Forward Deployed Finance Engineer, Buyout
Hybrid (New York)$254.6k - $350kFull-timePosted 2w ago
About the role
Finance Engineering role focused on buyout deals within Harvey Deals product. Lead discovery, demos, pilots, trainings, onboarding, and custom builds for pre-sales and post-close activities, translating investment workflows into Harvey solutions and shaping product roadmap.
Responsibilities
- Lead pilots and live opportunities with pre-sales teams (AEs, CSMs) for middle-market and lower-middle-market buyout funds
- Build screening, underwriting, diligence, and investment committee workflows in Harvey templates/formats
- Review CIMs, management presentations, QoE/data packs, LBO models, and investment committee materials
- Monitor portfolios post-close, track add-on pipelines, and provide valuation support
- Translate deal-teams' needs into product enhancements and drive adoption of AI-assisted workflows
- Collaborate with senior stakeholders to drive results and collect feedback to shape product roadmap
- Travel 2–3+ times per month for business reasons (1–3 days per trip)
Qualifications
- 3+ years on the investment team at a buyout fund (middle-market or lower-middle-market) or growth-buyout/sector-specialist fund, with ownership of live deal work (screening, underwriting, diligence, modeling, IC materials)
- Investment banking/transaction advisory experience welcome but principal-side deal execution required
- Strong command of buyout documents/data (CIM, management presentation, QoE, data packs, operating models, LBO, purchase agreements, financing terms)
- Advanced Excel and financial modeling; comfort with prompting and agentic AI workflows; Python/SQL or internal tools experience a plus
- Executive presence and relationship-building across analysts to partners and IC members
- Outstanding communication and presentation skills; comfortable leading demos and technical underwriting discussions
- Curiosity about AI's potential to transform investment work; practical, action-oriented mindset
- Track record partnering with senior stakeholders and testing approaches to optimize customer outcomes
- Customer-facing or commercial experience and/or hands-on AI usage in investment settings is a plus
Skills
Required:Investment deal executionAdvanced Excel and financial modelingAI workflows and promptingExecutive presence and stakeholder management
Nice to have:Python/SQL or internal tools development
Benefits
- Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage
- 401k match up to 4%
- flexible PTO
- equity participation in the equity plan and benefits program
Last updated Oct 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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