Summer Internship Programme

Summer
Internship
2024
Be part of a company committed to building a more sustainable future.

Committed

Join us as a summer
Intern and discover the world of finance and investments.
Blackfinch Group is an award-winning investment specialist. Built on over 20 years of investment track record, the name Blackfinch first came into being on the anniversary of

Darwin’s birth, 12th February 2013.

A trusted provider, we work in partnership with advisers. Our businesses cover tax-efficient solutions, early-stage investing, managed portfolio services, property financing and renewable energy.

As an environmental, social and governance (ESG) investor, we work for a positive impact.

We’re proud to be entrusted with over £750 million in assets under management.

Contents Why the Blackfinch Summer Internship Programme?

Key information

You may undertake activities such as

What we are looking for?

Eligibility

How to apply

Our values

Why the Blackfinch As an Intern at Blackfinch, you will engage in projects that

Summer Internship offer a comprehensive overview of our business. We anticipate

Programme? that you will work in a number of different departments which
could include our Investment, Operations, Support, Sales &
Distribution or IT & Engineering teams, depending on your areas of interest, enabling you to forge connections and explore new horizons on your 10-12 week journey with us.

We have vacancies for two Interns, who wish to join us during the summer of 2024 to build skills, expand knowledge, and embark on a career within financial services. Blackfinch

Interns will find out that Financial Services is a fascinating, challenging and rewarding industry to work in.

"I came out of this Internship with a lot more knowledge about the Venture Capital industry (specifically EIS and VCT tech investing) and would like to thank the entire team for all their support throughout."

Anirjit - Summer Intern 2023

Key information Closing Date

• 30th April 2024

Internship Duration

• 10 - 12 Weeks

Location

• Gloucester, GL3 4AH/Hybrid

You may undertake *Updating, maintaining and managing operational valuation models, sourcing and validating data within our renewables team.
*activities such as

• Research on new lending opportunities and property industry trends.
• Contributing to the creation and reporting of management information, including analysing property loan book metrics and key data trends.
• Sourcing deal flow through accelerators, universities and research platforms.
• Be involved in research calls with founders of the UK’s brightest startups, for our

Ventures team.

• Writing investment summaries and portfolio company reports.
• Preparing commentary, statistics and analysis for various marketing and reporting literature.
• Crafting compelling content across marketing channels.
• Support with designing and developing innovative products and solutions using the latest technology with the Engineering team.
• Conducting compliance monitoring activity in accordance with the Compliance

Monitoring Plan.

"Some personal highlights for me included joining sourcing calls and drafting an AI automation framework for one of (Blackfinch's) portfolio companies. In addition, I conducted two research projects looking into the valuation of start-ups along with ad hoc support wherever necessary.

I was given the opportunity to contribute across the business functions including portfolio analysis, deal origination and even some portfolio board meetings. I am grateful to have received exposure to the different roles in a venture capital fund and everyone I worked with was able to explain each task to me in the wider context of the fund and the industry."

Anirjit - Summer Intern 2023

What we are To be considered for this programme, you must currently be pursuing an undergraduate degree with an anticipated graduation in 2025, alternatively you may have recently
looking for graduated. Ideally, you will also:

• Have passion and enthusiasm to work in financial services.
• Be customer-orientated.
• Be full of resilience, drive and spirit and above all;
• Take pride in a job well done.

Eligibility We welcome students from degree disciplines such as finance, computer science, operations, research, applied mathematics, statistics, software engineering, business, or related field of study.

• Applications are encouraged from team players with strong academic and extracurricular achievements, analytical minds with strong numeracy and attention to detail.
• The confidence and initiative to take on early responsibility and manage your own projects under expert guidance.
• Proficiency in MS Word and Excel.
• Have the legal right to work in the UK.

How to apply 1 To apply for this role, please submit a video application telling us in around three minutes why you believe this would be a good fit.

2 You might like to share with us something about yourself, your extra- curricular activities, the reason for your application to our Internship programme at Blackfinch. You could perhaps include the contribution you hope to make to Blackfinch and what you expect to achieve from this Internship.

3

Please upload a video to YouTube and submit your link, ensuring your name and “Blackfinch Internship Programme” is stated in the subject to: recruitment@blackfinch.com

If you require assistance in submitting a video, please submit a request to the above email and we will make contact.

PLEASE NOTE

• The closing date for this role will be 30th April 2024 and we anticipate that we will receive a large number of applications for this exciting opportunity.
• We will endeavour to contact everyone who has applied; however, this may take some time as we process the applications.

Our Values At Blackfinch we’re working to make a difference in the world.
We partner with advisers to meet client and business aims.
Inspired by the work of Charles Darwin, we’re named after one of Darwin’s finches, which influenced his theories of evolution.

Our values of ‘adapt’, ‘evolve’ and ‘thrive’ run through everything we do. We continually adapt to changing markets, providing evolved products so that our customers can thrive.
These values inform our work as an ESG investor, working towards a more sustainable future.

Offering a supportive environment, championing continuing professional development and sponsoring staff for qualifications.

One of the friendliest businesses in financial services, supporting our people, customers and investee companies.

Providing opportunities to progress plus to take up benefits, and to get involved in sponsorship and charity work.

Blackfinch is an equal opportunities employer that values diversity and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, religious practice or any other perceived differences. A copy of our Equal

Opportunities Policy is available upon request.

Job Types: Full-time, Internship

Salary: £26,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Free parking
• On-site parking
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• No weekends

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Ability to Commute:

• Gloucester, GL3 4AH (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Gloucester, GL3 4AH