Vice President, Strategic Corporate Investments

Vice President, Strategic Corporate Investments

Vice President, Strategic Corporate Investments

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Gray Capital is an independently funded and held investment firm within the Gray family group of companies. It is active with interests in real estate, private equity, and venture, and seeks to leverage strategic synergies with the rest of the group in developing and executing its investments. The vice president of strategic corporate investments will lead the efforts relating to investment in businesses, including M&A activity, strategic alliances, minority business investment, and venture investment. You will report to the Managing Partner of Gray Capital and will be an integral part to the growth of the business with a path to growing responsibility.

In This Position, You Will Have the Opportunity To:

• Work directly with the managing partner, other team members at Gray Capital, and leaders in the broader group of companies to hone the group’s business investment strategies.
• Lead the corporate development effort for the group, with primary day-to-day responsibility for developing the group’s pipeline of potential business investment opportunities for both control and non-control investments.
• Perform financial analysis, valuation and financial modeling of companies and transactions and support the process of investment diligence, valuations, executions and (if applicable) integration in concert with the managing partner and operations.
• Build relationships and maintain contact with established and prospective deal sponsors, clients, influencers, and professional advisors to vet and proactively generate deal flow.
• Mentor, develop and manage other members of the staff and Gray Capital and otherwise.
• Maintain and deliver regular, reliable and comprehensive reporting to the Gray Capital Oversight Committee.
• Provide Support to portfolio companies as needed to ensure financial and other goals are achieved.
• Safeguard and enhance the reputation and integrity of the Gray Capital Brand, the Gray Family and the other companies in the group.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

To Be Successful in this Position, You Will Need:

• An undergraduate degree with a high GPA from a selective four-year university with a transcript offering evidence of strong performance in both quantitative and verbal areas of study. MBA preferred.
• Five to ten years of post-undergraduate work experience in management consulting, investment banking, private equity, real estate, venture, or corporate development.
• Strong skills in writing reports, proposals, and white papers demonstrated ability to write precisely, effectively, and persuasively. Ability to speak and write clearly.
• To be poised, pleasant, polished, professional, and able to comfortably interact professionally and effectively with managers, clients, and C-Suite executives.
• A can do/proactive attitude.
• Ability to travel as needed and able to work both downtown Chicago and potentially other offices/projects across the country.
• Maturity and integrity – this person will see and hear many things that are confidential. Must be mature enough to be trusted with that information.
• A strong sense of urgency and a positive, proactive desire to support a broad range of initiatives and tasks.
• Strong attention to detail, organization skills and the ability manage multiple, competing priorities.
• Problem solving and critical thinking skills with an analytical, metrics-driven approach to solutions.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Executive

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Finance

• Industries

  Investment Management

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