Amundi – FINANCIAL ENGINEER – ALTERNATIVE & PRIVATE ASSETS H/F

Amundi a de forte ambitions pour le développement de sa division dédiée aux actifs réels et alternatifs afin de faciliter au plus grand nombre d’investisseurs l’accès à ces marchés, en Europe et dans le monde. Réunissant 6 expertises (immobilier, dette privée, private equity, infrastructures, multigestion marchés privés et plateforme de fonds alternatifs), la division compte près de 280 collaborateurs avec €72Mds d’actifs sous gestion. Le développement concerne à la fois la clientèle institutionnelle et la distribution retail.

As a financial engineer, you will be in charge of the structuring of investment funds managed by Amundi Alternative & Real Assets division (notably from a financial, legal, tax and operational perspective) and delivery of new products or changes to existing products.

Main responsabilities:

– Structuring of European based funds (across different jurisdictions including notably Ireland, Luxembourg and France, and across several legal forms including notably FCPs and SICAVs) and investment mandates (both sub-investment management and dedicated investment management) :

o   Interact with the business development team to assess and formalize clients needs,

o   Determine the most suited solutions based on investors constraints and applicable regulations,

o   Contribute to drafting required regulatory and contractual arrangements

–   Ensuring proper oversight and monitoring of new fund and mandates launch process, including coordination and follow-up of all teams involved in such process and obtaining the required approvals for the funds and mandates implementation

–  Problem solving related to any issue linked to a product launch, restructuring or placement (legal, technical or operational issues)

–  Contribute to the design & marketing of new products

This structuring role implies day-to-day interactions with:

–    Sales, marketing, portfolio management and research teams

–   Tax, Legal, ESG, Compliance, Risk management & Operations departments

–        External services providers (auditors, tax & legal counsels, administrators, custodians, etc.)

–  Business partners (clients, third party funds managers, consultants, data providers)

–   Market counterparties (sales & engineers)

The financial engineer will be part of a team based in Paris (France).

He/she will focus on the following assets classes both on a direct and indirect basis (eg. fund of funds): private debt, private equity, infrastructure, hedge funds.

 The position will involve structuring across multiple fund formats (FCPs, SICAVs, etc), regulatory regimes (AIF, ELTIF, UCITS, SFDR, etc.); fund domiciles (notably France, Ireland and Luxembourg) and investment structures (stand-alone, umbrella, master/feeder, advisory, sub-delegation etc.) and investor types (institutional, wealth, distribution, retail).

Formation bac +5 (université, école de commerce ou d’ingénieur, université) avec une double formation ou une majeure en finance

Senior professional experience (min 10 years) in the asset management industry including direct involvement in the following areas:

– alternative and private markets

–  fund structure design/analysis from a legal, tax and regulatory perspective

–  project management / coordination

–  facing activities with client, external partners and regulatory authorities

– international environment

Knowledge:

– Strong understanding of financial markets, investment management strategies and underlying financial instruments:

        – cross-asset with a focus on private assets (private debt, private equity, infrastructure)
        – wide range of strategies including notably complex investment strategies (structured, hedge fund)
           – trading infrastructures

–  Strong knowledge of the European asset management regulatory, legal and tax environment (both at European and local levels, and in relation to both the investors and the investments made by the funds)

– In-depth understanding of the investment fund and mandate structures, operational environment and contractual relationships

– Good understanding of the cross-country distribution constraints (both inside and outside of Europe)

Skills :

–        Organizational skills

–        Multi-task & stress resilient

–        Meticulous & reliable

–        Autonomy & curiosity

–        Strong analytical skills

–        Interpersonnel skills

Mindset :

–        Commitment & team working

–        Transparency & self accountability