Artha Group - Principal - Investment

You'll be :

• Hunting down overlooked pre-IPO and microcap opportunities.
• Interfacing with listed company promoters and management teams.
• Leading a team of analysts to dig deep into numbers, risk, and catalysts.
• Presenting conviction-based investment memos to the IC.
• Traveling on-site to validate businesses and triangulate the truth.
• This is a high-conviction, high-upside role with a clear path to Managing Partner.
• If you're a CA or finance-first investor with grit, speed, and intuition-this is your platform.

Key Responsibilities :

• Investment Sourcing & Screening.
• Build a live pipeline of overlooked public market opportunities.
• Develop thesis-driven ideas based on mispricing, governance, or hidden catalysts.
• Leverage promoters, brokers, filings, and forums to identify leads.
• Research, Diligence & Modeling.
• Tear down balance sheets and cash flow statements look for where the bodies are buried.
• Conduct site visits, distributor calls, and product testing to go beyond the PDF.
• Run red flag analysis : auditor notes, related-party deals, and shareholding movements.
• IC Preparation & Portfolio Management.
• Present sharp, quantified investment cases to internal IC and LPs.
• Track target prices, performance milestones, and exit timelines.
• Continuously re-evaluate conviction based on price movement + new info.
• Team Leadership & Execution Clarity.
• Manage and mentor 1 3 analysts or interns.
• Enforce rigorous timelines, follow-up cadence, and reporting hygiene.
• Build internal tracking systems and dashboards before you're asked to.

Candidate Profile :

• 8 - 12 years in equity research, public market investing, or pre-IPO diligence.
• Demonstrated experience interacting with listed promoters or public market boards.
• Strong grip on financial statements, forensics, and market timing.
• Must be a Chartered Accountant (CA) or show equivalent financial depth.
• Ability to work fast, travel often and chase clarity through complexity.

(ref : iimjobs.com)