Lloyd’s is the world’s leading insurance and reinsurance marketplace. We share the collective intelligence and risk sharing expertise of the market’s brightest minds, working together for a braver world.
Our role is to inspire courage, so tomorrow’s progress isn’t limited by today’s risks.
Our shared values: we are brave; we are stronger together; we do the right thing; guide what we do and how we act. If you share our values and our passion to build a future that’s more sustainable, resilient and inclusive, you’ll find a home at Lloyd’s – build a braver future with us.
The Role
Supporting the Head of Private Asset & Structuring and the wider Lloyd’s Treasury and Investment Management unit to deliver key strategies with regards to private assets. Support investments in both direct and indirect private assets, and leading in certain strategies.
Principal Accountabilities
- Support the management of the private asset portfolio, both direct and indirect, in the Central Fund, across the gamut of private asset classes with the objective of increasing the returns (income and capital gains).
- Identify and originate private asset opportunities including direct origination within the SAA. This includes any relevant commercial negotiation, structuring the deal to suit Lloyd’s and completing due diligence (leading on investment due diligence and overseeing other due diligence streams).
- Develop relationships with strategic partners overtime to develop higher risk-adjusted returns through disintermediated origination.
- Convene cross-functional teams across tax, legal, finance, risk and beyond to ensure any novel investment is structured appropriately.
- Identification of suitable private asset class fund strategies and appropriate 3rd party managers.
- Manage external stakeholders, lead due diligence and supervise onboarding for any Central Fund investment into a new third party fund
- Assist with the management of the private assets of the Corporation including working with other business areas that may sponsor certain investment opportunities.
- Assist in any merger and acquisition, disinvestment or other strategic workflows when requested.
- Support in any work out scenario involving any private assets.
- Support in any M&A, financing or other relevant support activities for portfolio companies where required.
Skills
- Clear articulate communicator – exhibiting diplomacy, sound judgement and discretion at all times
- Exceptional influencing skills with ability to find compromise when required
- Strong commercial negotiation skills
- Self-motivated, resourceful and highly proactive
- Excellent organisational skills, high attention to detail and the ability to work under pressure
- Strong intellect and agile mind
- Excellent commercial acumen
Experience
- Working collaboratively within a team and stakeholders to deliver high quality outputs
- Adherence to agreed governance processes and procedures
- Track record of achieving exceptionally high professional standards
- Demonstrated strong influencing and advocacy skills, and an excellent communicator
- A creative thinker, able to deal with complex problems and develop innovative solutions
- Track record of making investments in private markets.
- Familiarity with ESG reporting or making impact investments beneficial.
Diversity and inclusion are a focus for us – Lloyd’s aim is to build a diverse, inclusive environment that reflects the global markets we work in. One where everyone is treated with dignity and respect to achieve their full potential. In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making workplace adjustments, we offer regular health and wellbeing programmes, diversity and inclusion training, employee networks, mentoring and volunteering opportunities as well as investment into your professional development. You can read more about diversity and inclusion on our website.
We understand that our work/life balance is important to us all and that a hybrid of working from the office and home can offer a great level of flexibility. Flexible working forms part of a total reward approach which offers a host of other benefits over and above the standard offering (generous pension, healthcare, wellbeing etc). These include financial support for training, education & development, a benefit allowance (to spend on our flexible benefits such as gym membership, dental insurance, extra holiday or to partake in our cycle to work scheme), employee recognition scheme and various employee discount schemes.
By choosing Lloyd's, you'll be part of a team that brings together the best minds in the industry, and together with our underwriters and brokers, we create innovative, responsive solutions allowing us to share risk and solve complex problems.
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