StepStone Group2026 Private Equity Analyst
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Application deadline: Rolling basis
Position overview:
The Private Equity Analyst will engage broadly in various areas of the private equity industry, including manager and fund diligence for StepStone’s advisory practice, as well as diligence responsibilities for StepStone’s asset management business lines (i.e., co-investment and secondaries practices).
Note: This role is designed for students completing their undergraduate degree who are seeking their first full-time position in Private Equity. This role is part of our full-time analyst program, First STEP, and offers comprehensive training for early-career professionals.
Essential job functions:
- Work in a team environment with other investment team members to source, screen, and conduct due diligence on selected private equity fund managers, co-investments, and secondaries
- Perform quantitative and qualitative research and financial modeling/analysis on companies and assets across industries and geographies
- Interact with fund managers/portfolio company management teams to conduct in-depth portfolio and asset-level underwriting and analysis
- Analyze PPMs, financial statements, and investment returns
- Conduct reference calls as a part of manager and asset due diligence
- Perform market research using publicly available information and proprietary databases to identify, quantify and analyze macroeconomic trends across a variety of industry sectors
- Prepare due diligence materials and Investment Committee memos
- Present recommendations to the investment team and the Firm’s Investment Committee
- Monitor the performance of the Firm’s existing investments
Education and/or work experience requirements:
- Must be able to work legally in the U.S. without requiring visa sponsorship now or in the future
- Undergraduate student graduating anywhere from December 2025 through June 2026
- GPA of 3.5 or higher
Required knowledge, skills, and abilities:
- Excellent quantitative skills, including financial modeling, analytical and valuation skills for purpose of evaluating investment opportunities
- Strong sense of risk/reward trade-offs, and an ability to display sound investment judgement
- Self-starter, with strong ability to think creatively and conduct research to find solutions
- Ability to communicate and present ideas effectively, both verbally and in writing
- Capable of multi-tasking with strong attention to detail
- Promote and demonstrate a positive, team-oriented attitude, with desire to work on various projects
- High proficiency in Microsoft Word, Power Point and Excel
- Fluent (written and spoken) English
Salary: $112,500
The salary is an estimate of pay for this position. Actual pay may vary depending on job-related factors that can include location, education, skill, and experience. The salary does not include any benefits or other forms of possible compensation that may be available to employees.
Application deadline: Rolling basis
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Candidates must be at least 18 years old to apply.