Business Development Director Private Equity

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Overview

Baker Tilly is a leading advisory, tax and assurance firm, providing clients with a genuine coast-to-coast and global advantage in major regions of the U.S. and in many of the world’s leading financial centers – New York, London, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and Boston. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and Baker Tilly US, LLP (Baker Tilly) provide professional services through an alternative practice structure in accordance with the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct and applicable laws, regulations and professional standards. Baker Tilly US, LLP is a licensed independent CPA firm that provides attest services to its clients. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and its subsidiary entities provide tax and business advisory services to their clients. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and its subsidiary entities are not licensed CPA firms. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and Baker Tilly US, LLP, trading as Baker Tilly, are independent members of Baker Tilly International, a worldwide network of independent accounting and business advisory firms in 141 territories, with 43,000 professionals and a combined worldwide revenue of $5.2 billion. Visit bakertilly.com or join the conversation on LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram.  

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Job Description:

  The Private Equity Business Development Director at Baker Tilly is a senior-level, strategic role focused on accelerating growth across the firm’s Tax, Assurance, and Consulting practices. This leader is directly responsible for identifying and developing new business opportunities within the Private Equity sector in an assigned geography, while developing, managing, and expanding client and prospect relationships.

The Director serves as a key member of the Private Equity Industry Practice team, partnering with practice leaders to shape and execute go-to-market strategies and drive industry-focused growth initiatives. This includes collaborating across service lines to develop innovative, value-driven solutions that support private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies throughout the investment lifecycle - from acquisition and due diligence through value creation, integration, growth, and exit.

This role requires a strong understanding of private equity investment strategies, transaction activity, portfolio company operations, value creation initiatives, and market dynamics impacting sponsors and their investments, and is critical to enhancing Baker Tilly’s market position and delivering differentiated value to clients.

You will have the opportunity to: • Generate and manage a client-facing pipeline—lead, own, and participate in client pursuits, including client discovery, pursuit strategy, proposal development, and closing activities. • Represent the firm and its full suite of Tax, Assurance, and Consulting services serving the Private Equity ecosystem, including fund/sponsors and portfolio companies. • Develop and execute fund/sponsor coverage strategies (strategic account management at the fund/sponsor level) that strengthen relationships with prioritized private equity firms and identify new opportunities at the fund/sponsor across portfolio company investments. • Co-develop a sales plan for the assigned territory and report weekly on progress against that plan to senior management. • Demonstrate the ability to craft clear, concise, and compelling value propositions for services and solutions tailored to private equity firms, portfolio company executives, and other key stakeholders. • Lead the deployment of sales techniques and strategies to integrate services and resources across all lines of service and geographies. • Maintain deep knowledge of core service offerings and effectively position their application throughout the private equity investment lifecycle to influence decision-makers. • Create, sustain, and grow relationships with new and existing clients through regular, open communication; ensure performance standards and client satisfaction are consistently met, and proactively communicate and troubleshoot issues as they arise. • Build, maintain, and expand relationships across the Private Equity ecosystem, including private equity sponsors, operating partners, investment professionals/deal team(s), portfolio company executives, investment bankers, lenders, attorneys, and other centers of influence. • Lead strategic account management, planning, and support account ownership across priority sponsor relationships and portfolio companies to maximize new client acquisition, client penetration, and cross-service opportunities. • Support the development and execution of industry-focused go-to-market strategies, integrated client solutions, and business development initiatives that enhance the Private Equity practice. • Innovate and grow the Private Equity practice through rigorous and deliberate collaboration, teaming, thought leadership, and differentiated client solutions. • Have conversational kno

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