Investment Associate - Platform

The role

The Investment Associate will act as an analytical driver for the Investment & Portfolio Team. You will perform hands-on data work, develop financial models, and conduct unit economics analysis to support strategic decisions for over 20 businesses.

What you will do

• Investigate business bottlenecks such as conversion drops, channel efficiency, and cost structure
• Research new niches, benchmarks, and metrics
• Build and maintain financial models including P&L, Cash Flow, scenarios, capital needs, and runway
• Analyze unit economics at the cohort level including LTV, CAC, Payback, Retention, and Margin contribution
• Stress-test budgets and management assumptions
• Collect and validate data from portfolio companies and conduct monthly monitoring
• Prepare materials for Boards including Plan vs. Actual and executive summaries
• Prepare drafts of investment memorandums and recommendations for partners and the Investment Committee
• Participate in due diligence for new niches and potential co-founders
• Provide analytical support for early-stage companies

Required qualifications

• 2–4 years of experience in Big 4 (Corporate Finance, Valuation, M&A, TAS, Strategy), strategic consulting, VC/PE, investment banking, or FP&A / Strategic Finance / Business Analytics in a product tech
• Experience building financial models from scratch, specifically 3-statement and cohort monetization models, in Excel / Google Sheets
• Understanding of digital business metrics: CAC, LTV, Payback, Churn, conversions, ROAS
• Ability to quickly find anomalies in raw data and verify hypotheses with numbers
• Ability to present analysis concisely and defend positions before co-founders and partners
• English at Upper-Intermediate+ level

Nice to have

• valuation experience, specifically DCF
• experience working with cap tables
• participation in financing round structuring or M&A deals
• due diligence experience

Benefits

• Access to real P&L, cohorts, and metrics of over 20 businesses in international markets
• Work alongside investment directors, entrepreneurs, and ecosystem partners
• Growth perspective to Principal
• Minimum bureaucracy, fast decisions, and high level of autonomy
• Exclusive domain education and internal training programs
• Access to spaces with gym, climbing wall, green zones, and libraries
• Breakfasts and lunches
• Access to sports training in Kyiv or partial compensation in Warsaw
• Medical insurance
• Paid business trips if required by the role
• Corporate discounts from partners

About the company

SKELAR is a venture builder that creates and scales international ConsumerTech businesses. They combine investment capital, operational infrastructure, and entrepreneurial expertise to launch companies from scratch.