Director, Investments - Climate focus

Department: ImpactAssets Capital Partners

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Remote

Description

About ImpactAssets Capital Partners

ImpactAssets Capital Partners is a SEC-registered investment adviser that is 100% owned by ImpactAssets Inc., a $2B nonprofit impact investing leader founded in 2010. Over the years, ImpactAssets has built an extensive impact investment platform, having invested in 800+ private companies and impact funds addressing the world’s greatest challenges. ImpactAssets Capital Partners was created in 2022 to bring the ImpactAssets platform and customized investment services to institutional investors.

ImpactAssets Capital Partners provides institutional clients with investment advice for private investments, such as venture capital, private equity and private debt, which are the most complex and expensive areas of investing for an organization to manage on their own. We offer strategy, sourcing, due diligence and investment advice to the stewards of large impact investment portfolios.

ImpactAssets and Impact Assets Capital Partners together are catalyzing investment capital into mission-driven business models solving the worlds’ biggest challenges. The result? A fast growing, dynamic organization with an activated community of more than 1,800 clients. This level of growth, vision and commitment equals great opportunities to grow a career at ImpactAssets Capital Partners. We are seeking a wide range of colleagues that share our urgency and audacity for driving outsized capital to impact investing. If you dream big, have a track record for solving problems and know how to ‘get stuff done’, this is the place for you!

The Opportunity

The Director, Investments (Climate focus) is responsible for investment due diligence as well as investment selection for global and domestic investments across all asset classes and impact themes, with an emphasis on climate and social justice. The Director also manages team members, directing work flow and providing professional development support.

The ideal candidate is strategic, analytical, detail oriented and proactive, with a service heart. You have an undeniable passion for impact investing and affecting social and environmental change. You embrace investment best practices and thrive in a fast growing, entrepreneurial environment.

The position is full time and reports to the Managing Director of Investments or our Deputy Chief Investment Officer. Our team offers a flexible work environment, operating primarily in a US-based remote environment, but coming together periodically throughout the year for in person meetings and offsites so periodic travel is required. This is also a US-based position and candidates must live in the US.

Key Responsibilities

· Develop of investment and impact strategies for ImpactAssets Capital Partners’ clients with a specific focus on climate solutions;

· Analyze investments across impact themes, asset classes, sectors, geographies, and structures to assess suitability for ImpactAssets Capital Partner’s clients including the ImpactAssets’ platform, ImpactAssets’ internally managed vehicles or other ImpactAssets Capital Partners client portfolios;

· Lead investment due diligence and prepare investment memoranda and convey theses to relevant internal stakeholders;

· Review closing documents and assist with investment execution;

· Lead ongoing quarterly and annual monitoring processes for investment coverage;

· Prepare PowerPoint presentations for Client Investment Committee meetings;

· Prepare content for on-going impact and financial reporting including portfolio details, social and environmental indicators, investment details and impact metrics;

· Present results of investment due diligence in client meetings;

· Manage team members and foster a growth oriented, positive and encouraging environment while keeping employees accountable to commitments, deadlines, company policies, procedures and guidelines.

Qualifications

· Minimum of 10 years' directly relevant experience in impact investing, management consulting, private equity, private debt and/or investment banking with specific focus on climate-related impact themes

· Background in assessing climate and/or climate justice investments; experience assessing real assets and project finance preferred

· MBA or similar advanced degree in finance, business, accounting, economics, or related field preferred

· Knowledge of and passion for using investing as a means by which to engender social and environmental impact

· Outstanding, demonstrated analytical, research and due diligence skills

· Expert knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, experience using think-cell preferred

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills

· Flexibility and willingness to do what it takes in a team environment

· Ability to work independently, multi-task and prioritize competing demands

· Proficiency with cloud-based collaboration tools Box and Asana preferred

· Experience working in a virtual working environment preferred

Benefits and Other Details

Unique benefits, including virtual work stipend and contribution to employee’s own Donor Advised Fund
Competitive total compensation, including discretionary bonus, 401(k) plan, and generous time off plan
Base salary ranges from $170,000 - $225,000 and is highly dependent on experience and location
Comprehensive benefits package including full health and wellness coverage, paid parental and family leaves
Opportunity for career development in a fast-paced, progressive organization

ImpactAssets Capital Partners is an SEC-registered investment adviser, which brings with it regulatory requirements for all of our associates. We are ‘investment revolutionaries’ who believe that intentional capital makes the biggest impact on people and planet.

ImpactAssets Capital Partners is also an Equal Opportunity Employer. We know our organization is at its best when we include, celebrate, and embrace difference. We strive to be a diverse workforce that is representative of our mission, and where all can thrive and belong. We are committed to building a team that includes and respects a variety of voices, identities, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.

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