Graduate Investment Analyst 2027

Crescent Capital Partners

Crescent Capital Partners

Crescent Capital Partners is a leading Australian private equity firm that has raised over $4 billion across seven funds, completed more than 40 foundation investments and assisted portfolio companies with over 150 follow-on acquisitions. We invest diversely and our current portfolio includes companies in healthcare, industrials, financial services, technology, education and consumer brands.

What sets our firm apart is the passion we have for actively working closely with our portfolio companies in a highly collegiate and collaborative culture. The Crescent team has a unique blend of consulting, operational and M&A skill sets to support our investee companies. Once invested into a business, we look to accelerate growth through:

• Providing management consulting style strategy support on key projects;
• Assisting management teams through major strategic change;
• Working with management teams to identify and execute bolt-on acquisitions.

Role Description

Applications for Graduate Investment Analysts January 2027 intake are now open. The successful candidates will become active members of the team and work on a diverse range of projects throughout the lifecycle of private equity. This includes working on the initial investment decision and helping close the deal, through to actively working with management to solve their hardest problems. This role is broad and combines both investment and strategy/management consulting work.

The Graduate Investment Analyst role will provide you the opportunity to:

• Work with ex-consultants and investment bankers in a stimulating, fast-paced and intellectually challenging environment
• Learn and apply your skills across a diverse range of industries
• Assisting in transaction processes (including acquisitions, sales, equity market listings and debt raisings) and actively participating in deal negotiations and due diligence
• Collaborate with portfolio company senior leadership teams on real world problems at the board level
• Combine investment analysis, corporate finance, business strategy, and implementation.

To apply, candidate must have:

• Minimum 75 WAM from a top university

Strong candidates should be able to demonstrate one of the following:

• Internship experience with an investment bank, consulting firm or corporate; or
• Achieved at a high level in a sport or academic pursuit (e.g. debating) in the past 4 years; or
• Demonstrated high degree of engagement in a unique extracurricular activity.

The ideal candidate will:

• Be naturally inquisitive, analytical, imaginative and commercially minded
• Motivated to work as a team member and contribute to evolving the firm’s culture
• Have a high degree of comfort working with numbers and be able to draw real world conclusions from their work
• Be comfortable working across different initiatives, with different timeframes and stakeholders from various levels
• Have a proven track record of personal, academic and professional achievement