Analyst, Private Capital Group, Institutional Client Solutions

Blackstone's Private Capital Group is responsible for the marketing, fundraising, and ongoing investor relations in support of all of Blackstone's strategies. This Analyst role will be a part of the European Private Capital Institutional Client Relations team, working closely with ~12 other team members of varying levels of seniority to deliver a best-in-class investor relations experience to both internal and external clients. Blackstone is seeking a business development professional to support the effort to proactively develop new clients and expand relationships with sophisticated family offices, endowments and foundations across the entire Blackstone platform. The Private Capital team is looking for an analyst who is organized, detail-oriented and client centric. The key function of the role will be to support business development efforts across Europe.
Key Responsibilities Include:

• Assist coverage lead with diligence requests from prospects - working with BU product teams, investment professionals, marketing & finance


• Assist coverage lead with ad hoc investor requests on reporting, cash flow forecasts, deal information, and any questions/issues that come in


• Become secondary coverage on UK & other LPs with only one coverage lead, to become additional LP resource


• Attend meetings to help with notes & follow ups (with support of coverage lead, with aim to become key resource for LPs) and edit Indications of Interest (IOI) after client meetings


• Proactively thinking of meetings for upcoming travel across business unit or fund launches (proposing ideas based on IOI / meeting notes / understanding of LP or prospect)


• Attend fund launch calls, DD days, fund updates to take notes and become information resource for team


• Work with EMEA Head & wider team on preparing data for business plans


• Key liaison for team updates to ICS Europe COO office


• Collating latest comments for IOI reviews


• Working with coverage lead on briefing notes for upcoming LP/prospect meetings


• Creating & owning sales and engagement reports to help coverage stay on track with LP engagement


• Printing the appropriate decks for client meetings (working with marketing coordinator)


• Ensuring team folder has latest material for each strategy available & proactively working with business unit on receiving updates to these


• Maintaining client information in Salesforce


• Completing suitability for new clients, monitoring when suitability expires and refreshing


• Work with marketing coordinator on ensuring campaign lists are accurate and updated regularly


• Assisting with follow ups post events / launch calls


• Pulling coverage reports / lists for people to review ahead of events & travel, Blackstone is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, marital or partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic predisposition, veteran or military status, status as a victim of domestic violence, a sex offense or stalking, or any other class or status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to hiring, placement, promotion, termination, transfer, leave of absence, compensation, and training. All Blackstone employees, including but not limited to recruiting personnel and hiring managers, are required to abide by this policy.

If you need a reasonable accommodation to complete your application, please contact Human Resources at 212-583-5000 (US), +44 (0)20 7451 4000 (EMEA) or +852 3656 8600 (APAC).
Depending on the position, you may be required to obtain certain securities licenses if you are in a client facing role and/or if you are engaged in the following:

• Attending client meetings where you are discussing Blackstone products and/or and client questions;


• Marketing Blackstone funds to new or existing clients;


• Supervising or training securities licensed employees;


• Structuring or creating Blackstone funds/products; and


• Advising on marketing plans prepared by a sales team or developing and/or contributing information for marketing materials.


Note: The above list is not the exhaustive list of activities requiring securities licenses and there may be roles that require review on a case-by-case basis. Please speak with your Blackstone Recruiting contact with any questions.

Qualified candidates will have worked in investment banking, private placements or asset management for 1+ years and have experience in institutional sales, investment banking or asset management. Candidates should also have strong commercial understanding, excellent communication skills, effective presentation abilities, and possess strong analytical skills.
Blackstone seeks candidates who are highly motivated and creative individuals who have demonstrated academic achievement and have the ability to work independently and as a member of a team. We are looking for individuals who can develop creative and innovative solutions for our business and with the goal of assuming increased leadership responsibilities.
Requirements:

• Technical ability

+ Understanding of financial terms (proficient or basic if illustrates ability to learn quickly)
+ Understanding and comfortably explaining fund terms, investment strategy
+ Interest and understanding of macroeconomics and wider asset classes
+ Previous private market experience not required if proficient in public markets

• Organizational skills

+ Required to coordinate multiple teams and individuals, needs to show ability to organize across multiple stakeholders
+ Strong time management skills
+ Able to stay on top of ongoing projects in conjunction with day-to-day and ad hoc tasks

• Personable & articulate

+ Needs to be able to speak eloquently with LPs from outset, even if on basic content
+ Relationship management (responsive to queries, 'can-do' attitude, polite tone, etc.) comes naturally
+ Ability to articulate technical terms / concepts clearly and in a way tailored to the audience

• Team player

+ Required to work with multiple individuals in the team
+ Working towards group fundraising goals - needs to be a team player
+ Ability to work on multiple projects/items with different individuals
+ Able to deal with pressure/stress from different deadlines
+ Resilient, flexible, open to feedback and focused on achieving excellence

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Business Unit:
Institutional Client Solutions (ICS)
Location:
London
Private Capital Group Overview:
Blackstone's Private Capital Group is a group of experienced local teams working with Single and Multi Family Offices, and Endowments & Foundations around the world. Uniquely positioned inside of ICS, the Private Capital Group works across all investment products and strategies at Blackstone. We offer a single point of contact and solutions oriented engagement to our clients., The duties and responsibilities described here are not exhaustive and additional assignments, duties, or responsibilities may be required of this position. Assignments, duties, and responsibilities may be changed at any time, with or without notice, by Blackstone in its sole discretion.