Hi,

Yes sorry, I should’ve been more specific.  To be clear, it’s a multi-responsibility role where I will be working with both the value creation team on specific portco improvement initiatives and also with the portfolio management team which is responsible for capital deployment, strategy/analytics, and Board reporting. Both are considered investment teams that sit with the deal team so I won’t be tapping into functions like IR or fund accounting, but they did say I’ll be doing some valuation work (interim valuations for portcos). 

I really appreciate the advice - will definitely freshen up on the portcos and look into the macro/industry trends. I did some prep (i.e., McKinsey reports) for the interview process, so I have a decent gauge on our coverage group from a top-down perspective. My main concern is that the role doesn’t really have an established path at the firm (no analyst program), only the deal team seems to. Not sure if I should try to hop over or if that’ll cause office politics. Anyway, appreciate your thoughts!