AVP, Ventures Strategic Investment Manager

About the role

The Assistant Vice President, Ventures Strategic Investments Manager is responsible for supporting all aspects of Aflac’s venture strategic investing programs. Key duties include deal sourcing and screening, initiating discussions and investment analysis, building out and analyzing financial models, and developing investment theses.

Responsibilities

• Leverages relationships with external ecosystem to identify and screen deals of interest
• Initiates discussions and investment analysis to determine value add to overall ventures portfolio and Aflac overall
• Independently leads key aspects of the transaction, including but not limited to build out and analysis of financial models; performs detailed assessments of investment opportunities; develops investment theses for deals; supports due diligence efforts for deals under consideration
• Serves as liaison for Aflac internal support teams
• Leads pipeline, deal and portfolio reviews; schedules review meetings at appropriate cadence; develops materials in support of internal deal flow/review sessions and external facing meetings
• Builds out quarterly and annual reporting packages for portfolio companies; provides ongoing monitoring of key portfolio company performance and metrics
• Supports all other Aflac Ventures’ activities including operations, fund administration, marketing and other
• Guides and mentors Analysts and other junior members of the team
• Performs other related duties as assigned

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in financial, mathematics, business administration or other quantitative discipline and minimum of eight years of professional job-related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience; with at least 4 years in the insurance industry in a similar ventures, strategy, and/or corporate development preferred
• Master’s degree is welcomed
• Experience leading, structuring, or supporting mergers & acquisition and/or venture transactions
• Business unit experience preferred
• Experience with storyboarding and developing high quality presentations
• Strong educational background and/or experience in financial modeling, financial statement analysis and statistical analysis

Skills

• Excellent quantitative, analytical and critical thinking skills
• Demonstrated knowledge of complex business and financial analysis including applied statistical techniques
• Strong judgement with the ability to analyze deal options and their implications
• Excellent facilitation and negotiation skills
• Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization
• Knowledge of due diligence requirements for investment deals
• Excellent project management skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in financial, mathematics, business administration or other quantitative discipline and minimum of eight years of professional job-related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience; with at least 4 years in the insurance industry in a similar ventures, strategy, and/or corporate development preferred
• Experience: Minimum of eight years of professional job-related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience; with at least 4 years in the insurance industry in a similar ventures, strategy, and/or corporate development preferred

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Prescription drug coverage
• Health care flexible spending
• Dependent care flexible spending
• Aflac supplemental policies
• 401(k) plans
• Generous paid time off

Pay

$125,000 - 175,000

Schedule

Normal office environment