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Hays is currently working with a leading global financial institution renowned for its excellence in banking, investment management, and private equity in the GCC and USA.

Our client is looking to hire a highly motivated Private Equity Associate to join their dynamic team. The ideal candidate will play a key role in deal sourcing, evaluating, executing, and managing private equity investments.

Requirements :

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Business, or related field; MBA or CFA designation preferred
• 2 to 4 years of experience in private equity, investment banking, or related financial services
• Strong financial modelling and valuation skills
• Excellent analytical, quantitative, and research capabilities
• Must speak fluent Arabic

This is an excellent opportunity for candidates looking to advance their careers in private equity within a prestigious bank environment.

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Hays are hiring on behalf of a local
boutique capital firm
headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia that is expanding its
Private Equity team
. This is an excellent opportunity for a high-performing investment professional to join a dynamic and entrepreneurial environment.

Role Overview:

As a Senior Associate, you will be actively involved across the full investment lifecycle -
pre-acquisition, post-acquisition, and exit
. You'll work closely with senior leadership to identify, evaluate, and execute investment opportunities, while also supporting portfolio companies and mentoring junior team members.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct industry and market research to identify investment opportunities
• Build and maintain detailed financial models for target companies
• Participate in due diligence, including site visits and management interviews
• Prepare investment memoranda and deal documentation
• Monitor portfolio company performance and support value creation initiatives
• Collaborate with internal teams and contribute to strategic projects
• Mentor and guide junior analysts and associates

Candidate Profile:

• 3–5 years of experience in private equity, investment banking, consulting, or operational roles
• Strong financial modeling and analytical skills
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field
• CME-4 certification or CFA Charteholder (mandatory)
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Bilingual proficiency (Arabic/English or other languages) is required
• High ethical standards and a collaborative mindset

What the job involves

Take ownership of the full deal cycle, from sourcing and screening through execution, monitoring, and exit

Support co-investments and direct investments, including minority partner positions

Build robust financial models, conduct valuation analysis, and prepare investment memoranda

Manage follow-up calls on forecasts and update internal exit assumptions and capital needs projections

Participate in board discussions and investment committee reviews where required

Oversee portfolio management for existing investments

Who we are looking for

Demonstrated track record of having executed numerous private equity deals

Strong financial modelling, valuation, and deal execution skills

Strong communication and stakeholder management capability

Fluency in Arabic is preferred but not essential

• Competitive Salary & Benefits
• Potential to be a part of a stellar team with diverse investment backgrounds

About Our Client
A renowned investment firm with an established track record in global investments and a growing portfolio across GCC with a special focus on KSA/UAE

Job Description

• Deal Sourcing and Evaluation: Identifying potential investment opportunities, conducting thorough due diligence, and assessing the financial viability and strategic fit of target companies.
• Investment Decision-Making: Leading deal teams, making investment recommendations, and ultimately deciding whether to proceed with a transaction.
• Portfolio Management: Overseeing existing investments, monitoring company performance, and providing strategic guidance to portfolio companies.
• Fund-raising: Assisting in fund raising activities, including preparing investor presentations, managing investor relations, and closing new funds.
• Exit Strategy Development: Planning and executing exit strategies, such as initial public offerings (IPOs), secondary sales, or mergers and acquisitions, to realise value for investors.

The Successful Applicant

• Proven Track Record: 10+ years of experience in private equity or investment banking, demonstrating a successful history of deal execution, portfolio management, and value creation.
• GCC/KSA Region Expertise: Deep understanding of the GCC/KSA investment landscape, including market dynamics, regulatory frameworks, and key industry trends.
• Strong Educational Background: Advanced degree in finance, economics, or a related field, showcasing strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Extensive Network: Well-established relationships within the GCC business community, including corporate executives, investors, and advisors, facilitating deal sourcing and execution.
• Strategic Thinking: Ability to think critically, analyse complex financial information, and make sound investment decisions aligned with the firm's strategic objectives.

What's On Offer

• Be a part of a successful team with diverse backgrounds
• Drive the growth of the investment firm across GCC

Contact

Shahzeb Alam

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About Our Client
This is an exciting opportunity for a VP or SVP with experience of delivering transformations to join an impressive value creation team for a Sovereign Wealth Fund in Riyadh. The fund has deployed significant capital into the local region, paving the way for significant growth and value creation opportunities. The individual should have the ability to drive change and unlock value across complex organisations, by ensuring the delivery of key transformation initiatives designed and implemented by the team.
What the job involves

