Private Equity Analyst resume example
Experienced · US resume · set in the Investment Professional template
A private equity resume is mostly a deal sheet. The reader wants to know which transactions you worked on, what you built for them, and whether you would think like an investor rather than an adviser. The format exists to make the deals easy to scan.
A sample person: the name, employers and figures are invented. A second-year investment banking analyst with closed deals and a modelling record, recruiting for a private equity associate seat.
The order, and why
Education at the top in the US convention, kept to two lines; experience as the main block with a deal list; skills and interests in one line each.
Weak bullets, made strong
Weak: Worked on multiple M&A transactions
Strong: Built the LBO and sponsor returns analysis for the $850M take-private of a healthcare services company (closed), testing 5 leverage cases
Deal, size, sector, status and the model, in one line.
Weak: Helped prepare pitch materials
Strong: Identified $40M of overstated synergies in a buyer’s case, which reduced the bid and was adopted in the final offer letter
It shows judgement on value, which is what a fund is hiring.
Mistakes to avoid
- Listing pitches as deals. Say "pitched" or leave it out; closed and signed deals are what count.
- Claiming models you only updated. The modelling test exposes it within an hour.
- A second page. A US associate resume is one page.
UK CV or US resume
US convention: one page, GPA on the education line, no photograph, no date of birth, and deals named only where they are public. In London the same resume works, with A-levels sometimes added for juniors.
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