Impact Investment Manager, Rapidly Growing Impact Investor, London, UK

About our client
Our client is a fast-growing impact investor, looking to add an Impact Investment Manager to its London office. This is an exciting opportunity to join a socially-conscious organisation with a passion for delivering long-lasting positive impact.
What the job involves

• Source, analyse and evaluate new investment opportunities across a wide range of asset classes and impact investment strategies, including due diligence on commercial, impact, operational, legal and tax aspects.
• Prepare and present sector reviews and recommendation papers for Investment Committee
• Analyse the portfolio on an ongoing basis, including performance characteristics, attribution and look-through exposures; scenario planning; and tracking of impact and other metrics (in collaboration with Operations team)
• Manage relationships with existing and prospective asset managers, including proactive engagement to drive impact, and monitoring of investment and impact performance and risks
• Build up expertise in specific impact investment strategies and relevant social/environmental issues
• Custom research projects to inform the firm's impact investment strategy and support thought leadership
• Participate in and develop the firm's reporting, impact framework and investment processes and systems
• Build relationships and collaborate with other allocators and investors
• Raise awareness with external stakeholders and support the firm's role in championing impact
• Support business development, including speaking to current and potential investors, and development of new products/target markets
• Support enhancement of internal processes and systems,

Who we are looking for

• Experience in private markets asset classes or multi-asset class allocation/manager selection is particularly valuable, but not essential if you have a strong interest in how multi-asset class portfolios are managed
• Intellectual curiosity and ability to understand a wide range of different impact investment strategies and asset classes at the fundamental level, the evaluation of investment managers, and the construction and management of a portfolio
• Clear interest in social equity and environmental sustainability
• Strong collaboration and project management skills
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely in written documents and presentations with both expert and less sophisticated audiences
• Ability to analyse quantitative data and spreadsheet models to support investment conclusions
• Flexible and willing attitude with a proactive, self-starting approach