IT Project Management Intern: Finance Tech & Data in London

Company Overview: Ardian is a world leading private investment house, managing or advising $200bn of assets on behalf of more than 1,920 clients globally. Our broad expertise, spanning Private Equity, Real Assets and Credit, enables us to offer a wide range of investment opportunities and respond flexibly to our clients’ differing needs. Through Ardian Customized Solutions we create bespoke portfolios that allow institutional clients to specify the precise mix of assets they require and to gain access to funds managed by leading third-party sponsors. We also provide a specialist service for private clients through Ardian Private Wealth Solutions. Ardian is majority-owned by its employees and places great emphasis on developing its people and fostering a collaborative culture based on collective intelligence. Over 1,120 employees, spread across 22 offices in Europe, the Americas and Asia, and the Middle East, are strongly committed to the principles of Responsible Investment and are determined to make finance a force for good in society. Our goal is to deliver excellent investment performance combined with high ethical standards and social responsibility. At Ardian we invest all of ourselves in building companies that last.

Job Purpose: As part of the Ardian Secondaries & Primaries team, you will act as a support to the investment team for all IT topics and database management. In particular, you will be in charge of managing all aspects of an IT project (drafting the expression of needs, specifications, tests and delivery recipes, user support) as part of the upgrade of existing modules or the development of new ones.

Job Responsibilities:

• Project management on the development of IT tools in response to the functional needs of the Secondaries & Primaries team
• Daily interaction with the DSI team to monitor ongoing projects and regular reports to the Secondaries & Primaries team
• Receipt of deliveries and acceptance testing
• Consistency testing and cleaning of the information present in the different databases

Specialised business and technical knowledge:

• Rigorous and organized
• Problem-solving skills
• A Broad set of quantitative and qualitative skills
• Strong Team player
• Very good command of Excel, PowerPoint, VBA
• Strong interest and/or prior relevant experience in IT project management
• Interest and notion of bases in the field of finance / Private Equity

Education and Experience:

• Graduate of an Engineering School or Business School, with a focus on information systems, project management and database management preferred
• Fluent written and spoken English

Communication Scope:

• Interact with the Investment Team
• Interact with the IT Team

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy: At ARDIAN, we are proud of our diverse culture. As a forward thinking organization, we recognize that having people from different backgrounds brings innovation and excellence. Therefore, a diverse and inclusive environment is key to our business success. Ardian is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to our employees, applicants and candidates based on individual qualifications, without regard to gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, race, marriage or civil partnership, disability, age, religion or belief, pregnancy or maternity, as well as any other protected class. It is our policy to comply with all applicable laws governing employment practices and not to discriminate on the basis of any unlawful criteria. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of your employment including, but not limited to, hiring, placement and promotion.

Regulatory Responsibilities: Conduct Rule Staff: Ensure compliance with all relevant statutory and regulatory requirements applicable to the role. Understand the Individual Conduct Rules set out by the UK Regulator and ensure compliance in letter and in spirit.