Job Specifications
Are you looking for an opportunity to grow your knowledge of M&A or Portfolio Operations with a holding company? Apply for an internship with Tide Rock! We are seeking highly motivated summer interns to join our team.
WHO WE ARE
Tide Rock is an UNLEVERED BUYOUT FIRM that acquires companies with strong free cash flow and grows them while distributing high quarterly yields to its investors. We focus on the lower middle market, where we find companies with high-quality products and services, and artificial constraints that we remove to accelerate growth. Our growth team works alongside management to implement our playbook and drive sustainable earnings growth so we can deliver consistent cash distributions to investors.
We have a holding company structure, and do not use bank debt, which provides management with the ability to grow their business. We believe that great people build great companies and that performance-driven cultures drive results.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN AND DO:
This intern will participate in many aspects of Tide Rock, such as target company and prospective investor research, industry review, data cultivation, and other quantitative and qualitative analyses. This will provide valuable learning for those pursuing a degree in the field of finance, accounting, entrepreneurship, economics, management, and/or general business. This intern should expect to develop a fundamental knowledge of the process by which lower middle market companies are bought and sold, operated, and ultimately grown. Interns will also gain a working understanding of the industry participants involved in middle-market transactions and the motivating factors driving their behavior.
RESPONSIBILITIES MAY INCLUDE:
Project based work across several Tide Rock departments in an informal rotational program: Integrations, FP&A, Value Creation, Diligence, Corp Dev, and Playbook.
Conduct industry specific research projects to drive strategy at portfolio companies.
Assist in data gathering of prospective targets, industries, and markets via secondary and primary source research.
Data analysis to generate new perspectives as we integrate/manage/analyze portfolio companies.
Learn and help analyze quantitative and qualitative data to uncover industry, company, and market trends.
Support post-transaction integration efforts to accelerate transition and kick start growth initiatives.
Help the team qualify businesses to identify their divestiture posture, ownership structure, revenue, EBITDA, actionability, and growth strategy.
Support value creation team in conducting quantitative and qualitative analysis for portfolio companies across the company’s sales, marketing, operations, and finance departments.
Support development and management of Tide Rock’s value creation playbook, including process design, content creation, and performance management of Tide Rock’s operational and growth initiatives.
Create written materials to present to internal and external parties.
DETAILS:
Seeking undergrad or graduate students local to San Diego
40 hrs/ week
Summer 2025 (with option to extend part time through school year)
On Site in Solana Beach, CA
Minimum wage, based on geography
ELIGBILITY & REQUIREMENTS:
Currently enrolled as an active undergrad, graduate, or MBA student at an accredited university (or a recently graduate student)
Able to commit to 40 hours per week for the duration of the internship
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work with data and ambiguity
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Ability to work independently, manage deadlines, and take ownership of deliverables
Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-accountability environment
To apply, please submit your cover letter and resume through LinkedIn.
About the Company
Tide Rock is an unlevered buyout firm that acquires companies with strong free cash flow and grows them to scale, while distributing high quarterly yield to its investors.
We focus on economically resilient business-to-business companies, with high quality products and services, that generate $2-7 million in EBITDA. in the manufacturing, distribution and business services industries. Our growth team works alongside management teams to implement best practices we've collected over 9 years of successfully buying, building an...
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