At AXA IM, we act for human progress by investing for what matters, actively and responsibly. Join us and you’ll build a career in a truly diverse, entrepreneurial organisation. You’ll be part of a mission to tackle some of the world’s most stimulating challenges, pushing boundaries and exploring fresh ideas that aim to deliver long-term prosperity.
With €190bn assets under management, AXA IM Alts, the alternatives business unit of AXA IM, is a global leader in alternatives investment, operating in real estate, private debt & alternative credit, private equity & infrastructure and hedge funds. Our 800+ employees operating from 16 offices around the world are serving the needs of more than 500 clients worldwide.
Our goal is to enhance the value of assets we manage on behalf of our clients by adopting a proactive approach to responsible investment. We fully integrate ESG criteria into our investment decisions and advise clients on both financial and non-financial risks and opportunities.
We pride ourselves on fostering a culture of high performance, which means we seek to recruit and retain people who are not only technically qualified, but also open to the world, innovative and able to harness their unique perspectives and life experiences to support our success as a business.
The department
The Central Services Team in Real Assets provides key support to the European investment business of AXA IM - Real Assets in technical areas such as key supplier management, tax, accounting, insurance, corporate legal, cash mangement and systems maintenance.
This role, which requires excellent communication and organisation skills, and the ability to interact effectively with multiple internal and external stakeholders, will assist in the management and oversight of key suppliers.
Main responsibilities of the role
- Supporting the oversight and management of key external suppliers (mainly Property Valuers, Property Managers, Auditors)
- Assist with the preparation and processing of contracts and change orders, dealing with key supplier contacts in several countries
- Assist in the reconciliation of fees billed to the contracts databases, and where necessary fee analysis
- Collation and processing of feedback from the AXA IM - Real Assets business to inform Key Performance Indicator (KPI) measurement.
- Prepare KPI summaries for meetings with the Property Valuers
- Updating central databases to capture key details of external engagements, informing the Data Management team as necessary
- Creating and updating process and SLA information
- Preparing agendas, presentations, and taking minutes from key supplier meetings
- Support the Fund and asset Performance process
- Assist in extracting relevant data from core systems to populate the asset and fund performance templates
- Assist in processing data required by the external benchmarking suppliers
- Assist in tracking the delivery of data by internal teams where the data required is not held in core systems
- Assist in preparing analysis of the data
- Assist with other tasks and projects as required in support of the Central Services Team
Qualifications
Education
- Undertaking a bachelor’s or advanced degree in finance, maths, economics, business
Technical skills
- Good Microsoft skills (excel, word and powerpoint)
- English language skills (written and verbal) essential
Competencies
- Multitask in a demanding environment
- Very good communication skills and a positive and can-do attitude
- Ability to wok under pressure and still ensuring quality requirements
- Ability/willingness to work collaboratively with different cultures
- Highly organised, efficient and reliable
- Committed and highly motivated
- Good IT skills
What do we offer?
This internship is an excellent opportunity to discover an international working environment. Due to our leading position on the market you can gain a strong exposure to a variety of complex issues of a European real estate asset manager.
You will be fully integrated to our team and you will have the opportunity to work together and discover other departments such as Fund Management, Transactions, Development and Asset Controlling
You will join a growing platform which will allow you to take-over real responsibilities rapidly
Please join us to realise your potential to drive progress, for yourself, our clients and the world in which we live.
