Each year, Business Talent Group releases the High-End Independent Talent Report, looking across industries and business functions to analyze how business leaders deploy top independent talent to fill critical skill, expertise, and leadership gaps. Here are the key private equity trends for 2021.
Private equity firms need leaders who are skilled and experienced enough to execute strategies across the investment cycle. Independent consultants and executives are a perfect resource for these firms, helping evaluate acquisition targets, validating investment theses, and driving and sustaining impact through interim leadership roles.
PROJECT CATEGORIES: Private Equity and Venture Capital
| 37% Strategy |
| 34% Interim Executive |
| 14% Transformation |
| 12% Operations |
| 3% Organization |
MOST IN-DEMAND PROJECTS
Interim Leadership
M&A
Business Processes
Marketing and Sales
Opportunity Assessment
Product Strategy and Launch
IT and Tech Transformation
MOST IN-DEMAND SKILLS
Due Diligence
Financial Planning, Analysis, and Modeling
Financial Controls, Accounting, and Audit
Salesforce Effectiveness
Product Development
Post-Merger Integration
Process Optimization and Transformation
Program Management Office (PMO)
SAMPLE PRIVATE EQUITY AND VENTURE CAPITAL PROJECTS
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Serve as an interim CFO to lead the integration of three companies and 2021 budget process
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Lead global implementation of a human resource information system (HRIS)
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Assess target company’s inventory, finances, and operations and provide a recommendation to the investment committee
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Post-acquisition, review product strategy and roadmap, provide customer segmentation, targeting, and product positioning recommendations, and develop resource allocation plan
