Private Capital Analyst

Heidrick & Struggles (Nasdaq: HSII) is a premier provider of global leadership advisory and on-demand talent solutions, serving the senior-level talent and consulting needs of the world's top organizations. In our role as trusted leadership advisors, we partner with our clients to develop future-ready leaders and organizations, bringing together our services and offerings in executive search, diversity and inclusion, leadership assessment and development, organization and team acceleration, culture shaping and on-demand, independent talent solutions. Heidrick & Struggles pioneered the profession of executive search more than 70 years ago. Today, the firm provides integrated talent and human capital solutions to help our clients change the world, one leadership team at a time.

Job Description:

Who We Are

Heidrick & Struggles (Nasdaq: HSII) is a premier provider of global leadership advisory and on-demand talent solutions, serving the senior-level talent and consulting needs of the world's top organizations. In our role as trusted leadership advisors, we partner with our clients to develop future-ready leaders and organizations.

Private Capital Practice

The Private Capital Practice is the largest at Heidrick & Struggles as it includes both General Partner and Portfolio Company coverage across all industry sectors and regions. It spans alternative investment strategies including, but not limited to Private Equity, Venture Capital, Growth Equity, Credit, Sovereign Wealth Funds, Family Offices and Real Estate. The long-term trend of growth in private markets and increasing sophistication and demand for human capital services positions the Private Capital Practice as one of the highest growth areas for the Firm.

What We Do

The role of the Private Capital Analyst (PCA) is to support the Practice’s operations, strategic initiatives, and to provide the search teams with knowledge essential to business and client development, product and service evolution and project execution. The Private Capital Analyst group is a newly created organization designed to reinvent the operations of the practice while providing a robust two-year program for rising talent. Candidates can expect to gain broad exposure across the firm, interfacing substantially with Partners and Principals in the direct service of client initiatives across Search, Consulting and On-Demand Talent offerings.

The PCA team will function as the central repository for practice operations and support, including but not limited to, business development coordination, account support, new product/service offering development, talent management and bespoke project design/execution. The successful candidate will demonstrate creative thinking and action orientation to identify and execute opportunities to grow the practice. They will be a self-starter with strong communication skills and the maturity to navigate internal and external stakeholders.

The Private Capital Analyst cohort will report jointly to the Global Practice Managing Partner, Private Capital and Leader of Stakeholder Engagement. The initial cohort of Analysts will be based in New York, however, over time we anticipate this growing into a global organization.

Role Responsibilities

Business Development:

• Track and report all business development activity across the Practice; keep Practice Leadership and individual Consultants informed on a regular basis and support knowledge sharing.
• Acquire and utilize business intelligence through various online resources to support both proactive and reactive Business Development.
• Track new deal flow and existing client portfolio compositions.
• Support strategic client accounts through interaction with both H&S teams and client constituents.
• Assist the Practice Management Director/Manager and Practice Leadership in marketing/branding initiatives.
• Support the Practice’s competitive intelligence initiatives.
• Create and support state-of-the-art Business Development tools and presentations with data and insights.
• Build client and network tracking tools including third party advisors / partners.
• Refine client dashboard and tracking tools for Account Managers.

Search Execution:

• Participate in discussions of research strategy and methodology with Executive Search Teams.
• Ensure Search engagement teams are apprised of Practice-specific key resources and collaboration platforms.
• Facilitate identification and capture of lessons learned.

Partnership & Teamwork:

• Collaborate with the Practice Management Director/Manager; Search Associates/Analysts and other Practice Management Analysts from other Practices.
• Assist in preparing materials for Practice calls and meetings; participate in Practice calls and meetings.
• Develop strong internal relationships and personal network through collaboration and teamwork.

Internal Communications:

• Read, curate and syndicate to appropriate audiences, relevant publications to stay current on business and marketplace trends.
• Participate in relevant Functional/Industry Practice groups and conference calls.

Basic Role Qualifications

• 0-2 years of professional experience.
• An undergraduate BA/BS degree is required.
• Demonstrated capability in professional communication.
• Intellectual curiosity with critical thinking and deduction skills.
• Some project management skills with a demonstrated ability to execute deliverables with speed and quality.
• Well established and demonstrative skills with the Microsoft Suite.

Preferred Role Qualifications

• Prior exposure to professional services or private capital.
• Proven success simultaneously managing multiple projects and working across teams.

Pay Range Guidelines for this Position:

The salary range for this position is 65000 USD to 90000 USD. Compensation is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience and skills.

Heidrick & Struggles is an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring qualified protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.