Guy's & St Thomas' Foundation, a leading UK charitable endowment, is seeking an Analyst to join their impact investment team. Your main responsibility will be, under the support of the Impact Investment Director, to deploy the endowment's impact investment allocation in the Foundations' impact investing portfolio.
There will also be further scope to assist with the selection of externally managed funds across public equity, credit, hedge funds, private equity, venture capital, private credit and private RE and broader portfolio management responsibilities including asset allocation, performance and analysis and reporting, investment research and analytical support. The team are seeking an enterprising, delivery-minded, collaborative individual.
Responsibilities:
Screening and due diligence of external managers, funds or direct investments across all asset classes;
Assessment of the health impact of investments;
Monitoring of current investments through manager meetings, conferences, fund document reviews, inclusive of the provision of performance analysis and written commentaries;
Research into social impact investment markets and new fund opportunities including assessment of the health impact measurement systems and methodologies.
Maintenance and improvement of various proprietary portfolio management, cash flow, reporting and risk systems;
Preparation of periodic performance reports and materials for our investment committees and subcommittees, including performance, attribution and exposure analyses;
Research into the economic, industry and financial market trends to help inform asset allocation decisions and to fuel investment idea generation
Skills Required:
Demonstrable experience in an investment-related role. Experience evaluating external funds/fund managers is preferred.
Experience can include but is not limited to any of the following areas:
o Asset management in the commercial or charitable organisation;
o Investment function in single or multi-family office;
o Investment function at direct investment fund or multi-asset investment fund;
o Investment consultancy; and/or
o Financial advisory
A strong understanding of financial markets.
As part of a charitable endowment seeking to achieve health impact as well as financial returns, G&ST' are looking for a candidate who demonstrates the business' core values, someone who takes pride in using their initiative, being flexible and agile in times of change and who demonstrates integrity and loyalty to colleagues and stakeholders.
The role provides a wealth of opportunities to develop a detailed understanding of long-term multi-asset class investing as well as investing for social impact. Should you be interested to hear more contact gemma.finegold@acre.com
