Investment Associate
LOCATION
New York, NY, USA
(Hybrid work - required to be in office 3-4 days/week)
JOB DESCRIPTION
Ascend Interplay is a multi-family office seeking an Investment Analyst to operate at the intersection of financial modeling, investment research, and decision support.
This is a high-ownership role for someone who can build and own models, synthesize complex and unstructured inputs into clear investment insights, and help drive real-time decision-making across the portfolio.
You’ll work directly with senior investors, contributing to asset allocation, portfolio management, and private/public market investing, while leveraging AI tools (LLMs/GPT) to accelerate insight generation and workflow efficiency.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
- Build and maintain asset allocation, cash flow, and financial models.
- Run scenario and sensitivity analyses to inform portfolio decisions.
- Support valuation, forecasting, and capital allocation strategy.
- Convert unstructured inputs (calls, transcripts, AI outputs, market data) into clear, actionable recommendations.
- Extract signal from noise across markets, sectors, and investment opportunities.
- Draft investment memos, briefs, and decision-ready materials.
- Conduct industry, sector, and macro research (market sizing, comps, trends).
- Track private markets, credit, and public equities landscapes.
- Surface emerging opportunities and risks across the portfolio.
- Manage investment pipeline (Airtable/CRM) including stage tracking, ownership, and reporting.
- Maintain audit-ready files, clean data rooms, and organized workflows.
- Support diligence, portfolio monitoring, and quarterly reviews.
- Use AI (LLMs, GPT) to enhance research, synthesis, and workflow automation.
- Build repeatable systems for data synthesis, insight generation, and reporting.
REQUIRED SKILLS
- 2–4 years of experience in investment analysis, equity research, credit, IB, consulting, or related fields.
- Strong financial modeling sk...