Senior Associate, Investor Relations

Senior Associate, Investor Relations

Location: Hong Kong (with regular working from home)

Hours: Full time

Salary: Competitive

Contract Duration: Permanent

Coller Capital, founded in 1990, is one of the world's leading investors in the secondary market for private assets. The firm provides liquidity solutions to private markets investors worldwide, acquiring interests in private equity, private credit, and other private markets assets. In January 2021, the firm closed Coller International Partners VIII, with committed capital (including co-investment vehicles) of just over $9 billion and backing from over 200 of the world's leading institutional investors. In February 2022 the firm closed Coller Credit Opportunities I, with committed capital (including co-investment vehicles) of c.$1.4 billion and backing from over 30 institutional investors.

Following the successful raising of Coller International Partners VIII, with over $9bn of commitments from over 200 global investors, the company wants to hire an Investor Relations professional as it continues to build out the firm's Investor Relations team.

Based in Hong Kong, this individual will be working closely with the London based Investor Relations team including senior management to assist, co-ordinate and enhance Coller Capital's investor relations and fundraising activities in Asia. The individual will have the opportunity to get involved from the early stages of the firm's next Flagship and Credit fund raises; the role will act as the linchpin of the team's Investor Services sub-function, co-ordinating seamless, high-quality client interactions across investor reporting, investor meetings, due diligence and investor queries. The Investor Relations Senior Associate will be responsible for ensuring that the needs and requirements of our investors are met in a professional, engaging and efficient manner.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for co-ordination and responding to existing and prospective investor questions in Asia, working closely with the London based Fundraising Team and the Head of Asia to ensure consistent outputs across investors questions
• Support Coller Capital's fundraising activities by producing marketing materials and assisting in the response to due diligence questions and requests
• Be a central point of contact for all matters affecting our investors and work successfully across all Coller Capital's departments in Hong Kong and with external suppliers to deliver a consistently high quality investor experience
• Monitor industry best practice and contribute new ideas to help refine the company's innovative global Investor Relations programme

Essential Experience:

• Finance/investment banking background
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Advanced PC skills including MS Office; Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Desirable Experience:

• Professional qualification
• Experience in private equity (ideally Investor Services / Relations)
• Fluency in one or more foreign languages

Competencies:

• Highly analytical with excellent attention to detail and high levels of accuracy
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Organised, efficient and able to take responsibility for tasks to completion
• Hardworking, enthusiastic and dynamic individual who is perceptive to the needs of others
• Team-player with the ability to work across the organisation, but who is also self starting and able to work independently
• Demonstrates good judgement and problem solving skills
• Demonstrates confidence and able to interact with senior management and investors
• Strong project management skills and collaborative mindset

We are widely acknowledged as an innovator at the complex end of secondaries and with offices in London, New York and Hong Kong, Coller has truly global reach. We are committed to advancing ESG initiatives and driving change across the private markets sector. Coller Capital has been awarded an A+ rating by the UNPRI across the board, first in 2018 and achieved climate neutral status in 2019. The Firm is a signatory of FAIRR, the Farm Animal Investment Risk and Return Initiative created by the Coller Foundation. Coller Capital was a founding signatory on ILPA's Diversity in Action initiative and we actively partner with Out Investors and #10000BlackInterns. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where individuals can develop their talent and express themselves as part of a high achieving team. As investors, we value diverse perspectives, backgrounds and experience and actively look for these qualities in candidates. Our investment team alone benefits from over 20 different nationalities.

Benefits:

In addition to a competitive salary and bonus scheme, we offer private medical insurance and an attractive pension.

Please let us know if we can make any reasonable adjustments at interview in order to fully support and promote your talent.