Private Asset Sales and Solutions Graduate Programme London 2023

We are looking for dedicated graduates to join our 2023 Graduate Development Programme in Private Asset Sales / Private Asset Solutions.

About Schroders

Schroders is a global investment manager which helps institutions, intermediaries and individuals around the world invest money to meet their goals, fulfil their ambitions, and prepare for the future.

Our purpose is to provide excellent investment performance to our clients through active management. By serving clients, we serve wider society. Channelling capital into sustainable and durable businesses accelerates positive change in the world. Funding the future is a privilege: we use it wisely and responsibly.

We employ over 5700 talented people worldwide operating in 37 different locations across Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa and the Middle East, close to the markets in which we invest and close to our clients.

Schroders has developed under stable ownership for over 200 years and long-term thinking governs our approach to investing, building client relationships and growing our business.

The base

We moved into our new HQ in the City of London in 2018. We're close to our clients, in the heart of the UK's financial centre and we have everything we need to work flexibly.

The department

Schroders Capital is the private markets investment division of Schroders, one of the world's leading asset managers. It offers investors a local approach to investing across a broad range of private asset strategies, supported by a global perspective.

Schroders Capital is a business built to provide investors with access to a broad range of private asset investment opportunities, portfolio building blocks and customised private asset strategies. Its team has been operating in private markets for over two decades, focusing on delivering best-in-class, risk-adjusted returns and executing investments through a combination of direct investment capabilities and broader solutions in all private market asset classes, through comingled funds and customised private asset mandates. The team aims to achieve sustainable returns through a rigorous approach and in alignment with a culture characterised by performance, collaboration and integrity.

With over $88 billion assets under management, Schroders Capital offers a diversified range of investment strategies, including real estate, private equity, secondaries, venture capital, infrastructure, securitised products and asset-based finance, private debt, insurance-linked securities and BlueOrchard (Impact Specialists).

Your responsibilities

You will support the sales and distribution of Schroders Capital's private markets investment capabilities into institutional and intermediary channels. Some of your tasks may include:

• Creating and maintaining pitchbooks, developing and updating materials, aid in management of due diligence processes, and creation of ad-hoc analysis related to strategies and portfolios
• Supporting the creation of proposals (including RFP output) and marketing materials;
• Conducting database monitoring (Preqin, Pitchbook etc);
• Monitoring and analysing key areas of private markets and deliver the outputs to the team and other internal stakeholders on a quarterly basis; contributing to development of strategic views and research into new investment ideas
• Supporting solution design and development – as part of this you will develop a detailed knowledge of the Schroders Capital capability set, the product and fund toolkit, and have good broadly based experience of the private markets
• Supporting data analysis and develop skills in portfolio modelling and financial analysis as required
• Working with structuring hub on the structure and operating model for projects

What you'll be like

• Good interpersonal and communication skills – happy to interact with senior team members, clients and other key stakeholders across the business
• Strong proficiency in Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Commercially and technically minded
• Organised with excellent project management skills and attention to detail
• Comfortable understanding financial/performance terminology
• Ability to develop pitches and clearly communicate concepts in a client friendly format
• Enjoy having a varied work base and happy to get involved in multiple tasks and projects
• Comfortable working to deadlines
• Innovative and analytical – you're happy to think outside the box and look for a fresh perspective
• Imaginative, motivated and curious to learn and deliver against personal and professional goals

Attractive experience

• Proven analytical, teamwork, and written communication skills
• Curiosity and desire to learn about private assets
• Genuine and demonstrable passion and interest in private assets
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Good work ethic and commitment to the role, with an ability to perform under pressure
• Growth mindset: we understand you may make mistakes, and when you do, we are looking for you to learn from these.

The knowledge, skills and qualifications we're looking for

• An honours degree or equivalent
• A strong and demonstrable interest in Private Assets is important
• A second European language an advantage but not a necessity
• You will be in your final year of study or already graduated

Recruitment process

1. Online application form and CV
2. Online assessments
3. Online video interview
4. Assessment centre
5. Final round interview with senior member of the business

Candidates should be available to start the graduate programme on Thursday 14 September 2023.

If you think you may require disability-related adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact adjustments@employ-ability.org.uk our disability partner EmployAbility (employ-ability.org.uk) for a confidential discussion and advice.

We're looking for the best, whoever they are.