Portfolio Analyst Intern

Portfolio Analyst Intern (6-months with Permanent Contract possibility)

Kartesia is a pan-European, independent and privately-owned specialist provider of financing solutions, focused on offering customised resources across the capital structure to leading mid-market companies from a wide range of industries, with the view to accelerate their pace of growth. Kartesia manages over €7.5bn of assets in 4 investment strategies.

Job description:

Kartesia is currently seeking a new team member for their Portfolio Management team. The position will report to the Portfolio Associates and will be responsible for:

Main tasks and responsibilities:

Assist the Portfolio Management team throughout the whole lifecycle of the funds, from valuation, performance calculation and support for fund financing transactions:

• Monitor portfolio data integrity, review internal reports within our portfolio management tool and ensure consistency with external servicers (at instrument level and consolidated – nominal, discount, capitalized interest, equity ownership and Capital gains).
• Support the valuation of the investments held by the funds in coordination with the investment team, independent experts and finance team
• Support on the update and review of Financial fund models, report consolidated key metrics and perform stress-testing analysis at investment/portfolio level (including levered returns).
• Support in the preparation of reporting on the investments, notably for the Investor quarterly report and the Portfolio Review.
• Assist in updating policies and procedures for Portfolio to ensure compliance with CSSF and new regulations
• Perform key analytics developments on ad-hoc projects (fundraising requests, internal projects to support the growth of the company…)
• Liaise with Finance & Administration to ensure correct allocation of instruments and alignment of downstream/upstream proceeds to investors to respect financing covenants and enhance performance returns

Requirements:

• Solid knowledge of Investment Funds, Private Equity & Private Debt environment.
• Solid quantitative, financial, and analytical skills and advanced MS Excel and modeling skills.
• Excellent academic track record and a university / equivalent business school degree.
• Fluent in English – Additional European language is a plus