Global Alternatives – Associate – Global Transportation Group (London)

The Global Alternatives Group, a division of J.P. Morgan Asset Management, is seeking a highly motivated, results-oriented professional to join their London-based Global Transportation Group. With $168 billion of assets under management and over 700 professionals worldwide, Global Alts is a trusted advisor to the world’s most respected corporations and high net worth investors.

The Associate will be involved in all aspects of the team’s activities, including new transactions, portfolio management, client support, financial analysis, and due diligence. This is an opportunity to be part of a close-knit multidisciplinary team with a sound fiduciary perspective.

As a Global Alternatives – Associate – Global Transportation Group within the Global Alternatives Group, you will be involved in all aspects of the team’s activities. This includes:

• Providing support for new transactions
• Managing the existing portfolio
• Client support
• Financial analysis/modelling
• Industry analysis
• Investor and internal reporting
• Managing controls and policies
• Due diligence
• Other related tasks

You will work as part of a close-knit multidisciplinary team, delivering high-quality work to senior team members with limited oversight.

Job responsibilities

• Provide support during the deal origination process from a qualitative and quantitative perspective.
• Draft presentations for internal and external clients, perform analytics for internal and external clients.
• Provide credit and risk analysis as well as periodic portfolio reviews.
• Assist in the on-boarding and monitoring of long-term project finance and loans.
• Conduct investment vehicle ongoing operating and cost performance analysis for internal and external consumption.
• Coordinate with support functions across IT, corporate secretarial, controller, treasury, structuring and product development teams to ensure smooth transaction execution.
• Participate in the investment due diligence processes, coordinate with a range of external parties including fund administrators, portfolio companies and third party technical managers.
• Evaluate new vendors for cost effectiveness and help manage Group profitability.
• Espouse an "efficiency mind-set" in all activities and actively search for ways to enhance Group productivity (through adoption of technology or process reengineering).
• Work as part of an integrated team, delivering an exceptionally high-quality and finished work product to senior team members, with limited oversight.
• Manage the timing and sequencing of deliverables in order to meet tight deadlines.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities and Skills

• Experience within Investment Banking, Management Consulting, Asset Management, and/or Corporate Finance required.
• Robust knowledge of financial modelling and strong quantitative analytical skills plus accounting, is critical.
• Extremely high level of attention to detail essential.
• Must be able to communicate effectively, and build relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders including business support functions, investment team members, external vendors and third party intermediaries, due diligence providers, brokers, lawyers, etc.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills: ability to develop clear, concise written analyses.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, across multiple time zones.
• Proficient in MS Office applications and working knowledge of databases and reference sources.
• Masters Degree from a globally-recognised institution, or equivalent work experience.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities and Skills

• Experience in transportation, infrastructure or project finance sectors preferred.
• Fluency in at least one foreign language (in addition to English) will be viewed favourably, especially French, Spanish, German or Chinese (Mandarin).