Special Situations Associate 2025, Hong Kong

BAIN CAPITAL OVERVIEW

We are one of the world’s leading private investment firms with approximately $185 billion in assets under management that creates lasting impact for our investors, teams, businesses and the communities in which we live. Founded in 1984, we pioneered a consulting-based approach to private equity investing, partnering closely with management teams to offer the insights that challenge conventional thinking, build great businesses and improve operations. Over time, we have organically expanded this approach across asset classes to build one of the strongest alternative asset platforms in the world.

Today, our teams strive to create value through private equity, public equity, fixed income, credit, venture capital and real estate investments across multiple sectors, industries, and geographies. We believe that our people and the shared values we’ve espoused since our founding remain the core of our competitive advantage. This has empowered us to deliver an enduring impact to a diverse group of investors including pensions, endowments, foundations and individuals.

BAIN CAPITAL SPECIAL SITUATIONS OVERVIEW

Bain Capital Special Situations has $20 billion in assets under management and has invested $35 billion since its founding in 2002. We provide bespoke capital solutions to meet the diverse needs of companies, entrepreneurs, and asset owners – in all market cycles. The strategy brings together credit and equity expertise, as well as corporate and real asset expertise, to provide solutions which cannot be met by traditional providers. We partner with companies through their growth journey to raise capital for expansion or M&A, to provide liquidity or for capital structure change. We provide solutions to asset owners to provide liquidity for complex and misunderstood assets. We support entrepreneurs and operators to build platforms that address market inefficiencies We invest globally across capital structures in corporate debt and structured capital solutions, distressed assets, non-performing loans, hard asset opportunities, and growth equity. Our dedicated, global team of 135+ investment and portfolio professionals contribute the local expertise and capabilities that enable these diverse investments. Bain Capital is a global private investment firm with offices on four continents, more than 1,750 employees and approximately $185 billion in assets under management.

POSITION DESCRIPTION

The Associate program is a two-year commitment (with potential for ongoing employment following end of program). As part of this experience, Associates can co-invest alongside our fund and thereby participate in opportunities for significant equity appreciation.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Perform fundamental company-specific research in industry specific sectors – visiting company management, doing original on-site research in the field (with customers, suppliers, and others likely to have unique insight into a company’s or industry’s fundamentals), and attending industry conferences

Perform industry-level analyses that will inform the investment process and provide critical context

Build earnings models and perform valuation analysis

Make proactive buy/sell recommendations and communicate your views effectively with team members

Learn and adopt the firm’s straightforward investment process, characterized by direct verbal communication and/or concise written investment summaries supported by in-depth data-driven analysis (i.e., quantitative models of market size/growth, competitive positioning, and financial statements/analysis valuation)

GENERAL QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum of two years of post-undergrad business and/or investing experience with a highly regarded investment management/banking firm or private equity firm
• Experience analyzing and/or evaluating companies
• Strong academic credentials and a demonstrated track record of successful work experience
• Work experience characterized by strong and disciplined analytical skills to execute data-driven industry and competitive evaluations
• A fundamental, analytically-driven approach to investing
• Experience interacting with and assessing senior management teams and strong relationship building skills
• Ability to work collaboratively in team environments
• Strong analytical/modeling capability
• Self-motivated and “high-energy,” with a great sense of urgency and drive to succeed
• Naturally inquisitive and a great listener. Flexible thinker with strong drive to find the right answer
• Creative approach to due diligence
• Excellent communication skills, able to synthesize complicated analyses concisely and to articulate insightful conclusions compellingly. Open to spirited debate over ideas
• A high degree of self-confidence, conviction, and personal maturity

REQUIRED EDUCATION

• University degree from a highly regarded institution