AddressManager, Private Equity
The Opportunity
This Manager role in the Private Equity (PE) team offers a unique and exciting opportunity to actively contribute to the end-to-end implementation of the fund’s PE strategy and portfolios across Buyout, Growth Equity, Venture Capital and Co-Investments.
The Future Fund PE portfolio is amongst the largest and most sophisticated in Australia, and our sovereign status gives us privileged access across the cutting edge of global PE managers.
This role offers you exposure to leading GPs and their portfolios, and the opportunity to learn about a wide range of Private Equity strategies and investments on a global scale. You will gain a profound understanding of institutional Private Equity underwriting, portfolio management, and investment manager selection. This includes idea generation, researching and analysing markets, and investment manager, due diligence, appointment, and monitoring.
Over time, you will have a meaningful impact on the decision making, implementation and management of the PE portfolio, which is a key driver of alpha and provides the Future Fund with the lever to harness global innovation and technological progress. Driven by our investment team’s total portfolio approach, this role will also provide you with the opportunity to collaboration closely with all our asset class teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Actively support the PE investment and monitoring process, including researching manager strategies and thematics, contributing to portfolio ideas, meeting leading GPs.
- Contribute to the investment due diligence and monitoring process for PE investments, including manager research and the preparation and delivery of regular portfolio and performance analysis and reporting.
- Project manage simple transactions or projects, demonstrating initiative and resourcefulness, with minimal guidance from more senior team members. Collaborate effectively and seek assistance when faced with more complex decisions.
- Inspire and guide others to achieve results, fostering a collaborative and inclusive environment.
- Play a pivotal role in helping the PE team maintain and enhance its suite of portfolio data and analytic tools, including external platforms, spreadsheets and reports.
- Contribute to a positive and collaborative work environment, building strong bonds with the investment team, and the teams that support and contribute to the success of the investment program.
About You
You are someone who demonstrates a passion for investing, with a keen interest in the drivers, opportunities, and risks associated with different investment opportunities across a wide variety of industries and geographies. Your ability to combine this enthusiasm with a broad knowledge of investment markets and the macro economy will significantly contribute to PE investment decisions.
Your analytical mindset is complemented with strong numerical skills, including an understanding of financial models. You have excellent written and verbal communication skills and enjoy collaborating with other teams. Your curiosity fuels your active participation in thoughtful debates.
Experience with financial industry tools such as Preqin, Cambridge Associates, Pitchbook, FactSet etc is advantageous . While prior LP investment experience is beneficial although not a prerequisite for the role.
A tertiary education including a degree in Finance or a related discipline, is expected with a CFA or post graduate qualification being highly desirable.
To be eligible to apply, you must have Australian citizenship.
About Us Established in 2006, the Future Fund is Australia's Sovereign Wealth Fund. The Fund’s purpose is investing for the benefit of future generations of Australians. Based in Melbourne, the Future Fund has built a diversified, global portfolio and is a founding member of the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds. A unique feature of the Agency is that we work as a single team across a total portfolio. People are the cornerstone of our success. That’s why we aim to attract and develop the best talent in Australia, and from all over the world. Our team come to work every day expecting to do meaningful work with the opportunity to learn and contribute to the success of the Fund. The Future Fund is passionate about its values, which are the key to our success: Focus on what matters, Do the right thing and Work together, allowing you to contribute to your maximum potential.
Advertising Information Application Closing Date is: 5pm, Wednesday the 13th of March, 2024.
We embrace diversity of thought, style and work arrangements to ensure our workforce is representative of the communities that we serve. We welcome applications from Indigenous jobseekers for this vacancy.
For more information on our application process, eligibility, employment checks, privacy and our organisation, please visit the careers and opportunities pages of our website.
If you wish to have a confidential discussion with the Human Resources Team, please call +61 3 8656 6400 and quote this requisition ID number at the top of the page.