• Provide impactful advice to help the transformation process across complex organisations, across all sectors in the portfolio
• Provide credible transformational insights to the senior management team and ensure their successful implementation
• You will be working with other senior operating partners and executive-level professionals to both identify and then implement growth and transformation initiatives within the existing portfolio
• This firm has a broad investment remit and you will get the opportunity to work with a range of high-profile organizations. It deploys significant capital and has a vigorous throughput of deals which translates into the opportunity to drive performance improvements across large, multi-territory, complex businesses

Who we are looking for

• Candidates should have experience of delivering transformation in international corporates. This could be either a top-tier consultancy firm, advising such corporates and/or from the corporate themselves
• Significant operational experience of delivering transformational support to businesses across sectors
• Excellent interpersonal skills and credibility to coach and influence
• Takes accountability for results and influence with sound judgement, credibility and high humility
• Ability and willingness to be located in Riyadh, full-time

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Principal Investor Relations - Private Equity firm

We are representing our client, an international private equity and asset management firm, in their search for a Principal-level professional in Investor Solutions and Capital Raising.

In this role, you will lead all aspects of capital raising, investor solutions, and business development strategy, while contributing to the firm’s overall strategic positioning. The position combines fundraising, origination of investor-led opportunities, and strategic partnership building, ensuring continued growth of AUM and strengthening the firm’s market reputation.

• Proven leadership experience in investor relations, capital raising, and business development
• Strong understanding of private equity and asset management products
• Exceptional communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
• Analytical and strategic thinking abilities
• Experience in the Saudi market with an established client network of institutional and family office clients

• Minimum 5-10 years in a senior capital raising or leadership role within an asset management or private equity firm in Saudi

Our client is an established international private equity firm seeking to expand its presence in Saudi Arabia.

We look forward to hearing from qualified candidates who are ready to take on this exciting opportunity.

Mid-Senior level

Full-time

Industries: Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals and Investment Management

Strategy& is a global strategy consulting business uniquely positioned to help deliver your best future: one that is built on differentiation from the inside out and tailored exactly to you. As part of PwC, every day we’re building the winning systems that are at the heart of growth. We combine our powerful foresight with this tangible know-how, technology, and scale to help you create a better, more transformative strategy from day one.

As the only at-scale strategy business that’s part of a global professional services network, we embed our strategy capabilities with frontline teams across PwC to show you where you need to go, the choices you’ll need to make to get there, and how to get it right.

The result is an authentic strategy process powerful enough to capture possibility, while pragmatic enough to ensure effective delivery. It’s the strategy that gets an organization through the changes of today and drives results that redefine tomorrow. It’s the strategy that turns vision into reality. It’s strategy, made real.

Principals play a significant role in growing the strategy consulting business. Principals are expected to manage senior client relationships, lead projects, and demonstrate content expertise in one or more of the relevant sectors. Eventually, the successful candidate will be expected to generate their own leads while leveraging the firm’s existing relationships.

1. Serve as a comprehensive Senior Project Manager by planning, organizing and driving project execution, while also guiding and directing junior team members.
2. Strengthen existing client relationships by ensuring dedicated senior coverage, teaming up with stakeholders when setting the client agenda, providing counsel on where Strategy& can create value, and leading delivery teams.
3. Provide thought leadership and creative insights to help identify, clarify, and resolve complex issues critical to clients’ strategic success.
4. Develop key hypotheses and insights, define and manage all data-collection initiatives, analyze the resulting data, meet with clients to establish requirements, and ensure assignment progress.
5. Lead multiple project components, translating findings into recommendations and solutions, and ensuring integration of project components against project goals.
6. Grow the Middle East business by marketing and selling work, leveraging personal contacts as well as the firm’s existing relationships.
7. Contribute to building a practice by attracting, retaining, developing, and motivating a team of highly qualified staff.

1. A minimum of ten years of postgraduate work experience, with a minimum of five years’ experience in a strategy consulting environment.
2. Experience in strategy development.
3. A deep background and strong credibility within a relevant industry, either through consulting or client-side expertise.
4. Experience in managing client relationships at senior levels and a proven ability to build client relationships.
5. Strong project management skills with a focus on driving complex projects and managing project/client teams.
6. A track record demonstrating sustained progression and consistency in employment.
7. Functional experience within the relevant industry.
8. Excellent collaboration, interpersonal communication (verbal and written), and selling skills; a natural team player with cultural versatility and a good cultural fit.
9. Strong leadership and proven ability to make an impact in a growing organization; a self-starter, assertive, with a high degree of self-confidence, maturity, and executive presence.
10. The ability to inspire others and help them succeed.

Strategy& is a global strategy consulting business uniquely positioned to help deliver your best future: one that is built on differentiation from the inside out and tailored exactly to you. As part of PwC, every day we’re building the winning systems that are at the heart of growth. We combine our powerful foresight with this tangible know-how, technology, and scale to help you create a better, more transformative strategy from day one.

