Job Title: Investment Manager - PEFI

Contract Type: Full time and permanent

Location: London

Work Pattern: 5 days a week from the office

Department: Private Equity Fund Investments, LP Secondaries

What the Hiring Manager says….

This is an exciting opportunity to join a thriving team and strategy, manage a team of secondary professionals, and contribute to our LP Secondary investment activities.

Summary of our opportunity

You will be involved in the whole life-cycle of the investment process, from sourcing to closing and monitoring.

You will be responsible for managing the junior team so as to support the firm’s Private Equity LP Secondary investment activities. Over time, you will be expected to take on new responsibilities and a leadership role in transactions. This position demands excellent management skills, strong analytical insight, outstanding secondary private equity modelling skills, as well as extensive industry networking and outreach.

You will thrive in a team-based environment that demands perseverance and creativity in sourcing transactions and on gathering and analysing information. You will also need to have the ability to balance multiple tasks, and to work effectively in a global cross-border team.

Primary responsibilities for this role include (but are not limited to):

Junior management:

• Train and manage the Junior team.

Model reviewing:

• Review financial models in order to analyse secondary opportunities.

Deal sourcing:

• Reach out to market participants to originate secondary deals and assist in the screening and selection of deals.

Deal structuring and execution:

• Lead and support the deal team to value, structure and execute secondary investments.

Portfolio monitoring:

• Lead and support the monitoring of secondary investments in the portfolio.

Presentation materials:

• Review / help prepare investment committee memos, marketing materials and case studies.

Key Requirements/ Qualifications

You will have demonstrable experience of: 

• Secondaries

• Financial Modelling and Analysis

• Managing a team

• Degree from a well-regarded institution, preferably in a quantitative discipline

Personal Attributes

Personal attributes that will make you successful in this role include but are not limited to: 

• Outstanding written and oral communication skills

• Driven, energetic, motivated and self-starter

• Team player with strong interpersonal skills

• Strong management skills

• Advanced analytical and financial / modelling skills

• Critical thinking and intellectually curious

• Strong attention to detail

• Able to manage workload effectively and deliver quality work on schedule in a fast-paced environment

• High competency and comprehension of corporate finance and accounting concepts

• Demonstrates entrepreneurial spirit and is willing to assume additional responsibilities

• Strong sense of values and ethics

Our Global Benefits Framework is centred around these 3 key attributes:

• Wellbeing - Supporting your mental, physical and financial wellbeing as well as your lifestyle needs.

• Inclusivity – Fit for purpose and competitive, no matter who or where you are.

• Longevity – Long Term and sustainable in design.