Associate, Infrastructure & Real Asset - Investment Operations

StepStone Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

StepStone Group seeks an Investment Operations Associate for its London-based Infrastructure & Real Assets team. The role delivers high-quality financial and operational services to client accounts worldwide, while maintaining a strong control environment.

You will collaborate with the SIRA investment team and shared services to support investments in infrastructure and real assets globally, coordinating with internal groups and third-party providers.

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience in investment management or financial services
• Bachelor's degree or higher
• CA or CPA qualified preferred

Responsibilities

• Oversight and coordination of client accounts through internal groups and third‑party providers
• Manage deal and investment settlement process including liquidity oversight
• Performance reporting including IRR, yield and attribution calculations and data analysis
• Management reporting
• Investor reporting
• Document, implement and improve firm-wide internal controls processes
• Support end-to-end investment processes including governance committees

Skills

Stakeholder communication

Prioritization

Data analysis

Attention to detail

Ownership & accountability

Process improvement

Education

Bachelor's degree (or higher)

CA or CPA qualified (preferred)

Job description

We are global private markets specialists delivering tailored investment solutions, advisory services, and impactful, data driven insights to the world’s investors. Leveraging the power of our platform and our peerless intelligence across sectors, strategies, and geographies, we help identify the advantages and the answers our clients need to succeed.

Position Overview

The Investment Operations Associate of StepStone Infrastructure & Real Assets in London will be responsible for delivering high quality financial and operational services to StepStone client accounts across the world while maintaining a strong control environment. The role will work closely with the broader SIRA investment team in advising clients on investments in infrastructure and associated real asset sectors globally. The role is supported by and interacts closely with the Fund Accounting and Portfolio Analytics and Reporting shared services teams provided by the StepStone Group.

Essential Job Functions:

• Oversight and responsibility of client accounts through c o‐ordination and management of internal functional groups and third‑party service providers
• Manage deal and investment settlement process including liquidity oversight
• Performance reporting including IRR, yield and attribution calculations and ability to analyze data
• Management reporting
• Investor reporting
• Documenting, implementing, maintaining and improving firm wide internal controls processes
• Supporting the end-to-end investment processes including supporting relevant governance committees

Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:

• Experience of 3 or more years within investment management, financial services or professional accounting services firm
• A Bachelor degree (or higher)
• CA or CPA qualified (preferred)

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Effectively communicate with internal and external stakeholders
• Handle competing priorities and deliver results in a fast‑paced environment
• Understand complex processes and synthesize them into easy to understand steps
• Attention to detail and pride in work product
• Taking ownership and accountability for quality deliverables
• Proactive in improving systems and processes
• Flexibility – StepStone is a dynamic and entrepreneurial organisation; all professionals are expected to perform multiple functions working in a global environment
• Promote and demonstrate a positive, team‑oriented attitude

At StepStone, we believe that our people are our most important asset and crucial to our success. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer that strives to create an environment that empowers our employees and allows them to be heard, regardless of title or tenure. Our organizational community features multiple Employment Resource Groups as well as mentorship programs to enhance the employee experience for all.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, StepStone does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law.

Candidates must be at least 18 years old to apply.