Private Markets – Multi Vintage Portfolios

Private Markets - Multi Vintage Portfolios SpecialistLondonAs a Barclays Private Markets - Multi Vintage Portfolios Specialist, you will be helping with the structuring, approval, launch and distribution of Multi-Vintage Funds, as well as investing these funds and ongoing monitoring. Your primary focus will be the investment analysis (Funds, Co-Investment Opportunities and Secondary Opportunities) within predominantly Private Equity. This is an opportunity to be liaising with external Fund Managers and Administrators as well as internal stakeholders including Operations, Legal, Tax and Compliance.

Barclays is one of the world's largest and most respected financial institutions, established in 1690, with a legacy of success, quality, and innovation. We offer careers that provide endless opportunity – helping millions of individuals and businesses thrive and creating financial and digital solutions that the world now takes for granted.

At Barclays, we offer a hybrid working experience that blends the positives of working alongside colleagues at our onsite locations, together with working from home. We have a structured approach where colleagues work at an onsite location on fixed, ‘anchor’, days of the week, for a minimum of two days a week or more, as set by the business area (or nearest equivalent if working part-time hours). Please discuss the working pattern requirements for the role you are applying for with the hiring manager. Please note that as we continue to embed our hybrid working environment, we remain in a test and learn phase, which means that working arrangements may be subject to change on reasonable notice to ensure we meet the needs of our business.

What will you be doing?

• Participating in due diligence of investment opportunities (funds, direct co-investments, secondaries) including sourcing opportunities, assessing valuations and financial modelling
• Drafting investment papers and presenting investment recommendations at various committees including the Multi Vintage Investment Committee
• Supporting monitoring activities of existing funds and co-investments, including preparation of materials for quarterly reviews of the portfolio and external investor reports
• Establishing and cultivating relationships with Private Equity funds, companies, corporate partners and other relevant institutions
• Coordinating with internal teams such as finance, legal, operations to execute projects in a timely fashion
• Liaising with the in-house lawyer and legal team as well as external lawyers to settle legal matters and ensuring that transaction corresponds to all legal requirements
• Supervising and developing more junior colleagues within the team
• Managing Ad-hoc projects and aiding the wider Private Markets team as required

What We’re Looking For

• A Bachelor’s degree with significant professional experience with a Fund of Fund Investor, top-tier private equity, investment banking, or research firm
• A passion for and a prior knowledge of the global private equity markets, and a desire to develop / maintain relationships with intermediaries and private equity funds
• Excellent analytical insight and spreadsheet modelling skills, as well as a good grasp of financial statements
• Communication skills with the ability to identify and summarise key investment considerations and risks

Skills That Will Help You In The Role

• Investment Management Certificate (IMC) qualification are desirable which could be completed upon joining
• Ability to work in a diverse, fast-paced environment and to help guide the development of junior investment professionals
• Good social skills and being comfortable with consensus decision-making and working in a cross-border, multi-cultural team-based environment
• Well organised with good time-management skills and ability to manage multiple priorities and reporting lines

Where will you be working?In the heart of Canary Wharf, our headquarters at Churchill Place boasts onsite amenities such as; a gym, staff restaurant and deli bar, and is easily accessible by tube and bus links. With a population of around 5000 staff the atmosphere is second to none with a real buzz being created around the offices within.