Strategy Associate

6 months ago


London, United Kingdom USS Full time

**Strategy Associate**

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**Business Area: Private Markets**

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**Place of Work: London**

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**Contract Type: Permanent**

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**When you join USS, the size and scale of our pension scheme means you will have numerous opportunities to learn and develop your career. Given our size you'll have real autonomy and influence as you collaborate closely with a wide-ranging team of experts.**

**Our office is a vibrant place to work, and we offer flexibility of office/homeworking due to our hybrid model.**

**About the role**

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**In your role as Strategy Associate you will make a meaningful and valued contribution from the outset. This role will provide a great opportunity to join the highly dynamic and rapidly growing Private Markets Group (PMG), currently managing ~£28bn of assets across Private Credit, Private Equity, Infrastructure and Real Estate.**

**What you will be doing**

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**As a trusted part of the Private Markets you will be responsible for**:

- **The team is responsible for top-down solutions across portfolio management, capital allocation and thematics.**:

- **Portfolio construction and asset allocation across a multi-asset private portfolio.**:

- **Will also involve a quantitative and qualitative approach and build tools often with fewer industry-level standards to enable to take investment decisions.**:
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**About you**

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**To be successful in the role you will have**:
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- **Educated to degree level (BSc or MSc), in economics/statistics or finance/engineering related degree**:

- **Experience in quantitative / systematic investment or portfolio construction / risk role**:

- **Experience and understanding of quantitative methods and large data analysis**:

- **Private markets or pension fund/insurance knowledge is preferred but not essential**

**Why join us?**

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**How we will reward you**

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- **Great starting salary**:

- **Generous annual leave package**:

- **Access to a high quality pension scheme provided through Universities Superannuation Scheme**:

- **Supportive people policies (including enhanced occupational sickness pay and family friendly pay)**:

- **Financial contributions towards your personal development to help you maintain your physical and mental wellbeing**:

- **Access to a range of health and wellbeing services i.e., private healthcare, discounted gym membership**:

- **Learning and development opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and talent**:

- **Employee Volunteer Day’s to support the communities where you work and live**:

- **Cycle to Work Scheme
**Our culture and values**

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**Our people are what makes us different. We work together to create a diverse and inclusive culture that embraces individuality, where people are welcomed and feel comfortable in the knowledge that they can be themselves. Our purpose firmly states the importance of members, putting them ‘front and centre’ of what we do. This is embedded through our values**:
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- **Integrity**:

- **Collaboration**:

- **Excellence**

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**About us**

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**The Private Markets Group (PMG) consists of a 60+ person team that oversees c. £30 billion in assets across a fast-growing and diverse portfolio of private equity, infrastructure, private credit and property investments on behalf of the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS). By operating as a single team, with individual areas of specialism and expertise, PMG is able to combine its resources through a “OnePMG" approach to investing which allows us to maximise origination, due diligence, transaction execution and asset management by tailoring the right mix of skills.**

**Capable of deploying capital across the full range of private market investing (direct, joint ventures, partnerships, co-investments and funds), and with in-house asset management and strategy teams complementing our investment function, PMG has developed a strong track record of innovation that is frequently recognised by our peers across equity, credit and property and, as one of the UK’s pre-eminent private markets’ investors, PMG often partners with many of the largest, most respected global financial institutions.**

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**PMG’s portfolio includes ownership of some of the UK’s largest and most recognisable private companies including Heathrow Airport, Thames Water and Moto and, through its holdings, is an established presence in the UK renewables sector. We also hold governance positions through our investments in a range of companies located across the EU, North America and Australia with exposure across different industries and sectors.**

**Being part of the UK’s largest pension scheme and serving the needs of USS and its members, PMG takes its role as a responsible investor seriously and is committed to adopting and promoting strong ESG credentials across its investments.**

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