Associate Role Description


About Orchid Black

Orchid Black partners with founders and executive teams to identify hidden value and drive measurable growth. We operate at the intersection of strategy, operations, and entrepreneurship and develop teams of ambitious professionals who thrive in fast-moving, unstructured environments.

If the below role information sounds like a good fit for you, please contact and forward your resume to Anthony Siragusa as@orchid.black

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Role Description

As an Associate at Orchid Black, you will focus on client engagements across our core service lines. You will have the opportunity to work with businesses in a broad range of industries and sizes (growth-stage startups, SMBs, and Enterprises). Your work will involve identifying strategic opportunities, conducting research and financial analysis, and developing actionable insights to help our clients achieve their objectives.

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What’s the Value for You: 

This role offers a rare opportunity to work directly with C-suite executives and founders, gaining exposure to high-level decision-making and hands-on operating experience across multiple industries. There’s still a lot of PowerPoint (easier now with AI), but as an associate, you’ll actively shape and execute strategies to transform businesses alongside their leaders. You'll drive real impact while sharpening your skills in market research, financial modeling, and strategic execution.  Additionally, we offer:

  • Competitive Salary: We appreciate our employees and ensure they know it.
  • Open PTO: Work-life balance is essential. We believe in giving our employees time to relax and recharge truly.
  • Flexible and Remote Work: Ability to commute to our St. Petersburg, FL office. We also offer flexible remote work to suit your lifestyle.
  • Casual Dress: Every day is “Casual Friday’, we want you to be comfortable when you come to work.
  • Minimal Bureaucracy: An entrepreneurial environment of ownership and accountability allows you to get work done.

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Key Responsibilities:

  • General
    • Proactively manage your workload and collaborate with other associates and operating partners across multiple projects & initiatives.
    • Regularly contribute to process improvements and best practices
    • Report on progress and provide relevant information during project reviews
    • Review and provide guidance/assistance to other team members
    • Participate/contribute in regularly scheduled company calls & meetings
  • Client Services
    • Design and lead projects from concept to execution, aligning resources and stakeholders to achieve strategic objectives.
    • Conduct comprehensive market research and in-depth competitor analysis to identify strategic opportunities and differentiation points.
    • Perform company due diligence across product, sales, operations, and talent, delivering actionable recommendations to enhance company value.
    • Remain fully informed on market trends, current research, and best practices.
    • To inform decision-making and strategy, utilize advanced financial modeling techniques, including scenario planning and cash flow analysis.
    • Develop and deliver clear, visually compelling presentations communicating strategic insights to internal and external stakeholders.
    • Manage teams and projects, ensuring accountability, seamless progress, and effective collaboration.
  • Business Development
    • Support business development by building pitches, creating target lists, and identifying new opportunities and potential partnerships.
    • Participate in scoping & estimation of effort for new client engagements.

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Qualifications:

  • 2-4 years of experience in private equity, consulting, market research, or a similar analytical role. (Masters Degree or MBA a plus).
  • Proven ability to strategize and execute projects or initiatives from concept to launch.
  • Strong analytical skills, comfortable with qualitative and quantitative data
  • Problem-solving and critical thinking - analyzing and simplifying complex issues; identifying problems and operational bottlenecks; developing potential solutions; and implementing and executing them
  • Excellent interpersonal and relationship management skills.  Ability to work with agile culture with a mix of different personality types. Must have proven ability to influence others to achieve results
  • Strong organizational skills –must be comfortable managing (and prioritizing) multiple tasks on multiple projects
  • Excellent written and verbal communication abilities and strong attention to detail
  • Exceptional analytical, communication, and presentation skills.
  • Entrepreneurial mindset with a proactive, problem-solving attitude.
  • Proficient in Google Workspace (particularly Sheets and Slides) and project management tools like Monday.
  • Strong ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team environment, with excellent time management skills.

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Personality and Work Style

  1. Takes the Initiative - Can construct and perform the next-best actions without direction.
  2. Tenacious - Will pursue additional steps when an answer is not immediately available.
  3. Curious - Needs to understand more rather than be satisfied with an immediate, easy conclusion.
  4. Creative - Seeks to create comprehensive and valuable solutions when problem-solving.
  5. Synthesizes information well, combining large amounts of disparate data to draw conclusions.
  6. Multi-tasker - Ability to prioritize between numerous tasks and projects while maintaining focus on outcomes.
  7. Team-Oriented - Works well with others, supports teammates, and helps the group succeed by sharing ideas and collaborating effectively.
  8. Driven - has a vested personal interest or desire in their work, both in the sense they take pride in it but are more tied to the outcomes than a paycheck.