Investment Analysts / Associates

Activate Capital (“Activate”) is a leading real-estate private credit investment firm. We offer bespoke debt capital solutions to a mix of privately owned and institutionally backed development sponsors.

Since inception, Activate has advanced >€2.3bn to a repeat customer base comprising Ireland’s largest real-estate developers, enabling scale placemaking and housing delivery for new communities.

Activate’s institutional quality operating structures and excellent track-record, underpins the raising of >€2bn in investor commitments across a series of funds. This includes longstanding relationships with global investment firm KKR & Co. Inc and the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF).

The Role:

To support its continuing growth, Activate is seeking highly motivated and dynamic investment professionals to join its Credit Team on a permanent basis. The successful candidates will have excellent analytical skills and commercial acumen, with a good understanding of / or interest in real estate markets. The role offers an immersion in credit analysis, management and execution, within a strong learning and development environment, while working daily with experienced investment professionals, including regular exposure to the CEO and the Activate Board / Investment Committee.

Responsibilities of the role:

• Performing detailed credit analysis (including financial modelling, valuations, sensitivity analysis and risk/return assessments) to support new investment recommendations.
• Front-line responsibility for the credit management of existing investments, including the analysis of trading performance, covenant compliance and financial reporting.
• Developing and communicating timely and thoughtful credit insights for existing and new investments, including the preparation of succinct credit memos.
• Transaction execution; including commissioning, project-managing and assessing third party due diligence, as well as negotiating and documenting investments.

Requirements of the role:

• Graduate degree in a finance, mathematics, engineering or equivalent quantitative-based degree, with a demonstrated track record of academic success.
• Experience in investment management, banking, real estate, or corporate finance.
• Excellent financial modelling and analytical capabilities, with strong proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint.
• A passion for excellence, including a right-first-time attitude. An ability to advance parallel workstreams, with a focus on timely, high-quality outputs.
• A desire for collaboration, learning and personal development, as well as team contribution.
• Effective communication skills, including the ability to write and present succinctly and with impact.

For more information, please apply through the link above & we will be in touch regarding your application.

Closing Date: Friday 25th October 2024