- Where
- London, 45 Cannon Street
- Level
- Mid
Job Description:
Employer: DWS Group
Title: Infrastructure Investment Manager – private equity
Location: London
About DWS:
Today, markets face a whole new set of pressures – but also a whole lot of opportunity too. Opportunity to innovate differently. Opportunity to invest responsibly. And opportunity to make change.
Join us at DWS, and you can be part of an industry-leading firm with a global presence. You can lead ambitious opportunities and shape the future of investing. You can support our clients, local communities, and the environment.
We’re looking for creative thinkers and innovators to join us as the world continues to transform. As whole markets change, one thing remains clear; our people always work together to capture the opportunities of tomorrow. That’s why we are ‘Investors for a new now’.
As investors on behalf of our clients, it is our role to find investment solutions. Ensuring the best possible foundation for our clients’ financial future. And in return, we’ll give you the support and platform to develop new skills, make an impact and work alongside some of the industry’s greatest thought leaders. This is your chance to achieve your goals and lead an extraordinary career.
This is your chance to invest in your future.
Team / division overview
The DWS Alternatives business is a diversified set of business activities with €114bn in assets under management in strategies including Private Real Estate, Private Infrastructure, Liquid Real Assets (Real Estate/Infrastructure and Commodity Securities) and Sustainable Investments. The global team invests on behalf of a global client base that includes governments, corporations, individuals and institutional investors.
The DWS Private Infrastructure business (“DWS Infrastructure”), acquires and manages Debt and Equity investments in businesses that provide essential Infrastructure services in the transport, energy, utilities, digital, circular economy and healthcare sectors. With investment teams located in Europe and the US, the business has a global footprint and is focused on managing infrastructure portfolios that can meet the needs of institutional investors and private clients worldwide. The division has funds under management of approximately €15 billion.
DWS Infrastructure manages two strategies targeting private equity investments in European infrastructure companies: the “Pan European Infrastructure Fund (“PEIF”)” series and “Sustainable Growth Infrastructure Fund (“SGIF”)”. PEIF invests in core plus infrastructure in the mid-cap size bracket and SGIF is a value add strategy, providing growth capital to lower mid-cap infrastructure companies who are seeking to scale their sustainable business models.
Role Details
As a core member of the DWS Infrastructure investments team you will work across the PEIF and SGIF series funds, with a focus on SGIF, your duties will include:
Appraisal of potential infrastructure investment opportunities across Europe
Leading the due diligence and acquisition processes for new investments including liaising with financial advisers, lawyers, tax specialists and other experts, both internally and externally
Commercial assessment and recommendation of the merits of investment opportunities based on an analysis of the risk and return fundamentals
Building, reviewing and updating financial models in order to provide valuation analysis and recommendations
Conducting asset management activities, working closely with portfolio company management teams, including monitoring and reporting the performance of portfolio assets through the life-cycle to realisation of the asset
Supporting future fund-raising processes including providing support to answer investor queries and providing accurate asset information on a timely basis
Leading on the preparation and presentation of investment committee papers as well as portfolio valuation/asset management reports
We are looking for:
Previous experience in either Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A),…