Senior Investment Manager, Abrdn
Savings & investment company
Open for applications
Savings & investment company
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
501-1000 employees
Company mission
Helping clients to prepare for the future
Role
Who you are
- Experience within a bank, insurer or asset manager – ideally within a front-line origination role
- Track record of originating senior lending deals across Europe (including the UK)
- Experience of business and financial analysis – preferably from a credit perspective
- Proven ability to lead transactions through their full life cycle
- Demonstrable experience in risk analysis
- Track record of working with and developing early and mid-careers colleagues
What the job involves
- We are looking for an experienced professional to support the origination and management of our growing Commercial Real Estate Lending business
- Investing across the UK and Europe, we run several private credit mandates for key clients, mainly in the insurance and pensions arena, as well as internally managed funds and facilitating co-investments alongside large institutional investors
- We are seeking a new member of the team who can contribute to growing this business as well as managing an extensive portfolio of existing investments
- Developing and maintaining a broad series of relationships with borrowers, external brokers, originators and advisers. Transmitting an understanding of our investment requirements is critical, as is screening out transactions that are unlikely to fit within our investment mandates
- Preparing initial and, if deals are progressed, detailed credit analysis including credit ratings as well as ESG risk profiling
- Structuring of transactions including a range of financial and other covenants on transactions
- Preparation and presentation of investment papers for investment committees
- Working with clients to discuss transactions, pipelines, outlook and performance of exiting investments
- Managing transactions from concept through execution to completion and maintenance
- Support client and distribution teams in sales and market efforts. This includes client meetings, conferences, preparation of materials and authoring market materials
- Assist with reporting and governance requirements
Application process
- End Date: June 24, 2025
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Abrdn, formerly known as Standard Life Aberdeen, is a global investment company helping its clients to save and invest for their futures. It operates three businesses - Investments, Adviser and Personal - and has been operating since way back in 1825.
Nowadays, atop its investment and advice services, the company delivers two platforms for financial advisers. The first, Wrap, enables users to build and manage portfolios for each client. It also includes SIPP drawdown capabilities - which means advisers can choose the best platform charges when client assets are at their highest. The second, Elevate, encompasses a suite of tools for advisers to save time and make sure their clients are informed.
In 2023, Abrdn announced "adviserOS", which represents an upgrade to their platform offerings. There is limited information to go on, but the company claims this new venture will be simpler and data-led, as well as require less admin. It will be interesting to see if this new release keeps pace with tech developments across the investment space and allows abrdn to continue as an innovator.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company
Company HQ
Edinburgh New Town, Edinburgh, UK
Leadership
Jason Windsor
(CEO)Previously CFO at Persimmon Homes, Group CFO at Aviva and was the Managing Director of Morgan Stanley.
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