Impact Investing Intern

3 weeks ago

Montréal, Canada J.W. McConnell Foundation Full time

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**About the Foundation**

Headquartered in Montreal, the McConnell Foundation is a private Canadian foundation that strives for a resilient, inclusive, and sustainable society that can successfully address its complex challenges. The Foundation has committed to investing 100% of its endowment for impact by 2028, to further our work around our 3 focus areas of mitigating climate change, building the Reconciliation economy and funding capacity strengthening for equity-deserving communities.

You are currently pursuing a graduate degree in Finance, Economics, Business, or a related field, specializing in sustainable finance or impact investing. You have a keen interest in financial markets and a deep curiosity about exploring the intricacies of impact investment strategies.

**About the Opportunity**

The Impact Investing Intern will work closely with the investment team to assist with various aspects of investment and impact management, including transaction processing, quarterly reporting, data analysis, and presentation creation. Your role will involve familiarizing yourself with impact investments and contributing to investment and impact reporting, all while supporting the team's overall goals and initiatives as we make progress towards our goals of building a 100% impact investment portfolio and reaching net zero by 2050.

**Location**

Flexible within Canada. Montreal preferred. Remote employees must reside in Canada full-time.

Flexibility to work in office or hybrid environment.

**Employment Type**

Part time (14-21 hours per week)

Contract of 3 months with the possibility to renew on a quarterly basis following probation.

**Salary**

$26-30 CAD/ hour depending on experience

**Department and Team**

Investment

**Supervisor**

Investment Director

**Key Responsibilities (Summary)**
- Assist with the quarterly investment committee reporting documents.
- Learn about the department's operations and provide assistance in operations and transactions as needed.
- Familiarize yourself with impact investments and assist in crafting reports, including our 2023 Impact Investing Report.
- Actively participate in investment manager updates and maintain research notes.
- Assist with due diligence of new impact investment opportunities and engagement with existing fund managers.

**Position Requirements**
- Enrollment in a graduate degree in Finance, Economics, Business, or a related field with a sustainable finance or impact investing focus.
- Interest in impact investment management and portfolio construction., and a desire to learn about impact investing.
- Proficiency in Excel, encompassing modeling, charting, and data analysis.
- Possesses analytical skills, accountability, strong organizational abilities, meticulous attention to detail, and a self-starter mindset.
- Fluent in articulating investment concepts in a written format.
- Functional bilingualism in English and French preferred.

**Professional skills and attributes**
- Alignment with the Foundation’s values and mission.
- High level of professionalism, integrity, discretion, rigour and transparency.
- Demonstrated commitment to positive societal and environmental change.
- Excellent communications and interpersonal skills.
- Desire to learn about, and build a career within, the impact investing field.

**Equal Employment Opportunity Statement**

**Application Deadline**

November 17th, 2023**À **propos** de la **Fondation**

Établie à Montréal, la Fondation McConnell est une fondation canadienne privée qui aspire à une société plus résiliente, inclusive et durable, en mesure de surmonter ses enjeux complexes. La Fondation a pris l’engagement de consacrer la totalité de sa dotation à 100 % en investissements d’impact d’ici 2028, et ce, pour soutenir nos actions dans nos trois sphères d’intérêt qui visent l’atténuation des changements climatiques, la création d’une économie de réconciliation et le renforcement des capacités de communautés dignes d’équité.

Vous faites actuellement une maîtrise en finance, en économie, en administration ou dans un domaine connexe, et vous vous spécialisez en finance durable ou en investissement d’impact. Vous avez un intérêt marqué pour les marchés financiers, et vous êtes curieuse ou curieux d’explorer les subtilités des stratégies d’investissement d’impact. Idéalement, vous en êtes à votre dernière année d’étude et vous avez déjà complété au moins un stage ou un programme d’enseignement coopératif dans un poste lié à la finance ou à l’investissement. Votre motivation découle du désir sincère de comprendre les rouages de l’investissement d’impact et vous avez hâte de mettre en pratique vos connaissances théoriques dans le vrai monde de l’investissement d’impact.

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