Assistant Investment Manager

We are looking for an

Assistant Investment Manager to join our Property Investment team here at Blackfinch Group.

The role is offered on a hybrid contract, spending at least 2 days per week at our impressive offices in Elkstone, Gloucestershire.

The

Assistant Investment Manager performs a quasi-analyst /manager role, acting as an Investment Manager on some smaller less complex deals and perform the role of an Analyst on larger, more complex deals.

Key Responsibilities

• Begin to take full ownership of certain areas within Investment products.
• Monitor current property loans and raise issues to senior management in good time.
• Build positive relationships with borrowers, brokers, surveyors, legal advisors and others throughout the life cycle of the property loans.
• Reviewing and appraising new lending opportunities that come in from borrowers and brokers, making recommendations on what questions and key issues we should ask before offering terms.
• Work with the finance team in the assessment of performance of underlying investee companies and the in-house legal team to assess key issues on new deals.
• Help to create and implement new controls, processes and policies as the team grows.
• Draft Heads of Terms, loan redemption statements, financial models and committee papers for review by the Investment Manager.
• Conduct site visits from borrowers with monitoring surveyors and highlight key risks.
• Act as an example for Investment Analysts and Investment Assistants and take an active role in their development.
• Contribute to new business development activities being performed by the team.
• Ensuring risk management procedures are correctly followed out and kept up to date by themselves and more junior team members.
• Implementing company lending processes and policies and challenging assumptions where necessary.
• Dealing with the administration of corporate client investments; including preparing investment portfolio allocations, deal sheets and day to day management of client investment.
• Contributing to the creation and reporting of management information on our investment companies, including analysing loan book metrics and key commercial trends.
• Conducting financial and commercial due diligence on prospective property transactions, advising managers on courses of action and;
• Be prepared to undertake any other duties commensurate with this level of position.

Skills & Experience

• Have communication, written and interpersonal skills.
• Be a good team player, proactive approach and commercial mindset.
• Have demonstrable experience in highly analytic roles.
• Have astute attention to detail.
• Have 3 -5 years’ experience working in either Banking, Property or Asset Management in transactional roles.
• Have good interpersonal skills, including a flair for negotiation, influencing and persuading.
• Have an ability to simply articulate complex issues, both in written form and verbally.
• Have experience of working in high performance teams, be a strong team player and have an ability to pro-actively supporting colleagues.
• Have a demonstrable commercial mindset and pro-active approach to networking and growing a network of contacts within the Property lending sector

Essential Qualifications & Requirements

• Hold a minimum 2:1 degree educated or equivalent.
• To have or to be working towards a professional finance qualification e. g. MRICS / ACA / CIMA / CAIA / CFA

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early, should we receive sufficient applications.

Blackfinch is an equal opportunities employer that values diversity and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, religious practice or any other perceived differences.

A copy of our Equal Opportunities Policy is available upon request.

About Us

Blackfinch Group is an award-winning investment specialist.

Built on over 20 years of investment track record, the name Blackfinch first came into being on the anniversary of Darwin’s birth, 12th February 2013.

A trusted provider, we work in partnership with advisers.

Our businesses cover tax-efficient solutions, early stage investing, managed portfolio services, property financing and renewable energy.

We’re proud to be entrusted with over £1bn in assets under management.

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