Position:
Associate - Investment Services
Location:
Remote, must be performed anywhere in the United States
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Job Category:
Application Deadline:
Thursday, May 1, 2025
About the Role
The Associate – Investment Services role will be a critical part of the Investment Services team, which supports investment execution and post-investment management and monitoring for private debt and equity impact investments that are recommended by our donors/clients. The Investment Services team engages with mission-driven entrepreneurs and fund managers, assesses them for investment eligibility, reviews and executes subscription/investment agreements, enters investment transactions, manages corporate actions, and monitors investment activity, reporting and valuations. This role is a part of the engine at the heart of ImpactAssets’ mission and the team that catalyzes our clients’ capital toward social and environmental progress.
The ideal Associate candidate has a service heart, a meticulous eye for detail, and is energized by being in the flow of investment activity, evaluating deal documents and thinking through the long-term effects of varied terms and structures. This role is essential in delivering quality service to internal and external clients alike, which requires an analytical, organized, flexible and energetic self-starter. This is an excellent opportunity for a high performer to gain exposure to and develop expertise in the full spectrum of impact investing players, investments, impact themes and structures. The ideal candidate has had exposure to private investments and is eager to take on the challenge of supporting the monitoring and management of a rapidly growing investment portfolio.
Key Responsibilities
- Data entry, updates, and integrity protection of investments within multiple investment management systems
- Creation of loan schedules and interest accruals, entry of payments and valuations
- Support swift response to all investment notifications and corporate actions via ticket management system
- Review and support execution for assigned investment actions
- Monitor expected or overdue loan payments and maturity
- Monitor direct equity portfolio and subsequent priced rounds
- Conduct research of potentially distressed investments to help inform Portfolio Health Monitoring
- Log and save investment reporting for internal and client access, and secure past due reporting
- Identification of positive portfolio news in reports, newsletters, and other communications, to give voice to and amplify the positive impact of our Portfolio
- Identify new process improvements to maintain a world-class, efficient operation
- Support cross-functional projects and process improvement opportunities
Qualifications
- Minimum of 3 years of experience working in accounting, finance, data science, investment operations, financial services or investment management and bachelor’s degree in a related field; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Exposure to impact investing and/or private market investing across asset classes (debt, equity, real assets, project finance) and investment types
- Demonstrable investment experience with private debt/equity structures and private funds a plus
- Strong analytical and data interpretation skills
- Experience with data entry and working with large datasets
- Prior experience with investment management systems a plus
- Prior experience with ticket management systems a plus
- Proven fluency in Excel
- Quick learner, with ability to quickly parse and understand a variety of lengthy investment documents and structures
- Demonstrated focus on continuous improvement with ability to identify and implement process improvements
- Pride in efficient processing and quick response times
- Highly attuned organizational skills, attention to detail, professional demeanor, ability to work independently and prioritize competing demands
- Experience working in a virtual working environment preferred
