Summary

Headquartered in London, with offices in New York, Dallas, Paris, Frankfurt, Stockholm, Seoul, Japan and Sydney, Park Square is one of Europe’s leading credit investors. Founded in 2004, the firm is independent and majority owned by its investment team. Park Square operates as a trusted partner to many of Europe's leading private equity owned companies and management teams.

Park Square currently manages and advises on more than $16bn of capital across its investment programmes. Park Square funds have the flexibility to invest across the capital structure of leveraged companies, including senior and subordinated debt, direct lending, minority equity, and special situations. The firm pursues a fundamental, value-driven approach to making investments and conducts high-touch, private-equity style diligence. Park Square’s investors include some of the world’s leading public and private pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies and asset managers.

To support our continued growth, we plan to recruit a small number of talented graduates to join the Analyst programme commencing in Summer 2025.

About the role

• An opportunity to join the investment team at Park Square, based in London. The role will involve analysing new investment opportunities in the UK and continental Europe across all of Park Square’s fund strategies.
• Due to the small deal teams (2-3 investment professionals), Analysts play a key role during the investment process.
• Responsibilities may involve:
  • Conducting deal analysis and due diligence on potential investment targets; o Preparing high quality screening materials and investment committee proposals; o Involvement in the structuring, legal documentation and deal closing processes; o Supporting senior investment professions in monitoring the firm’s portfolio companies; and
  • Working on firmwide strategic initiatives.
• Analysts will provide direct support to senior investment professionals on transactions and are expected to have a view on investments from day one.
• Analysts are encouraged to develop relationships with industry peers, sponsors, management teams, lawyers and investment bankers.
• International career opportunities.

About the candidate

Applicants are expected, at a minimum, to possess the following attributes:

• Exceptional academic credentials including a bachelor’s degree or higher from an accredited university;
• A good understanding of corporate finance and strong financial modelling skills;
• A demonstrable interest in investing with relevant prior internships in leading private credit funds, investment banks, private equity firms or asset managers;
• Excellent numeracy, verbal and written communication skills;
• Strong interpersonal skills and being a team player;
• An ability to distil large quantities of information into a coherent thesis;
• High attention to detail and an ability to prioritize;
• Maturity and motivation to accept early responsibility in a buy-side environment; and An ability to grasp new concepts quickly and a willingness to adapt to change.

IMPORTANT: Please ensure that the cover letter comprises no more than 200 words on why you want to be an investment professional.

www.parksquarecapital.com 

Park Square Capital, LLP
2nd Floor, 5 Stratton Street
W1J 8LA, London
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7529 1800