Careers

Sterling has been focused on an operational style of investing in the middle market since 1982. We have remained committed to a consistent strategy since our founding: we buy good businesses and partner with management to make those businesses better. Over the past four decades, we believe we have developed a repeatable, differentiated strategy for improving industrial businesses.

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Who we are
Our Mission

Build winning companies to deliver superior returns to our investors.

Our strategy

Acquire good businesses and partner with management to drive fundamental improvement.

Our values
  • Partnership
  • Passion
  • Discipline
Our core competencies
  • Sourcing
  • People
  • Evaluation
  • Continuous Improvement
Our Firm
  • Lean, collaborative team, working directly with Partners and senior management
  • Successful track record resulting in exciting growth
  • 6 out of 7 current Partners started as associates or Vice Presidents at Sterling
  • Resources Group, comprised of subject matter experts in Human Capital, Operations, Commercial, Strategy, Technology, and M&A, are members of deal teams and help drive improvements at portfolio companies
  • Hands on investing model resulting in deep engagement with our portfolio companies
Our Culture
  • We believe in long term partnership and collaboration
  • Relentless, firm-wide commitment to continuous improvement
  • We say "we" more than "I"
  • Entrepreneurial spirit
  • Passionate about building winning businesses

Why Choose a Career with Sterling?

Sterling is led by a team of Partners with a long history of working together at the firm.  Six out of seven of Sterling’s current Partners began their careers with Sterling as an Associate or a Vice President (the seventh joined from a portfolio company). Our team has been uniquely stable and consistent, having never lost a Partner other than to retirement or family commitments.

Sterling’s core values are Partnership, Passion and Discipline. We are passionate about building winning businesses to deliver superior returns for our investors and employees. We are disciplined in sourcing and evaluating the right opportunities with a process-oriented approach to everything we do.

We believe a diverse set of skills from people with a variety of backgrounds results in better business outcomes. We are committed to having a well-rounded, balanced, and inclusive team.

We're interested in hearing from great talent.


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The Sterling Group | US-TX-Houston Tax Accountant

Summary The Sterling Group is seeking a detail oriented and self-motivated Tax Accountant to join our team! The Tax Accountant will report to the Tax Manager and assist with domestic and international tax compliance and reporting for The Sterling Group, its affiliated management companies and private equity funds. We are a small group of highly […]

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The Sterling Group | US-TX-Houston Associate, Legal & Compliance

The Sterling Group is an operationally focused middle market private equity firm focused on the industrial sector. Founded in 1982, Sterling is one of the oldest private equity firms in North America. Over 70% of realized returns have been driven by organic EBITDA growth as opposed to financial engineering, a result of Sterling’s operational investing […]

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The Sterling Group | US-TX-Houston Assistant Controller, Management Company

Summary The Management Company Assistant Controller reports directly to the Management Company Controller and will play an integral part in the smooth functioning of the accounting, tax and budgeting functions for the firm’s management companies. The Assistant Controller will be accountable for the accounting operations of the firm, to include production of periodic financial reports, […]

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The Sterling Group | US-TX-Houston Fund Controller

The Fund Controller reports directly to the CFO and will play an integral part in the smooth functioning of the accounting, financial reporting and tax functions for the firm’s private credit funds and Foundation Fund, a $600 million lower-middle market equity fund. The Fund Controller will be accountable for the accounting operations of the funds […]

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The Sterling Group | US-TX-Houston Investment Professional Analyst Intern (2024)

The Sterling Group is seeking a undergraduate student intern projected to graduate in 2025 to join our team of investment professionals for summer 2024. Must be available for 10 weeks from June to August. The Analyst Intern will work directly with a talented, dedicated staff of senior professionals who will provide broad exposure to the […]

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The Sterling Group | US-TX-Dallas Associate 2024

The Associate position will be primarily responsible for industry research, competitive analysis, financial statement analysis and financial modeling for potential transactions.

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