Investment Portfolio Manager

A Japanese trading house is currently recruiting an Investment Portfolio Manager in their London office.
In this role you will be responsible for supporting the Department General Manager and other Department Managers for all investment related risk management work - both new opportunities as well as existing portfolio investments. You will have 3 direct reports.
The ideal candidate should have experience in corporate finance, M&A, portfolio management, business strategy/development, or risk management.
TYPE: Permanent, full-time
WORKING HOURS: 9:00-17:00 from Monday to Friday
SALARY: £60-72K depending on experience
START: ASAP
LOCATION: Central London (Currently 2 days in the office, 3 days’ work from home - It may change depending on the company’s decision.)
Investment Portfolio Manager Main Responsibilities:
• Support the department in providing recommendations on their management on investment opportunities based on your own analysis and evaluation (including the handling of internal applications for such procedures)
• Support business departments as an "in-house advisor" in terms of investment sourcing and deal execution
• Monitor and oversee invested subsidiaries and affiliates in order to keep them growing and profitable through budget control and decision-making for key governance matters (including the handling of internal applications for such procedures)
• Consider and advise management of subsidiaries and affiliates on their business and operations and offer ways to improve performance and efficiency
• Collaborate with business departments and support corporate development activities
• Support strategic exits of investments as required
• Coach and develop junior staff members in the department
• Encourage efficient and improved delivery of corporate service to BLCs
• Actively contribute to accomplishment of the team targets
Investment Portfolio Manager Ideal Candidate:
• Essential (in one of more of the following areas): corporate finance, M&A, portfolio management, business strategy/development and risk management
• Undergraduate university education or higher
• Degree in Management & Business Administration, Corporate Finance, Accounting, Economics or similar (preferred)
• Business level of English
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Team player
• Excellent understanding of corporate finance and M&A
• Strong analytical and modelling skills
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to manage and develop a high performing team (previous people management experience required)
• Analytical nature
• Eager to tackle challenges and highly self-driven
• Results-oriented with a positive outlook and a clear focus on high quality deliverables
• Comfortable challenging the status quo and engaging with management
• Happy to travel frequently, mainly in Europe and occasionally further afield
** All applicants must have the right to work in the UK as the Company is not able to offer visa support.
If your application is successful, you will be contacted within two business days.
We regret that due to the high volume of applications we receive we cannot provide feedback on individual CVs.