Job Purpose:
The Investor Relations department is in charge of the fundraising activities across all Ardian’s asset classes as well as managing investors’ relationships. It is structured around three key sub-teams: Sales, Product Management, and Client Servicing.
The Product Management team in London made up of 10 professionals, dedicated to Ardian’s Secondaries & Primaries and Private Credit activities. This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and growing team part of a leading private investment firm as an Intern for six months.
Job Responsibilities:
The Investor Relations Intern will support the Product Management team with the following activities:
- Fund Marketing Material:
- Prepare and design various marketing and fund material including teasers, presentations.
- Contribute to the preparation and updating of marketing Due Diligence packs per product.
- Due Diligence Process:
- Assist prospective investors in their Due Diligence process by answering various types of due diligence questionnaires;
- Regularly update each product’s Q&A database via a dedicated tool
- Market Mapping:
- Market research; Competition screening and fundraising trends analysis.
- Miscellaneous
- Prepare and update reporting presentations for closed funds/ general presentation by expertise.
- Participate regularly to ad-hoc projects.
Specialised business and technical knowledge:
- Proficiency in Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
- Strong interest in the industry; good knowledge and/or prior relevant experience in finance/private equity.
- Solid communication skills (verbally and written).
- Rigorous and well-organized.
- Ability to adapt to change and work under pressure.
- Strong Team player.
Education and Experience:
- Graduated or studying at a leading business school or university (Master’s degree and/or major in finance would be a plus).
- Native-level English speaker or bi-lingual required.
Communication Scope:
- Constant dialogue and team-work with the other members of the Product Management team.
- High level of communication with internal departments (Investment, Legal, Risk, Compliance teams) for inputs to due diligence questionnaires.
- Regular contact with investor relations managers, supporting them with investor requests.
Top Skills
What We Do
Ardian is a world-leading private investment house with assets of US$130bn managed or advised in Europe, North America, and Asia. The company is majority-owned by its employees. It keeps entrepreneurship at its heart and focuses on delivering excellent investment performance to its global investor base.
Through its commitment to shared outcomes for all stakeholders, Ardian’s activities fuel individual, corporate and economic growth around the world.
Holding close its core values of excellence, loyalty and entrepreneurship, Ardian maintains a truly global network, with more than 850 employees working from fifteen offices across Europe (Frankfurt, Jersey, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, Paris and Zurich), the Americas (New York, San Francisco and Santiago) and Asia (Beijing, Singapore, Tokyo and Seoul). It manages funds on behalf of round 1,000 clients through five pillars of investment expertise: Fund of Funds, Direct Funds, Infrastructure, Real Estate and Private Debt.
