Fund Manager

**Fund Manager** **(**22000AAC**)**

**PRIMARY LOCATION**: AUSTRALIA-NEW SOUTH WALES-SYDNEY

**ORGANIZATION**: AXAIM Alts - Real Assets

**CONTRACT TYPE**: Regular

**SHIFT**: Day Job

SCHEDULE**: Full-time

**DESCRIPTION**
- Lead the development and implementation of key fund and investment strategies
- Lead the client liaison with the AXA Group Funds Management team (Paris) and other associated internal teams in head office.
- Influence the respective asset managers and indirect managers, and make key decisions to drive Fund performance
- To maintain awareness and visibility of all key fund and asset management matters occurring within the Fund
- Overview all fund related reporting to both the Board and Investors, including real estate markets, asset management initiatives, acquisition and disposal programs
- Ensuring adherence to the various compliance and governance structures, and participate in the relevant Investor Committees / Advisory Committees on behalf of the Fund as required.
- Manage and oversee key processes for the AXA funds, including asset and SPV budgeting and business plan development with the support of asset managers
- Assist the Transaction Team with any new transactions as required from time to time, including due diligence and the establishment of new investment structure and ventures.
- Perform other tasks and projects as assigned from time to time.

**QUALIFICATIONS**

**Education/Qualifications**
- Degree with specialization in finance / real estate / economics

**Experience**
- Minimum 10 years relevant professional experience (ideally with formal real estate qualifications) with exposure to alternative real estate sectors desirable.
- Thorough understanding and historic experience in real estate funds and investment management

**Knowledge and Skills**
- Financial analysis, development feasibility and/or valuation experience required
- Experience in, or at least have a solid understanding of, real estate sectors in Australia
- Fluency in English

**Competencies**
- Strong written communication, presentation and report writing skills
- Strong quantitative, financial and analytical skills (DCF and financial modelling)
- Solid capability of MS Office, PowerPoint and Excel
- Flexibility, adaptability and initiative
- Excellent organisation and attention to detail

**ABOUT AXA**

Would you like to wake up every day driven and inspired by our noble mission and to work together as one global team to empower people to live a better life? Here at AXA we strive to lead the transformation of our industry. We are looking for talented individuals who come from varied backgrounds, think differently and want to be part of this exciting transformation by challenging the status quo so we can push AXA - a leading global brand and one of the most innovative companies in our industry - onto even greater things. In a fast-evolving world and with a presence in 64 countries, our 166,000 employees and exclusive distributors anticipate change to offer services and solutions tailored to the current and future needs of our 103 million customers.

AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) is a responsible asset manager, actively investing for the long-term to help its clients, its people and the world to prosper. Our high conviction approach enables us to uncover what we believe to be the best global investment opportunities across alternative and traditional asset classes, managing €887 billion in assets as of December 2021.

AXA IM is a leading investor in green, social and sustainable markets, managing €563 billion of ESG-integrated, sustainable and impact assets at the end of 2021.

We are committed to reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 across all our assets, and integrating ESG principles into our business, from stock selection to our corporate actions and culture. Our goal is to provide clients with a true value responsible investment solution, while driving meaningful change for society and the environment.

At end of 2021, AXA IM employs over 2,488 employees around the world, operates out of 28 offices across 18 countries and is part of the AXA Group, a worldwide leader in insurance and asset management.

**WHAT WE OFFER**

We are proud to foster a high-performance culture, which means that we seek to recruit and retain people who are not only technically-skilled but also globally-minded, innovative and able to leverage their unique perspectives and life experiences to support our success as a company. Employing the best professionals from the widest possible talent pool is at the heart of our strategy of delivering excellent quality of service to our diverse clientele.