Binocs - Due Diligence Lead - Equity Research

Description: Due Diligence Lead

Experience: 2 to 6 years

Location: Bangalore (From Office)

Reporting to: Founders

About Binocs:

Binocs is building the next-generation operating system for investment research and underwriting. Our proprietary Gen AI agent architecture enables private equity, private credit, and M&A teams to complete deep, investment-grade diligence in hours instead of weeks.

We are backed by leading global investors including Accel, Beenext, Arkam, Credit Saison, and Premji Invest. Our ambition: redefine how the worlds most sophisticated investors evaluate, underwrite, and close deals.

Our founders:

- Tonmoy Shingal (CEO) Co-founder of Mettl, scaled to global enterprise adoption before acquisition by Mercer.

- Saurabh Gupta (Co-CEO) IIT Kanpur, MIT PhD, ex-Partner at KPMG New York leading multi-billion-dollar diligences for global PE clients.

- Our team of ~35 includes PhDs, senior architects, and ex-consultants who are motivated to build a new category in investment tech. Our customers today include Big Four firms, global PE funds, NBFCs, and corporate development teams in the US.

- If youre looking for a place where analytical excellence meets product innovation, this is it.

Role Overview:

- We are hiring a Due Diligence Lead (CDD/FDD/ODD) to help architect the future of deal evaluation.

- This role is ideal for someone who has mastered the fundamentals of consulting, IB, PE, or research and now wants to build something bigger.

- You will work at the intersection of investment analysis, technology, and decision science, using Binocs Gen AI agents and tier-1 datasets to deliver high-velocity, high-clarity investment outputs.

- This is a front-line role with direct visibility to founders, clients, and the product team. About twenty percent of your work will shape our product roadmap by translating dealmaking pain points into scalable AI capabilities.

- This is not just another diligence role. This is a chance to define how diligence will be done in the next decade.

What You Will Lead:

Investment Research and Underwriting:

- Conduct sector, competitive, and commercial deep dives

- Evaluate business models, financial performance, unit economics, and leverage

- Identify value creation levers, structural risks, and red flags

- Synthesize large, unstructured datasets into sharp, defensible insights

Deal Execution and Client Impact:

- Draft investment and credit memos used for IC and deal committees

- Build crisp, story-driven decks for internal and client stakeholders

- Support modelling, scenario testing, and valuation work

- Support sales in preparing proposals and scoping new engagements

AI-Driven Delivery:

- Leverage Binocs AI agent ecosystem and platforms such as Capital IQ, FactSet, and PitchBook

- Deliver investment-grade outputs with exceptional clarity and speed

- Set new quality benchmarks for AI-assisted diligence

Product and Innovation (20 percent):

- Work with founders, product, and engineering to shape new AI capabilities

- Convert deal workflows into automated, scalable systems

- Develop reusable frameworks, templates, and agent workflows used across clients

What You Bring:

- 2 to 4 years in management consulting, IB, PE, transaction advisory, or equity research in McKinsey/BCG/Bain

- Strong modelling skills and analytical depth

- Excellent structured communication and top-tier deck writing

- Ability to break down ambiguous problems into clear, actionable insights

- Intellectual curiosity and a bias for speed, ownership, and high standards

- MBA/CFA is a plus, but not mandatory for exceptional candidates

- Familiarity with AI tools or financial databases is welcome

Why Join Binocs:

- Work directly with founders who have scaled category-defining companies

- Build AI systems that will reshape PE and credit investing globally

- Work on global diligences across PE, credit, and M&A

- High-autonomy, high-pace, high-visibility environment

- Opportunity to leave a legacy: shape a new category in investment technology

- A role designed for rapid acceleration analytically, commercially, and technically