Blackstone Infrastructure – ICS (Product Specialist), Analyst

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Business Unit:

Institutional Client Solutions (ICS) – Infrastructure

Location:

New York

Blackstone Infrastructure Partners

Blackstone Infrastructure Partners is an active investor across energy, transportation, digital infrastructure and water and waste infrastructure sectors. We seek to apply a long-term buy-and-hold strategy to large-scale infrastructure assets with a focus on delivering stable, long-term capital appreciation together with a predictable annual cash flow yield. Our approach to infrastructure investing is one that focuses on responsible stewardship and stakeholder engagement to create value for our investors and the communities we serve.

Job Description & Responsibilities:

The Analyst will join Blackstone Infrastructure’s Institutional Client Solutions team in New York. This team is responsible for investor communications for Blackstone’s Infrastructure equity funds. The Analyst will spearhead multiple projects at one time employing a range of skillsets. The Analyst will spend significant time with members of the firm’s infrastructure group across the US and Europe, including the investment, portfolio operations & asset management, legal/compliance, and finance teams.

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Maintain fundraising pipeline and new product development process
• Prepare briefing memos for senior management prior to investor meetings
• Create and maintain limited partner prospect lists by region
• Draft LP correspondence
• Respond to investor requests
• Help design new business proposals to meet investor objectives
• Create and maintain investor indication of interests (IOI)
• Attend in office meetings with clients, prepare call notes post meeting, as well as coordinating and executing on any follow-up items
• Systematically track follow up by investor
• Conduct research around business development trends or themes by geography and/or client type
• Coordinate, create, and review bespoke investor presentations that leverage investment activity and valuations across all funds
• Draft presentations, marketing plans and memorandums for senior management
• Assist with planning Limited Partner Annual Meeting
  
  

This professional will have active involvement with the senior leaders of one of the largest infrastructure managers in the world and will support a highly productive fundraising team.

Qualifications:

Qualified candidates will have worked in investment banking, private placements, or private banking for 1 years and have experience in institutional sales, investment banking, or asset management. Candidates should also have strong commercial understanding, excellent communication skills, effective presentation abilities, and possess strong analytical skills.

Blackstone seeks candidates who are highly motivated and creative individuals who have demonstrated excellence in prior endeavors and have the ability to work independently and as a member of a team. We are looking for individuals who can develop creative and innovative solutions for our business and with the goal of assuming increased leadership responsibilities.

A successful candidate will be:

• A driven individual with a strong sense of professional integrity
• Highly motivated and resourceful; able to multi-task and focus on delivering results
• Strong experience across Microsoft Office applications (including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint)
• An enthusiastic team member who collaborates well with others and builds strong working relationships
• An excellent communicator with a demonstrated ability to write effectively
• A highly organized individual with strong project management capabilities and exceptional attention to detail
  
  

The duties and responsibilities described here are not exhaustive and additional assignments, duties, or responsibilities may be required of this position. Assignments, duties, and responsibilities may be changed at any time, with or without notice, by Blackstone in its sole discretion.

Expected annual base salary range:

$100,000 - $125,000

Actual base salary within that range will be determined by several components including but not limited to the individual's experience, skills, qualifications and job location. For roles located outside of the US, please disregard the posted salary bands as these roles will follow a separate compensation process based on local market comparables.

Additional compensation: Base salary does not include other forms of compensation or benefits offered in connection with the advertised role.

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If you need a reasonable accommodation to complete your application, please email Human Resources at HR-Recruiting-Americas@Blackstone.com.

Depending on the position, you may be required to obtain certain securities licenses if you are in a client facing role and/or if you are engaged in the following:

• Attending client meetings where you are discussing Blackstone products and/or and client questions;
• Marketing Blackstone funds to new or existing clients;
• Supervising or training securities licensed employees;
• Structuring or creating Blackstone funds/products; and
• Advising on marketing plans prepared by a sales team or developing and/or contributing information for marketing materials.
  
  

Note: The above list is not the exhaustive list of activities requiring securities licenses and there may be roles that require review on a case-by-case basis. Please speak with your Blackstone Recruiting contact with any questions.

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