Investor Relations Analyst

SOSV - Investor Relations Analyst

Location: Preference for Cork, Ireland or Europe / partial remote.

Start date: immediate

About the firm:

SOSV is a global venture capital firm that offers multi-stage investment, starting with pre-seed startup development programs designed for founders with breakthrough technologies that address human and planetary health. With $1.5 billion in AUM, SOSV operates early-stage startup development programs SOSV SF and SOSV NY (human and planetary health) and SOSV HAX (hard tech). The SOSV ecosystem spans the globe, with 1000+ startups operating in 60 countries and offices in New York City, Newark, San Francisco, Shenzhen, Tokyo and Cork, Ireland.

About the position:

SOSV is hiring an Investor Relations Analyst to support the Investor Relations Team with reporting, investor management, compliance and fundraising. This is a unique opportunity for an entry-level individual who is interested in exploring a career in VC investor relations and/or financial reporting. The Analyst will be an integral member of a small, dynamic international Investor Relations team that manages ~400 global investors across multiple venture capital funds. Investors include financial institutions, endowments, corporations, family offices, and individuals. This is a junior position with the opportunity to grow into a more senior position as the firm expands.

The Investor Relations Analyst will provide support primarily to the Investor Relations Director (Cork, Ireland), with secondary support to the Corporate Investor Relations team (New York, San Francisco & Tokyo) and the Partner of Capital Development (USA). The Analyst may also provide support on special projects for the SOSV Finance and Portfolio Management teams from time to time.

The Analyst will report directly to the Director of Investor Relations. The role will be based in the Cork SOSV office with at least 2 days required onsite. The role will allow for remote working part of the week and the individual will be liaising regularly with team members in the US and Asia so may be required to work outside of standard GMT business hours from time to time. Candidates based elsewhere in Ireland/Europe may be considered, but a presence in Cork will be required on a frequent basis.

Key responsibilities:

• Support quarterly SOSV fund reporting process, working with the finance and IR team to draft and audit portfolio schedules, performance summaries, and investor letters.
• Manage responses to ad-hoc investor queries around tax reporting, financial statements & performance, fund administration updates, investment interests, etc. Responsible for investor data maintenance projects and ongoing updates of communication preferences, financial information, legal and compliance documentation.
• Support SOSV fundraising activities, including providing research and input for marketing decks and assisting with due diligence requests from prospective investors. Provide support for onboarding new investors during active fundraise periods.
• Assist in preparation and delivery of SOSV’s Annual General Meeting (AGM), including internal presentations, event logistics and investor communications. Analyst will be expected to travel to New York to provide in-person support for meeting.
• Assist with external ad-hoc reporting requests from investors (i.e. portfolio research, analysis and reporting by sector, ESG/impact, geography etc) and fund audits (i.e. financial and legal compliance documentation). Provide support for the SOSV Finance and Portfolio Management teams for internal data audit projects.
• Assist Corporate IR leads with preparation of materials, logistics/administration and follow-up for Corporate Investor meetings.
• Support syndication activities to increase direct investment by fund and angel investors into portfolio companies, including portfolio company research and curation, and syndicate communications.
• Support compliance activities (i.e. KYC, AML etc), including liaising directly with investors and compliance advisors as required.
• Additional duties as required.

Characteristics:

• Highly organized, detail- and process-oriented.
• Comfortable working with large financial data information sets for data manipulation and auditing.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Flexible, adaptive and comfortable working in a fast-paced work environment, with demonstrated ability to meet deadlines in this environment.
• Comfortable navigating a range of technology tools and databases.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently.

The individual will be privy to a large amount of sensitive information, so must be able to maintain confidentiality and high level of integrity in administering this information and communicating to internal and external parties.

Skills & Education:

• Fluent in basic microsoft office applications - Word & Excel. Advanced experience with Excel is a plus, but training can be provided as needed.
• Specific accounting and/or financial training is a plus, but not required.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Dynamics CRM or similar relational database CRM is a plus, but not required.
• Minimum bachelor’s degree or equivalent training in finance, accounting, data science, administration, or related field.

Salary:

Commensurate with experience.

Position also provides benefits including health insurance, gym, and education allowance.

Please submit a cover letter and CV to kelly.kirkpatrick@sosv.com if you are interested. Candidates will be reviewed on a rolling basis as we receive submissions. Start date immediate (October 2026) - please indicate in your application if you are unable to start immediately.