Transaction Management Analyst at Investec Asset Management

Job Overview

• An exciting role in a dynamic team focusing on the ongoing management/monitoring of existing private market portfolios, in collaboration with various internal teams (included but not limited to investment management, legal, compliance and fund accounting).

Key Responsibilities

• Act as contact point for all waivers, consents and amendments on relevant private market portfolio companies (covers infrastructure, credit, private equity and real estate)
• Provide analysis of requests, synthesise relevant information and co-ordinate internal approvals/response to portfolio companies, keeping a record for audit/reporting purposes.
• Source, aggregate and present relevant reportable information in format required by fund committees/boards, investors and management.
• Monitor performance of portfolio companies against tracked covenants and obligations to provide financial/other information, flagging risks as appropriate.
• Review key information provided by portfolio companies to assess any material change in circumstances.
• Manage completion of conditions precedent, KYC or other requirements in advance of disbursement of funds.
• Complete KYC on relevant portfolio companies, liaising with various teams to understand the relevant corporate structure and retrieving outstanding KYC documents
• Manage internal communication/coordination on KYC as well as quarterly external KYC reporting across private markets
• Responsible for Annual KYC Refreshes, PEP approval process and outgoing KYC requests across private markets
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with the investment & other internal teams, facility agents and portfolio companies

Technical Knowledge and Experience:

• Relevant degree with either an accounting/legal background advantageous
• 2-3 years relevant work experience at a law/accounting firm, bank, development finance institution or asset manager

Personal Attributes:

• Excellent communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Great work ethic
• Positive attitude
• Ability to simplify complex problems and processes
• Ability to learn quickly
• Calm under pressure
• Be able to deal with conflict
• Organised
• Enjoy working as part of a team