Associate/Senior Associate, Business Operations & Intelligence

Firm Overview

Star Mountain is a rapidly growing, specialized private investment firm focused on the large and less competitive lower middle-market (“LMM”), comprised of businesses that generally have between $5 million and $50 million in annual EBITDA. Star Mountain employs three complementary strategies: (i) private credit, (ii) private equity and (iii) secondary private credit and private equity fund investing, all focused within the U.S. LMM. Star Mountain’s track record, business model, growth trajectory and award-winning culture provide compelling career opportunities for driven and talented individuals. Culture is a core principle which includes long-term alignment of interest with 100% of U.S. employees participating in investment profits. Star Mountain has ~$4.5 billion in assets under management (committed capital including debt facilities as of 10/31/25) and expects strong continued growth based on its performance, distinctive investment approach and its diversified investor base of domestic and global institutions (including public pensions, corporate pensions, insurance companies, commercial banks, endowments, foundations and family offices) and individuals. Star Mountain values team players with positive, solutions-based attitudes complemented by a strong work ethic and is heavily committed to long-term training and career development. Star Mountain is employee-owned with material long-term wealth creation opportunity for dedicated, entrepreneurial professionals. Dynamic team of 120+ full-time people and 40+ Senior Advisors / Operating Partners. The senior team has an average of 30 years of investment experience including prior leadership experience at Blackstone / GSO, Fortress, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, J.P. Morgan and Merrill Lynch.

Position Description The Associate / Senior Associate is the Tampa-based team lead for Business Operations & Intelligence and the day-to-day manager of the analyst pool. Where analysts carry functional focus lanes, this role thinks across the entire enterprise — connecting LP, portfolio, fund, and pipeline data into one operating picture, and owning the standards that make the team's output trustworthy at scale.

Lead and develop the Tampa Business Operations and Intelligence analyst and intern team: workload management, quality control, training, and performance development in partnership with New York infrastructure leadership

Own the firmwide data-request intake protocol: prioritization standards, data-vs-analytics triage, turnaround standards, escalation rules, and the domain SME routing matrix

Own quality-control standards and the audit-trail discipline for every data response leaving the team

Serve as the cross-enterprise integrator: fulfill and design multi-division data work spanning LP, portfolio, fund, and origination data; identify recurring patterns and convert them into new reports in the firm's reporting engine and new dashboard elements

Lead the absorption and industrialization of offshore vendor data workstreams, including workflow handoff design with the firm's offshore partner and 24-hour coverage coordination

Drive the team's data-project portfolio: cleaning campaigns, scraping builds, training-data preparation, and emerging BI analytics work

Partner with Enterprise Infrastructure on the firm's data lakehouse migration (Microsoft Fabric / Omni BI) and AI-enabled reporting roadmap; champion AI tooling adoption within the team and across the divisions it serves

Add value to other aspects of Star Mountain's overall business as an aligned partner assisting in building a leading private investment business

Qualifications

Technical data background required: degree in data science, computer science, information systems, or a comparable quantitative field, with strong applied command of SQL and data manipulation; Python and BI tooling (Power BI or comparable) strongly preferred

3–6 years of full-time experience in data operations, business intelligence, analytics, or financial services data management, including demonstrated experience leading work or people

Enterprise-level thinking: proven ability to work across functions and connect disparate data domains into one picture — this is the defining trait of the role

Finance fluency: solid understanding of private markets structures — funds, LPs, credit and equity investments, portfolio monitoring — sufficient to design data work for each

Process-design orientation: experience building intake systems, SOPs, QC standards, or comparable operating frameworks

Clear, confident communication with senior executives; ability to represent the team's work and standards firmwide

Discretion and sound judgment handling confidential executive, investor, and portfolio information

Team player with a positive, solutions-based attitude and a strong work ethic; strong culture carrier and developer of junior talent

Compensation

The exact salary will be determined based on the candidate's qualifications, experience, and performance during the selection process. Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus and other economics. Total compensation may vary by role, location, department, and individual performance. The firm is 100% employee owned providing for material economic wealth creation opportunity.

Benefits

Star Mountain Capital is committed to a healthy and engaged workforce. Our benefits are constantly evolving to support our employees’ needs today and in the future. We offer a highly competitive medical, dental, and vision package. Select other benefits include: 50% coverage on monthly gym memberships, a cell phone stipend, tuition support of job-related designations and learning and development opportunities, and other bespoke benefits.

Please submit resume through LinkedIn. If we require any additional information, we will reach out directly.

Interview Process

Thank you for your interest in a role at Star Mountain Capital. Please note that due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may not be able to respond to each one individually. If your resume is a match for the role you’ve applied for or other potential opportunities, we will reach out to start the conversation. If you do not hear from us immediately, please understand that we are carefully reviewing all applications and will keep your resume on file for future opportunities that align with your experience and qualifications.

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