Interim Head of Investment Management

2 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom eFinancialCareers Full time

**Location**:Hybrid - London (Chancery Lane area) and homeworking

**Contract**: 9-12 Month Fixed Term Contract or Secondment covering Family Leave

**Reporting to** - Chief Investment Officer

**Salary** - £83,000 - 90,000 (full time equivalent) per annum, depending on experience

**OVERVIEW**

It is a unique opportunity to join a dynamic team of people from a wide range of backgrounds who are driven by transforming the way mainstream financial markets help deliver deep and lasting impact on people in the UK.

Your work will be focused in two principles areas:
- Leading our investment management activities - This involves working across the organisation to take a portfolio view of our investment activity and ensure we effectively deliver our new and portfolio social investments across our Market Systems (sociallending, social property, impact venture and social outcome contracts).
- Lead our Multi-Asset Treasury Portfolio - Our Social Investment Portfolio drives our overall investment activity, and our Treasury Portfolio is managed to ensure we have the required liquidity to meet our capital commitments. We have recently establisheda sub-portfolio focused on higher returning, medium time horizon treasury assets with strong ESG and impact credentials alongside an asset-liability matching portfolio to meet near term commitments. You will lead the bedding in of this new portfolio over 2023.
The role holder will also play an important role supporting the learning and development of the investment team.

**KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES AND SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES**

The Interim Head of Investment Management will take responsibility for BSC’s investment management activity and Multi-Asset Treasury Portfolio, working with colleagues across the organisation. The job holder will:
**Lead investment management activities** including:

- Working with the CIOs to ensure we’re building a dynamic and balance portfolio of social impact-led investments to deliver on our strategy, mission and organisational sustainability, including reporting to the Investment Committee quarterly on portfoliocomposition again plan
- Ensure a consistent and effective end-to-end investment process is delivered across all investments that enables high quality decision making, value-add performance management and meets our clients’ needs and regulatory requirements
- Ensure portfolio risks are effectively identified, captured and managed across our Market Systems to support high quality decision making, including reporting to ExCo Risk and our ARCC Board sub-committee.
- Support the continuous improvement of how we deliver our investment activity, particularly on portfolio management, across the organisation working with the following teams: all Market Systems, Data and Portfolio Operations, Impact, Finance and Legal.

**Lead the Multi-Asset Treasury Portfolio** including:

- Working with the CIO, oversee the overall performance of the Multi-Asset Treasury Portfolio and consider any required actions on a quarterly basis or more regularly as required.
- Working with the CFO, help to manage the overall Treasury Portfolio based on the liquidity required for the Social Investment Portfolio.
- Working with a dedicated Investment Manager and external advisor, review the performance of holdings in the treasury across financial and ESG/impact considerations, including engaging with the fund manager.
- Working with a dedicated Investment Manager and external advisor, develop a pipeline of potential investments and undertake due diligence for consideration by the Investment Committee.
- Oversee all reporting to the Investment Committee and Board committees on the progress of the Treasury Portfolio.
- Support the continuous improvement of how we deliver our Multi-Asset Treasury Portfolio

**Supporting the learning and development of the investment team** including:

- Working with the CIO and People Team, consider and lead initiatives to improve the confidence and capability of the team to deliver our investment activity
- Being a part of the investment team leadership group to support the ongoing management of the team, particularly across different functions
- Potentially acting as a line manager to members of the investment team
- Coach and provide support as required to other team members, as required, on making and managing individual investments

**PERSON SPECIFICATION**

Experience (essential)
- A passion and demonstrable commitment to improving people’s lives
- Extensive experience of making and managing multi-asset portfolio across public and private markets
- Extensive experience of delivering investment management activities, including investment strategy, asset allocation, process, performance management and risk.
- Experience integrating and considering ESG factors in investments
- Proven relationship building and influencing skills
- Extensive experience managing people and forming collaborative working relationships
- Experiencing of operating at, working alongside or presenting recommendations to either an executive or board within organisations

Experience (desirable)
- Impact investment background
- UK social sector employment or voluntary experience
- Experience integrating and considering impact factors in investments
- Experience of activities across the public, private and social sectors
- Experience of embedding learning into the investment process and delivery
- Proven project management skills

Skills, abilities and attributes
- Structured thinker - able to deal with complexity and uncertainty
- Innovative, creative and strategic approach to problem solving
- Solves problems with multiple stakeholders in an open and empathetic way
- Collegial team player - Flexible and willing to work with and contribute to a team
- Self-starter - able to work under own initiative and source new opportunities
- Relationship management - excellent interpersonal skills and able to build relationships at all levels
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Hunger for continued learning and development, including developing others
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