As the only at-scale strategy business that’s part of a global professional services network, we embed our strategy capabilities with frontline teams across PwC to show you where you need to go, the choices you’ll need to make to get there, and how to get it right.

The result is an authentic strategy process powerful enough to capture possibility, while pragmatic enough to ensure effective delivery. It’s the strategy that gets an organization through the changes of today and drives results that redefine tomorrow. It’s the strategy that turns vision into reality. It’s strategy, made real.

Managers direct and lead teams, demonstrating strong project and people management skills. They hone their client management skills as the day-to-day relationship owner and also have the opportunity to coach junior staff on projects, learning to lead high-performing teams.

A Manager should be comfortable at:

1. delivering both formal and informal presentations, both internally and externally
2. producing clear, persuasive and concisely written presentations
3. planning and managing the delivery of quality work by leading teams in an autonomous strategic-consulting environment
4. being seen as a strong team player with excellent communication and client-handling skills
5. directing the quantitative analysis, assessing the depth required for each assignment, translating the analysis into useful findings and conducting quality assurance of the results
6. building productive and lasting client relationships at all levels
7. developing and identifying new business opportunities as they present themselves.

A Manager will typically have:

1. an undergraduate degree from a top-tier university
2. an MBA or other postgraduate degree from a top-tier university
3. an exemplary scholastic record and recognition through special academic awards or participation in elite programs
4. seven to ten years of professional experience, gained in a top strategy consulting organization or in a combination of both blue-chip corporate businesses and top strategy consulting firms
5. consulting experience in Private Equity and Sovereign Investment Funds
6. a demonstrated rapid career progression and a strong track record within the current organization
7. flexibility and commercial acumen to manage a diverse range of responsibilities in a dynamic and results-oriented environment
8. excellent oral and written communication skills, with the ability to interact effectively with all levels of management
9. business-level fluency in English; Arabic is a plus

Strategy& is a global strategy consulting business uniquely positioned to help deliver your best future: one that is built on differentiation from the inside out and tailored exactly to you. As part of PwC, every day we’re building the winning systems that are at the heart of growth. We combine our powerful foresight with this tangible know-how, technology, and scale to help you create a better, more transformative strategy from day one.

As the only at-scale strategy business that’s part of a global professional services network, we embed our strategy capabilities with frontline teams across PwC to show you where you need to go, the choices you’ll need to make to get there, and how to get it right.

The result is an authentic strategy process powerful enough to capture possibility, while pragmatic enough to ensure effective delivery. It’s the strategy that gets an organization through the changes of today and drives results that redefine tomorrow. It’s the strategy that turns vision into reality. It’s strategy, made real.

Principals play a significant role in growing the strategy consulting business. Principals are expected to manage senior client relationships, lead projects and demonstrate content expertise in one or more of the relevant sectors. Eventually, the successful candidate will be expected to generate their own leads, while leveraging the firm’s existing relationships.

A Principal should be comfortable at:

1. serving as a comprehensive Senior Project Manager by planning, organizing and driving project execution, while also guiding and directing junior team members
2. strengthening existing client relationships by ensuring dedicated senior coverage, teaming up with stakeholders when setting the client agenda, providing counsel on where Strategy& can create value and leading delivery teams
3. providing thought leadership and creative insights to help identify, clarify and resolve complex issues critical to clients’ strategic success
4. developing key hypotheses and insights, defining and managing all data-collection initiatives, analyzing the resulting data, meeting with clients to establish requirements and ensuring assignment progress
5. leading multiple project components, translating findings into recommendations and solutions and ensuring integration of project components against project goals
6. growing the Middle East business by marketing and selling work, leveraging personal contacts as well as the firm’s existing relationships
7. contributing to building a practice by attracting, retaining, developing and motivating a team of highly qualified staff.

A Principal will typically have:

1. a minimum of ten years of postgraduate work experience, with a minimum of five years’ experience in a strategy consulting environment
2. experience in strategy development
3. a deep background and strong credibility within a relevant industry, either through consulting or client-side expertise
4. experience in managing client relationships at senior levels and a proven ability to build client relationships
5. strong project management skills with a focus on driving complex projects and managing project/client teams
6. a track record demonstrating sustained progression and consistency in employment
7. functional experience within the relevant industry
8. excellent collaboration, interpersonal communication (verbal and written) and selling skills; a natural team player with cultural versatility and a good “cultural fit”
9. strong leadership and proven ability to make an impact in a growing organization; a self-starter, assertive, with a high degree of self-confidence, maturity and executive presence
10. the ability to inspire others and help them succeed