Responsible Investment Senior Analyst- Real estate equity and debt

This position can be based in either Paris or London.

With €185bn assets under management, AXA IM Alts, the alternatives business unit of AXA IM, is a global leader in alternatives investment, operating in real estate, private debt & alternative credit, private equity & infrastructure and hedge funds. Our 800+ employees operating from 17 offices around the world are serving the needs of more than 600 clients worldwide.

The Responsible Investment Senior Analyst will play a key role in supporting the investment and transversal teams in the implementation of the responsible investment strategy for AXA Investment Managers – Real Assets, where we take an integrated approach to RI focusing efforts on three pillars: Decarbonisation, Resilience and Building Tomorrow.

The candidate’s main focus will consist in providing insight and guidance to embed ESG in our Real Estate investment platforms (Equity and Debt). Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Support the definition and implementation of our ESG integration roadmap.
• Help implementing the decarbonisation strategy for our CRE Debt platform.
• Support the integration of climate physical risk assessment and mitigation in our Real estate portfolio.
• Contribute to the preparation of the GRESB reporting for our Real Estate Equity funds in scope, to ensure we maintain our leading position of 4-star across all participating funds.
• Perform market & regulatory watch and reporting process optimization.
• Ensure data collect optimization & coordination for Equity and Debt by:

• Developing and improving the visualization of our ESG data with Tableau appropriate to different stakeholders (internal: Asset Management, Development, external: client reporting).
• Supporting the coordination with the main data management platform (‘Deepki’).
• Coordinating annual data collect globally for Real Estate Equity and Debt and supporting stakeholders involved (Asset management).
• Performing internal data controls and coordinating data audit completion for Real Estate Equity.
• Supporting the scale up of data automation and assisting in the overall data management process across the Real Estate Equity Portfolio.
• Helping shape data collect operating model for Real Estate Debt.
• Coordinating the dataflows to different internal reporting solutions to ensure qualitative regulatory and non-regulatory reporting.

Education/Qualifications:

• Master degree in Finance, Management, Engineering, Data Science or Real Estate.
• Sustainability focused or data science related diplomas are favourable.

Experience:

• Prior experience in the ESG or a quantitative/data department of a financial institution, real estate or consulting firm.
• Demonstrated experience in carbon / climate related projects, with an understanding of key frameworks (SBTi, NZAOA, CRREM, etc.).
• Understanding of EU and local ESG regulations (ie. SFDR, Taxonomy, Loi Plage, Decret Tertiaire, etc.).
• Experience / knowledge of real estate and private debt / loan investments is a plus.
• Previous experience with Deepki.
• Previous experience with Tableau is a strong plus.

Competencies:

• Accomplished interpersonal skills, ability to work independently and efficiently in a team within an international and fast moving environment.
• Proven team player.
• Self-starter.
• Excellent communication skills, both orally and in writing.
• Autonomous, initiative, entrepreneurial and result driven culture.
• Ability to manage complex projects and multiple tasks in parallel.
• Strong analytical and synthesis capacity.
• A comprehensive skill set in data analysis, management and reporting.
• Superior skill set in the use of the following software applications: Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Verbal and written communications and presentation skills.
• Creative thinking, capability to develop innovative solutions.
• Strong written and oral skills in English. Any other European language is considered a plus.