation data, improve forecast accuracy, and support scenario analysis for complex or illiquid investments.
- Leverage Natural Language Processing to extract key insights from investment memos, pitch books, earnings calls, and regulatory filings to support valuation assumptions.
Compensation/Benefits Information (US Applicants Only): S&P Global states that the anticipated base salary range for this position is $100,000 to $115,000. Base salary ranges may vary by geographic location.
In addition to base compensation, this role is eligible for additional compensation such as annual incentive bonus plan.
This role is eligible to receive additional S&P Global benefits. For more information on the benefits we provide to our employees, visit We're Looking For:
Basic Qualifications: - Qualified accountant or CFA charterholder (or in process of obtaining qualification)
- Solid experience of constructing and reviewing valuation models and other financial models including: DCF, comparable company / bond, and other intangible asset models
- Experience of managing delivery of valuations and provision of responses to price challenges
- Knowledge of software packages including MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
- Good knowledge of several industry sectors, e.g. Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals, Food & Drug Retailing, Healthcare Providers & Services, or Software & IT Services
- Experience of building and maintaining client relationships
- Experience in prioritizing tasks in order to deliver valuations
- Ability to coordinate with internal teams across a variety of functions
- Exceptional energy, drive and stamina
- Flexible and able to adapt to changing situations
- Strong influential skills
- Exceptional energy, drive and stamina
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Strong team player
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