Investment Manager/VP - SME Buyouts - #46188

Job Description

AIA & Our Mission:

AIA is an investment platform backed by a small handful of very successful entrepreneurs and which exists to deploy capital they have allocated us into a management buy-in investment strategy focused on acquiring owner-operated SMEs with succession issues and bringing in fresh, experienced, highly incentivized management. Our mission is to build a diversified, pan-European portfolio of SMEs on behalf of our investors, who have allocated to us so far €350m to pursue this strategy. We closed our first investment in November 2025 and currently have a very active and growing pipeline of opportunities.

The Role

We are looking for an experienced manager / vice president to join our growing investment team and take ownership of our transaction process day-to-day. You will report directly to our chief investment officer.

Your Mission

• Manage deal processes day-to-day across workstreams, ensuring that adequate analyses are done in-time to support investment decision making, and no opportunities are lost due to process failure.
• Directly responsible for the content and quality of our investment documentation, such as investment memoranda and financial models.
• Represent the deal team and participate in investment decision making discussions.
• Manage other investment team staff on individual transactions, working towards the goals mentioned above.
• Coordinate and oversee third parties involved in the deal process including due diligence providers, lenders and debt advisors, etc.
• Participate in development and implementation of portfolio oversight framework including investor reporting, etc., and eventually oversee part of our portfolio from an investment perspective.
  
  

Job Requirements

Requirements:

Successful candidates will have a demonstrated track record of managing buyout transactions end to end and show promise of developing with us into a senior investment decision making professional.

• 10+ years of experience in transaction-focused roles
• Demonstrated management of buyout transactions end-to-end and cross-functionally.
• Prior experience in investment banking (M&A) earlier in career a plus
• Private equity investing experience strongly preferred; corporate development/M&A experience at an acquisitive company also considered
• Rock solid understanding of corporate finance, accounting, and single-firm economics.
• Strong analytical capabilities: Ability to understand returns functions and think through trade-offs without modelling. Ability to quickly zoom in and out from minutiae to strategy while understanding and drawing connections between the two.
• Absolute commitment to quality, error free work.
• Education in a quantitative background with at least one significant business-finance related credential such as a Master degree, MBA, or CFA.
  
  

Languages

• English C1
• Fluent in German, Polish or Spanish preferred