Senior Associate
Knowhere is looking for a Senior Associate to join its team of entrepreneurs. This dynamic start-up spans Venture Capital, Private Equity, Investment Strategy, Joint Ventures, hospitality, and real estate industries.
This is a Hybrid role, working onsite in Bellevue, WA 3-4x a week. Travel may be required from time to time.
Capabilities Management / Thought Leadership:
- Display a comprehensive understanding of business areas, operating platform(s), business strategy, vision, and priorities by identifying gaps, driving change, and influencing project-related decisions to achieve project goals and delivery of desired results across the collective ecosystem.
- Drive a continuous improvement mindset through the collective ecosystem
Operational Excellence:
- Contribute to the development and implementation of internal processes and strategies
- Participate in the strategic planning and growth initiatives for the start-up
- Implement and manage shared services delivery model for ecosystem partners; serve as liaison with offshore team to manage work and support
- Engage with ecosystem partners to support active deals including financial analysis and underwriting
Investment Analysis and Data Management:
- Conduct thorough research and financial analysis for new and existing investments
- Prepare detailed investment presentations for Principals to review to support decision-making
- Refine, enhance, and manage database for hotel investments
- Monitor and report on existing portfolio performance, recommending actions as needed including creating an investment review process with benchmarks monthly / quarterly
- Assist with growth initiatives to include acquisitions and partnership identification strategies
- Identify, research, and develop new opportunities/business ventures
- Recap of major developments and tracking in capital markets - inflation, interest rates, hospitality-related data on recovery, etc.
Program/Project Management:
- Oversee SMEs in defining scope, planning, budgeting, and managing project tasks, resources, and deliverables
- Assist in the development of business cases and budgets, including revenue analysis
- Full contributor to leadership discussions and topics, participating in most relevant meetings and offering synthesized business perspectives relevant to influencing key strategic decisions
- Executive presentations and communications: lead the preparation and production of executive presentations, including reviews, all-hands meetings, etc.
- Drive internal communications strategy including intranet, website, newsletter,s and videos
Risk Management & Analysis:
- Ensure all potential project risks (Data Management, Systems Risk, etc.) are identified and all impacted stakeholders engaged
- Lead post-project reviews and oversee documentation of lessons learned
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree or combination of education and related experience.
- At least 3+ years of related experience as an analyst/associate within a management consultant firm, fast-paced and dynamic family office, or tech-related entrepreneurial environment.
- Project management experience.
- Hyper-organized with the ability to solve complex business issues and schedule conflicts.
- Strong communication skills across leadership teams, internally and externally.
- Sense of humor and ability to work while having fun in an ambiguous environment.
- Ability to be proactive and flexible as schedules and priorities shift.
- Ability to understand P&L, expense reports, and budgeting.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
- Proficiencyin utilizing enabling technologies (i.e., Airtable, Slack, ClickUp, and more).
- Prior experience successfully problem solving for Principals / C-Level executives.
Benefits Offered:
- Medical/Vision/Dental
- Generous PTO and Paid Holidays
