Investment Analyst

Permanent – Full Time

We are looking for an Investment Analyst to assist the Investment Team with research, due diligence and data analysis. The successful candidate would join our Alternatives team, which manages investments across our Infrastructure, Private Equity, Private Credit, Climate Opportunities and UK Opportunities programmes.

Assisting in the preparation and maintenance of extensive due diligence reports to support investment decision making and portfolio construction, you’ll use internal and external sources of data and research.

Actively participating in investment team meetings, you’ll provide data analysis to support ongoing monitoring of investments along with the regular production of management information (MI) such as the performance, attribution, exposure and risk metrics of the sub-fund/portfolio.

About You

We’d like our Investment Analyst to be educated to degree level as a minimum, and either hold, currently working towards or commit to gain a suitable investment management qualification. You’ll have a keen interest and understanding of investment markets, long-term investment and commitment to responsible investment and sustainability, with the ability to distil a wide range of often conflicting information in a concise and cohesive manner.

Above all, you’ll have a high level of integrity and trustworthiness, effective IT skills and strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills.

About Us

We are a collaboration of 11 Local Government Pension Funds with a total asset value of c.£60 billion (as of the 31st of March 2023). We are a FCA regulated investment company created to pool the investments of like-minded Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) funds – our ‘Partner Funds’. Established in 2018, we are the largest LGPS pools in the UK, and the largest UK asset manager outside London and Edinburgh.

Our purpose is to make a difference for the Local Government Pension Scheme. We seek to do this by providing cost-effective, innovative, and responsible investment opportunities that deliver returns over the long-term. This is on behalf of the more than 1.1 million LGPS members, 2,800 local participating employers, and the millions of taxpayers associated with our Partner Funds.

Since launch, we have been awarded ‘Best Pool of the Year’ at the LAPF Investment Awards three years out of four, most recently won the ‘Pool Innovation of the Year’ and named at the Professional Pensions UK Pensions Awards as ‘Equity’ and ‘Alternatives Manager of the Year’.

Joining us, you will have access to our excellent benefits:

• Vitality Health Insurance for all employees
• Employee Assistance Programme
• A generous holiday allowance of 30 days a year, plus bank holidays, as we feel it’s important for colleagues to maintain a healthy work-life balance.
• Professional Development
• Critical Illness Cover
• Pension scheme
• Stunning Leeds city centre location only a short walk to the train station
• Cycle to work scheme
• Life Assurance 6x of salary
• Sustainable travel plans and public transport discounts
• Range of discounts for Leeds gyms, shops and restaurants