Investment Analyst

Summary

The job is for a Summer Analyst position at Abdiel Capital in Manhattan. The role involves assisting the firm's principals in finding businesses and learning about competitive positioning, valuations, managements, and company cultures across industries and geographies. The candidate should be curious, intelligent, and enthusiastic about self-directed research projects.

Requirements

• Curiosity
• Intelligence
• Evidence of enthusiasm for self-directed research projects
• Comfortable writing concisely
• Comfortable working with numbers
• Comfortable presenting conclusions orally
• Minimum GPA of 3.8 or other evidence of exceptional intellectual ability

Responsibilities

• Assist the firm's principals in finding businesses whose product superiority enables them to take market share for a long time
• Learn how to assess competitive positioning, valuations, managements, and company cultures across industries and geographies

Preferred Qualifications

• Related work experience is not required
• Coursework in finance or economics is not required
• Interested in learning how to interpret financial statements and gather information through interviewing industry sources

Benefits

Compensation will generally range between $8,300 and $16,600 per month