• In this capacity you can serve buyout firms by auditing the firm and its portfolio companies. Additionally, PE firms need up-to-date accounting services and may out source this work to a third party accounting firm.
• A fund administrator will take over some of the more consuming responsibilities of managing a firm, allowing the PE management to manage the portfolio.
• A large private equity firm may hire in house marketers but many of the small to mid level firms will rely on third party fund marketers and sales consultants to help raise capital for the fund from investors.
• Compliance specialists are becoming more necessary as firms must meet more rigorous government regulations in the recent financial overhaul.
• These consultants will help with software and technology that is crucial for portfolio management and managing a PE firm, even just setting up the company website.
• A lot of money in a PE firm means that often there is litigation and PE firms will use legal consultants and attorneys to help in legal matters.
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