Senior Investment Manager - Infrastructure

Why Ardian?

Ardian is a world-leading private investment house, managing or advising $169bn of assets on behalf of more than 1,600 clients globally. Our broad expertise, spanning Private Equity, Real Assets and Credit, enables us to offer a wide range of investment opportunities and respond flexibly to our clients’ differing needs. Through Ardian Customized Solutions we create bespoke portfolios that allow institutional clients to specify the precise mix of assets they require and to gain access to funds managed by leading third-party sponsors. Private Wealth Solutions offers dedicated services and access solutions for private banks, family offices and private institutional investors worldwide. Ardian’s main shareholding group is its employees and we place great emphasis on developing its people and fostering a collaborative culture based on collective intelligence. Our 1,050 employees, spread across 19 offices in Europe, the Americas, Asia and Middle East are strongly committed to the principles of Responsible Investment and are determined to make finance a force for good in society. Our goal is to deliver excellent investment performance combined with high ethical standards and social responsibility.

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Job Description

The candidate will join a global team composed of more than 60 investment professionals across 8 offices (Paris, Milan, Frankfurt, London, Madrid, New York, Santiago and Luxembourg). The Senior Investment Manager will report to the Head of Infrastructure and local Co-Heads.

This position is located in New York where Ardian has an established office with over 120 full time employees, of which 12 are infrastructure team members. Key responsibilities include:

Deal Making & Execution

• Ability to produce, interpret and review complex long term business plans in multiple Infrastructure sectors
• Coordinate deal execution process from due diligence to closing (including due diligence, structuring, financing and valuation).
• Support the managing director in legal documentation negotiation (ex: SHA and SPA negotiation)
• Present investment opportunities during investment committees in collaboration with the Managing Director

Portfolio Management

• Be the interlocutor to portfolio companies’ CEO/CFO together with the Managing Director
• Drive value creation in portfolio companies/assets
• Evaluate internal data, identify/highlight critical discussion topics and follow up.
• Could be appointed as board members in portfolio companies

Other

• Ability to train and supervise junior members of the team in the production of complex excel models to support the investment and asset management activity
• Manage, develop and mentor junior team members;
• Fundraising and further broaden network with institutional investors;
• Work closely together with other internal stakeholders within the Ardian Group.

Profile

The ideal candidate is an investment professional with 6 years of investment banking (IB) or private equity (PE) experience. The candidate also has significant M&A experience in the Infrastructure sector.

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