Uncapped
Helping founders win | Fast, flexible finance to grow your business from £10k - £10m
51 - 200
Deputy Head of Investments
14 hours ago
🔄 Hybrid – London
Uncapped
Helping founders win | Fast, flexible finance to grow your business from £10k - £10m
51 - 200
Description
• Provide leadership to a team of highly motivated investment analysts and guide them through their professional development • Evaluate strategic investment opportunities, make recommendations on size, length and structure of capital advances to the Credit Committee • Meet founders and their management teams during the underwriting process to understand their business model and assess their needs and their risk profile • Own underwriting models and be accountable for their performance • Lead the monthly large loan monitoring process to identify any risks to repayment • Support the Director of Investments in improving our underwriting capabilities through continuous process improvements • Stand in for the Director of Investments in their absence • Help create new products and work with commercial and technology teams to bring ideas to life
Requirements
• 10+ years of experience, with a significant portion focused on making large investment decisions(£/$2m+), preferably within the venture capital/venture debt/start-up financing ecosystem • Experience in investing in asset-light business models (e.g., e-commerce, saas) • Strong educational background in finance, preferably holding an accounting/finance degree or an MBA • Highly analytical, possessing expert-level experience and expertise in interpreting complex financial accounts/business data for underwriting purposes • A confident communicator who can effectively interview founders and their CFOs to understand their business and financial performance, and articulate our decisions and rationale back to them • Strong knowledge of sectors we operate in - you should intricately understand e-commerce / online / SaaS business models • Commercial mindset - the ability to find a deal while protecting the business • Organised, flexible and focused, with the ability to context-switch • Hawk-eye level attention to detail, ability to zoom in and spot what others may miss • Entrepreneurial mindset - you should constantly look to make the most of available opportunities, be decisive, overcome quickly to learn from setbacks • Collaborative mindset, not afraid to over-communicate in a remote environment
Benefits
• Unlimited holiday: we believe that well-rested and happy people make the best employees • Competitive compensation plan • Personal growth fund: Raise your game from great to spectacular • Monthly recognition and awards: Celebrate wins big and small • The opportunity to make a big impact every day on the lives of European and US entrepreneurs. • Workspaces in Warsaw, London and Atlanta
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