Investment Analyst

Builders Initiative/Builders Vision

Builders Initiative/Builders Vision

IT

Chicago, IL, USA

Posted 6+ months ago

Position Summary

Builders Vision is seeking a qualified Investment Analyst to join the Builders Asset Management (BAM) team and support private investment research and strategy. The successful candidate will join a growing team working cohesively to manage a global, multi-asset class portfolio including significant ESG and impact investments. The position will report to BAM’s Director of Private Investments. This is a great opportunity for someone looking to advance their career with exposure to private investments.

Key Responsibilities

In this role, you will apply superior analytical skills, curiosity, and attention to detail while being an effective team member. Specifically, you will:

  • Support senior colleagues and contribute to the research process behind investments, asset allocation, and overall portfolio structure
  • Evaluate new investment opportunities and monitor existing investments, primarily fund managers and co-investments
  • Provide general support throughout the entire investment process, including modeling commitment pacing, creating financial analyses and models of potential investments, drafting memos on the strengths and risks of potential investments, undertaking competitive market analyses, and completing and presenting research
  • Support the development of a range of deliverables in conjunction with other colleagues
  • With guidance from senior colleagues, manage day-to-day investment team processes, including reviewing manager communications, maintaining records, scheduling meetings, taking meeting notes, and tracking important deadlines
  • Support colleagues on special projects such as thematic landscape analyses of new and existing investment theses, investment impact-related initiatives, and investment and impact reporting

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree with a record of high academic achievement
  • 0-3 years of work experience, ideally in roles with project leadership and analytical responsibilities in related industries
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Strong written and oral communication skills
  • Ability to meet deadlines, prioritize assignments, and multi-task
  • Comfort working in Excel, presenting concepts in PowerPoint, drafting reports in Word, and everyday use of calendar software; experience with Salesforce, R and/or Python a plus

Attributes that support your success

  • Interest in and/or experience with capital markets or investing
  • Interest in ESG and impact investing
  • Strong quantitative capabilities, with demonstrated ability to execute financial analysis a plus
  • Ability to work independently with direction
  • You are helpful, a team player, and show respect while collaborating with others
  • You are dedicated to achieving excellence and working with others to tackle the tasks at hand
  • Adaptability to a rapidly changing environment, including reprioritization of responsibilities

About Builders Vision

Builders Vision (BV) is an impact platform dedicated to promoting a humane and healthy planet.

Builders Vision includes a range of philanthropic and impact investing capabilities to support,

seed and scale sustainable agriculture, food systems, renewable energy, ocean health, animal

welfare, and the arts. Today it encompasses a philanthropic arm (Builders Initiative), a venture

and growth equity group (S2G Ventures), and an asset management team (Builders Asset

Management). We are guided collectively by the belief that markets can and should benefit

society and the environment and that the most successful businesses in the future will be those

that are purpose-driven.

Our vision is “a humane and healthy planet,” which we relentlessly pursue and advance

through our mission, “shifting markets and minds for good.”

Builders Vision is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to building and maintaining a culturally diverse workplace. We encourage women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and veterans to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.