Jobbeschreibung
The Max Planck Foundation (“MPF”) is a private, independent non-profit organisation of supporters of cutting-edge research by the Max Planck Society. The relevance of many of the works is particularly evident in the long term as 22 scientists have become Nobel Laureates since 1950. MPF has been supporting excellent fundamental research at many of the 86 Max Planck Institutes worldwide since 2006. It creates important scope for research in the competition for the best minds and for new ground-breaking findings.
MPF's endowment management team has the responsibility of generating investment returns with the ultimate goal of supporting the Max Planck Institutes in perpetuity. For this purpose, we have adopted the endowment investment model as pioneered by Yale's David Swensen. This means taking a long-term view, pursuing equity-oriented, illiquid investments and running a diversified portfolio of currently c. €700 million. The Foundation partners with leading fund managers across equities, absolute return, private credit, private equity and real assets. Environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) matters constitute a key part of our investment process.
We are looking for an Investment Analyst (f/m/x) with up to three years of relevant experience to join our Munich-based team.
The analyst programme takes two to three years, during which you will learn about traditional and alternative investments. Based on a combination of qualitative and quantitative analyses, you will build a wide skill set to evaluate different risk and return profiles across asset classes.
The goal of the analyst programme is the promotion to investment manager.
- Strong academic credentials from a good university (bachelor's or master's degree)
- 1-3 years of relevant investment, consulting, banking or similar experience
- Interest in traditional and alternative investments
- Excellent oral and written English and German language skills
- Robust Microsoft Office skills
- Willing to relocate to the beautiful city of Munich
- Willing to travel (20-30%)
- Passionate about using your analytical skill set and attention to detail in an investment role
- Curious and structured thinker
- Open-minded, empathetic and low-ego mentality
- Entrepreneurial and hands-on attitude
- Proactive work and communication style
- Happy to use your interpersonal skills to build and maintain long-term relationships
- Able to prioritise a wide range of tasks and self-manage efficiently
- Sense of humour
- Learn cross-asset class fund investing on behalf of a globally leading research institution that advances fundamental science in areas such as healthcare, climate change and social justice
- Build institutional endowment investment and portfolio management capabilities
- Work in a small, friendly and results-oriented team
- Travel internationally to meet with preeminent fund managers and like-minded investors
- Competitive, market-based compensation package and 30 vacation days
- Support of training programmes/qualifications such as CFA or CAIA