Valuation Manager (Venture Capital/Private Companies)

aVenture is seeking a knowledgeable valuation specialist with experience in venture capital and private company’s valuation. About aVenture Investment CompanyaVenture is a San Francisco-based fintech platform providing access to venture capital funds to ordinary investors. DescriptionaVenture is a San Francisco, California (USA) based financial technology startup, with a small global team (North and South America, Europe, Asia) looking to forever change investing by making venture capital investment funds available to everyone.aVenture is seeking a knowledgeable valuation specialist with experience in venture capital and private company valuation. We are looking for 1-2 valuation professionals to join us part-time or full-time (20 to 40 hours a week), and this position is available at a fixed rate of compensation per month or hourly rate, depending on schedule arrangements made by the candidate. This is a remote position that can be done from anywhere in the world (work from home). This position requires a regular work schedule and must have at least 4 hours of US Pacific Time availability per weekday in your schedule.Desired skills:• Experience valuing private companies and/or startups (e.g., venture capital, private equity, other asset class experience is beneficial as well)• Excellent analytical, report writing and organizational skills• Excellent understanding of company, industry, economic research, financial statements and valuations• Strong quantitative skills• Experience in applying technical research skills needed to gather, organize, summarize, and interpret data to arrive at a conclusion• Experience providing detailed valuation reports• Good verbal and written communication skills• Commitment to obtaining outstanding resultsJob duties:• Analyze privately held companies and securities• Perform valuation analysis on a wide range of private companies across different industries• Prepare business valuation models and reports• Design and work with financial models for discounted cash flow, market multiple, market transaction and option pricing analyses• Assist in preparing and presenting the results of your analysis in a clear and concise manner• Collaborate with team members to share information and insights• Perform in-depth client, industry, market and competitor research• Perform detailed analysis of financial and legal documents, analysis of potentially fraudulent transactions, and reconstruction of financial statementsQualifications required:• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree or concentration in finance, accounting, economics, or related fields; Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholders or candidates and NACVA certificate holders (including CVA) are also considered to meet this requirement• Strong analytical, research, and sampling and quantitative abilities• Experience conducting company valuation, particularly in the venture capital sectorWhat to expect• You’ll be working with an experienced, knowledgeable, and friendly team of people passionate about making venture capital accessible for everyone• Each employee on our team is expected to have a stable work schedule they establish for when they begin and end work each day, and must have at least 4 hours of US Pacific Time business hours available Monday through Friday daily• A successful valuation professional will manage their time carefully, maintaining time entries of their work and managing a successful task board (such as Jira), and participate in daily brief check-in meetings, along with weekly planning meetingsSalary$60,000 - $90,000 per year Apply tot his job