Investment Associate - Manchester

About

Maven is a leading private equity and property manager, with around 100 executives based across our UK office network. We partner with ambitious, entrepreneurial management teams to accelerate growth, and serve thousands of investors with the goal of delivering exceptional returns.

Main Accountabilities:

• Supporting the investment team, helping to identify new investment opportunities.
• Undertaking analysis of new business opportunities, including due diligence and contributing to the production of investment reports to be presented to Maven’s Investment Committee.
• Providing assistance to investment managers and directors throughout the deal process after presentation of the initial investment paper to deal completion, including on occasions working with the office support team to ensure that compliance aspects of the deal are captured and managed.
• Start to take lead role on NPIF transactions, with support from investment managers and / or directors. Maintain balance when leading / taking responsibility but at the same time obtaining adequate support from other team members.
• Assisting in portfolio management of investee business to assist with business growth, including analysis of management accounts and board packs and accompanying the Investment Mangers/Directors to Board meetings.

Requirements

Technical skills, knowledge and expertise

• Time management - can demonstrate excellent planning and organising skills to work to and meet deadlines
• Quality of information - produces accurate and timely reports, methodical and pays attention to detail 
• Analytical – enjoys working with data to spot trends and understand when to follow up on them.
• Business knowledge – understands the commercial parameters that businesses operate within and adopt a professional approach to dealing with potential investee companies
• Customer orientation – professional and courteous to colleagues and investee businesses
• Team Working – works well within a team environment to contribute to achieving targets
• Exhibits ability to solve problems using commercial acumen
• Relevant investment qualification such as IMC / CFA
• Advanced Excel skills

Experience and qualifications

• Degree in relevant business or financial discipline
• Professional Investment qualifications

Benefits

In addition to excellent career progression – with fantastic opportunities for promotion - training, support and a great office environment, you will also have the exciting opportunity to take part in charity fundraising events and other social activities.

Your benefits package includes the following:

• Share Incentive Plan
• Group Pension
• Life Assurance
• Income Protection
• Health Cash Plan

It is flexible so that means you can pick benefits to suit you!