Portfolio Manager - Development Finance & Impact Credit (12 month fixed term)

This role will be offered as a 12-month contract with no guarantee of further extension. The start date will be January 2025. We reserve the right to close the application process ahead of the specified closing date if we receive a sufficient number of qualified applications. What you will do Execution of investments:

• Assess the initial attractiveness of investment opportunities: conduct benchmark pricing and preliminary credit analysis, assess fit against investment guidelines, and identify any major ESG risks
• Prepare screening papers for presentation to the Investment Committee ("IC")
• Structure and conduct due diligence transactions: financial modelling and detailed reviewing and analysing of financial, legal, commercial, and technical reports where applicable, and sourcing and evaluating independent research
• Review legal documentation providing an independent view on such documents. Work together and with the oversight and guidance of portfolio managers on negotiating legal documentation
• Undertake risk grading and benchmarking of transactions
• Prepare investment proposals and assist presentation to the Investment Committee
• Collaborate with external parties during transaction structuring and execution, such as borrowers, legal counsel, and advisers
• Collaborate with internal parties (e.g. Operations/Risk/Legal/Accounting functions) to ensure the successful execution of the transaction
Client responsibilities:
• Assist with updating existing investment proposals (where required) for upsizing mandates, the development of portfolio management tools such as IRR tracking, and any ad hoc presentations or requests received from time to time, "New Normal", it's not news to us: As a global company, we've known the hybrid model before it was 'in'. Work flexibly according to internal guidelines (e.g., hybrid model/ flexible working hours)
• Investments for the future: Access to pension/ savings plans/ Allianz products
• Shared success: Company share purchasing plan
• Support for what matters: Mental health and wellbeing programs
• Investments in your career: Career opportunities within the entire Allianz Group
• Investments in your skills: Comprehensive learning and development offerings, including certifications and professional qualifications
• … and so much more!
About Allianz Global Investors Allianz Global Investors is a leading global active asset manager. We invest for the long term and want to create value for clients every step of the way. We do this by being active - in how we partner with clients and anticipate their needs, and build solutions based on capabilities across public and private markets. Our focus on enhancing our clients' assets leads naturally to a commitment to sustainability for positive change. Our goal is to enhance the investment experience for clients, whatever their location or goals. Putting our clients' needs first, behaving in a transparent way and treating people fairly means acting with integrity. We encourage a collegial culture, that supports individual responsibility. We invest in the development of our employees to maximize the power of innovation. We at Allianz believe in a diverse and inclusive workforce, we are committed to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity and to helping applicants with any disabilities. We encourage you to bring your whole self to work, no matter where you are from, what you look like, who you love or what you believe in. We therefore welcome applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, disability or sexual orientation. Great to have you on board. If you feel inspired to promote the active asset management experience, this is the place for you. Join our diverse, international, technology-enabled, and agile environment. Simply upload your CV in English to apply for this position! If you need support to navigate our websites or at any stage during your application, please send an email with your request to recruiting@allianzgi.com To Recruitment Agencies: Allianz Global Investors has an in-house recruitment team that sources great candidates directly. Therefore, Allianz Global Investors does not accept unsolicited resumes from agency or search firm recruiters. When we do work with recruitment agencies, that engagement is formalized by a contract. Fees will only be paid when there is a contract in place. Without a contract in place, we will not accept invoices on unsolicited resumes, even if the candidate was ultimately employed by Allianz Global Investors. Finally, please do not contact hiring managers directly.


• 5-7 years' work experience in finance (preferably in project, structured, or leverage finance in a principal or advisory capacity)
• Experience in emerging private markets investments (debt or equity, in a principal or advisory capacity) is preferred
• Experience in export and agency finance and working with development finance or multilateral institutions is a plus
• Ability to create Excel financial models from scratch for corporate or project finance transactions and support junior resources on modelling tasks
• Exceptional credit skills and the ability to take ownership over a transaction process (e.g., leading due diligence processes and the delivery of high-quality credit memorandums) demonstrated through prior deal experience
• Support a growing business, applying your skills to contribute to a variety of tasks including business/product development, fundraising, asset management, and different internal initiatives
• Experience in ESG or impact investing or developing ESG or impact frameworks is a plus
• Interest and enthusiasm in driving change through high impact investments
  
  At Allianz Global Investors we foster a culture of professionalism, fulfillment, and an inclusive working environment. Do you want to be part of a leading active asset management company? Then join us now!
The Allianz Global Investors Development Finance and Impact Credit team is offering a temporary position in the London office, which will give you the opportunity to work across a breadth of impactful private debt investment opportunities with a focus on in Emerging Markets. The team's strategies target sustainable and high-impact investment solutions - allowing commercial investors to direct their capital in a way that can make a positive and measurable difference in the world. You will focus on sourcing, structuring, and execution of debt investments across emerging markets (portfolio management). Thus, prior relevant deal experience is the principal screening criteria for the position. You will have a global scope and significant cross functional interaction.