Team OverviewAksia's private equity investment team is responsible for sourcing, evaluating, and investing in private equity primary funds, co-investments, and secondaries. The firm's private equity investment professionals oversaw $115 billion of private equity assets under supervision as of December 31, 2025.
Position Overview:Aksia is seeking an Associate to join its Private Equity investment team in either San Diego, California or New York, New York. The role will focus on GP-led secondary transactions, with an emphasis on continuation vehicles. The successful candidate will work closely with senior investment professionals and collaborate across the broader private equity platform, including primaries and co-investments.
Responsibilities:- Support the origination and evaluation of GP-led secondary transactions, primarily on the buy-side
- Assess opportunities through rigorous qualitative and quantitative diligence, including the evaluation of GP alignment, asset quality, and transaction structure
- Build and maintain detailed transaction models, including valuation, cash flow projections, and scenario and downside analyses
- Work closely with primary fund and co-investment teams to leverage firmwide GP relationships, share diligence insights, and assess underlying portfolio company fundamentals
- Prepare investment memorandums and supporting materials for presentation to Aksia's Investment Committee
- Monitor secondary market conditions, GP-led transaction trends, and broader private equity market dynamics
Qualifications:- Bachelor's degree with strong academics in finance, economics, business or a related field
- 2-4 years of relevant experience in buy-side private equity, a secondaries investing firm (GP-led and/or LP-led transactions) or investment banking
- Demonstrated understanding of the full secondary investment lifecycle, including sourcing, diligence, valuation, structuring, and closing
- Strong analytical capabilities and financial modeling skills
- Excellent qualitative assessment skills, with the ability to identify, synthesize, and communicate key investment merits and risks
- Clear, concise, and effective written and verbal communication skills
- High degree of initiative, intellectual curiosity, integrity, and commercial judgment
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team-oriented, global environment
