Investment Manager (H / F)

Data4 Group; Paris; Sur place; EUR 70 000 - 100 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

A leading data center firm in France seeks an Investment Manager to spearhead funding and growth strategies. The role involves direct collaboration with senior management to assist in strategic decision-making, particularly concerning acquisitions and financial analysis. Candidates should possess a Bachelor's degree, 5-10 years of relevant experience, and fluency in English and French.

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of relevant experience.
• Banking background ideally with Private Equity, Infrastructure, or Real Estate experience.

Responsabilités

• Develop and implement corporate financing strategy.
• Participate in corporate acquisitions and lead workstreams.
• Underwrite investment opportunities.
• Prepare marketing materials for internal and external use.
• Own financial analysis and valuations for M&A.
• Draft materials for corporate strategy discussions.

Connaissances

Analytical skills

Financial modelling skills

Valuation skills

Project planning

Fluency in English

Fluency in French

Microsoft Office proficiency

Problem solving

Formation

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, management, finance, or a related field

Description du poste

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Investment Manager is an integral part of Data4’s Investment team. This team sets the growth and funding strategy of the group. To achieve its growth, the company engages in greenfield acquisitions as well as M&A to build out new data center assets / campuses and executing on follow-up investments at existing locations. The funding strategy covers both debt and equity funding of multiple sources.

As such, the position sits at the heart of the company and the role offers the opportunity to work directly with a variety of senior members of the management team. The role assists with strategic decision making in the company structurally (business planning) and ad-hoc as required.

The successful candidate will be a self- starter that enjoys working in a fast-paced environment, has excellent communication skills, is detailed oriented, possesses a high degree of intellectual curiosity, is business savvy, and has a strong finance / valuations foundation.

The Investment Manager reports directly to the Chief Investment Officer.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Funding Strategy

• Develop and implement corporate financing strategy, in conjunction with Brookfield
• Participate in corporate acquisitions and department selldown activities, including leading various workstreams
• Structure joint-ventures to further expand the firm’s reach and / or de-risk growth opportunities

Growth Strategy

• Underwriting investment opportunities (greenfield and brownfield)
• Preparing marketing materials for both internal and external use
• Ownership of DD workstreams
• Ownership of complex financial analysis and valuations with regards to M&A opportunities

Corporate Strategy

• Involvement in and drafting of materials to discuss corporate strategy with the Executive Committee and Board of Directors
• Ownership of the business plan model
• Ad-hoc analyses

RESPONSIBILITES IN TERMS OF IMS CERTIFICATIONS

• H&S : Respect and enforce health and safety rules.
• Environment : Respect and enforce environmental policies.
• Information security : Respect and enforce information security policies
• Energy : Respect and enforce the policy of reducing energy consumption.

REQUIREMENTS

Education and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, management, finance, or a related field
• 5-10 years relevant experience
• Banking background ideally with Private Equity, Infrastructure or Real Estate experience

Skills

• Excellent analytical, financial modelling and valuation skills, ideally with a real estate and / or corporate focus
• Project planning and self-management skills
• Ability to multi-task and work in a very fast paced and team-oriented environment
• Meticulous attention to detail is essential
• Fluency in English and French. Another European language is an asset
• Proficiency in full suite of Microsoft Office products (Excel, PowerPoint, and Word)
• Problem solving and analytical skills
• Professional integrity