Senior Investment Manager

Aberdeen Standard Investments; City Of London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading investment firm in London seeks an experienced professional for their Commercial Real Estate Lending team. The role involves managing client relationships, preparing credit analyses, and leading transactions. Ideal candidates will have significant experience in insurance lending and a proven track record in originating senior lending deals across Europe. This position also offers 40 days of annual leave and various flexible benefits.

Benefits

40 days annual leave

16% employer pension contribution

Discretionary performance-based bonus

Private healthcare

Gym discounts

Season ticket loans

Qualifications

• Experience in fixed rate insurance lending with knowledge of Solvency II.
• Track record of originating senior lending deals across Europe.
• Proven ability to lead transactions throughout their life cycle.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain relationships with borrowers and brokers.
• Prepare detailed credit analysis and structure transactions.
• Manage transactions from concept through execution.
• Support client and distribution teams in sales and market efforts.

Skills

Fixed rate insurance lending

Credit analysis

ESG risk profiling

Strong risk analysis

Transaction management

Job description

At Aberdeen, our ambition is to be the UK’s leading Wealth & Investments group.

Strengthening talent and culture is one of our strategic priorities. We strive to make Aberdeen a great place to work so that we can attract and retain the industry’s best talent.

Our people put our stakeholders at the heart of everything they do by helping us to make a positive difference to the lives of our clients, customers, colleagues, shareholders and society.

We are focused on growing our direct and advised wealth platforms and repositioning our specialist asset management business to meet client demand. We are committed to providing excellent client service, supported by leading technology and talent.

Aberdeen comprises three businesses, interactive investor (ii), Investments and Adviser, each of which focuses on meeting and adapting to our clients’ evolving needs:

• interactive investor, the UK’s second largest direct-to-consumer investment platform, enables individuals in the UK to plan, save and invest in the way that works for them.
• Our Adviser business provides financial planning solutions and technology for UK financial advisers, enabling them to create value for their customers.
• Our Investments business is a specialist asset manager that focuses on areas where we have both strength and scale to capitalise on the key themes shaping the market, through either public markets or alternative asset classes.

About the role:

We are looking for an experienced professional to support the origination and management of our growing Commercial Real Estate Lending business. Investing across the UK and Europe, we run several private credit mandates for key clients, mainly in the insurance and pensions arena, as well as internally managed funds and facilitating co-investments alongside large institutional investors. We are seeking a new member of the team who can contribute to growing this business as well as managing an extensive portfolio of existing investments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Developing and maintaining a broad series of relationships with borrowers, external brokers, originators and advisers. Transmitting an understanding of our investment requirements is critical, as is screening out transactions that are unlikely to fit within our investment mandates.
• Preparing initial and, if deals are progressed, detailed credit analysis including credit ratings as well as ESG risk profiling
• Structuring of transactions including a range of financial and other covenants on transactions.
• Preparation and presentation of investment papers for investment committees
• Working with clients to discuss transactions, pipelines, outlook and performance of exiting investments
• Managing transactions from concept through execution to completion and maintenance
• Support client and distribution teams in sales and market efforts. This includes client meetings, conferences, preparation of materials and authoring market materials
• Assist with reporting and governance requirements

Candidate requirements:

• Experience of fixed rate insurance lending with a strong knowledge of Solvency II, credit ratings and insurance regulation
• Track record of originating senior lending deals across Europe (including the UK)
• Broad origination network
• Proven ability to lead transactions through their full life cycle
• Strong risk analysis and underwriting background
• Track record of working with and developing early and mid-careers colleagues

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. Therefore, if you have a disability and would like to apply to one of our UK roles under the Disability Confident Scheme, please notify us by completing the relevant section in our candidate questionnaire and one of our team will reach out to support you through your application process.

Our benefits:

There's more to working life than coming home with a good salary. We have an environment where you can learn, get involved and be supported.

When you join us, your reward will be one of the best around. This includes 40 days’ annual leave, a 16% employer pension contribution, a discretionary performance based bonus (where applicable), private healthcare and a range of flexible benefits – including gym discounts, season ticket loans and access to an employee discount portal.

We’re committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued and which is free from any form of unfair or unlawful treatment. We define diversity in its broadest sense – this includes but is not limited to our diversity of educational and professional backgrounds, experience, cognitive and neurodiversity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief and ethnicity and geographical provenance. We support a culture that values meritocracy, fairness and transparency and welcomes enquiries from everyone. If you need assistance or an adjustment due to a disability please let us know as part of your application and we will assist.