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Strategic Partners – Ics – Sustainability – Associate
| Company | Blackstone |
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| Location | New York, NY, USA |
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| Salary | $145000 – $160000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | |
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| Experience Level | Junior, Mid Level |
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Requirements
- 2+ years of experience in private equity fundraising, investor communications, or financial services
- Experience in institutional sales, investment banking, or asset management
- Strong analytical skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Effective presentation abilities
- Exposure to Sustainability metrics and KPIs
- Familiarity with Sustainability-related reporting standards, requirements, and frameworks, including SASB, TCFD, and PRI
- Passion for understanding how Sustainability considerations drive value
Responsibilities
- Assisting in managing investor relations for existing funds
- Working on marketing material creation, updates and distribution
- Responding to investor due diligence requests, with a focus on Sustainability-related questions
- Conducting research on industry trends, with a focus on Sustainability topics such as climate risk and labor standards
- Creating Sustainability reporting for internal and external stakeholders
- Monitoring material portfolio company exposures with a lens on Sustainability metrics
- Maintaining records on Sustainability related marketing claims and KPIs
- Collecting and analyzing Sustainability data, including performing Sustainability diligence on Strategic Partners investments
- Organizing and executing co-investment syndication activities
- Organizing meeting prep (including background research, prospect sensitivities, program intelligence)
- Helping to design new business proposals to meet business and investor objectives
- Conducting research around business development trends or themes by geography and/or client type
- Providing project support to Strategic Partners’ investment and client teams
Preferred Qualifications
- Client-focused and committed to developing creative solutions
- A driven individual with a strong sense of professional integrity
- Self-motivated and focused on delivering results
- Strong experience across Microsoft Office applications (including Excel, Word and Powerpoint)
- Resourcefulness and thoroughness in conducting financial analytics, research and data compilation
- Excellent project management with the ability to multi-task, and adapt to changing priorities
- Intellectually curious with strategic thinking skills (big picture, long term implications)
- Self-starter and solutions oriented
- Collaborative with ability to create excellent working relationships
- Focused on achieving excellence
