Analyst, Investor Relations

**Analyst, Investor Relations** **Sagard overview**: Sagard Holdings ("Sagard") is a multi-strategy alternative asset manager with professionals located in Canada (Montreal, Toronto), the US, Europe and Asia. Since 2016, Sagard has grown exponentially. Assets under management have expanded from US$500M to over US$14B and Sagard's team of diverse professionals has grown from 50 to over 275 team members in just 5 years. Sagard invests across five asset classes: private equity (Sagard Private Equity Canada, Sagard Europe, NewGen), credit (Sagard Credit Partners), healthcare royalties (Sagard Healthcare Partners), real estate (EverWest) and venture capital (Portage Ventures). Sagard was founded by Power Corporation of Canada as a complement to its global investment holdings and serves as one of its key strategic priorities with strong, long-term growth objectives. Sagard's entrepreneurial DNA is palpable across our entire team and is a platform built by entrepreneurs, for entrepreneurs. Sagard looks to generate attractive returns by matching investment opportunities with flexible capital solutions and pairing entrepreneurs with teams that have deep industry knowledge. Sagard develops long-term partnerships and empowers the growth of its investments through a unique global network of portfolio companies, limited partners, advisors and other valued relationships. Sagard is a UN PRI signatory and strives to measure and assess the social and economic impact it has on the people and businesses within our network, as well as on our society as a whole. **Position overview**: We are currently looking for an outstanding individual to join our fast-paced and rapidly growing Investor Relations (IR) team as an Analyst in Toronto or Montreal. **Your Responsibilities**: - Maintain the CRMs (DealCloud and Affinity), an internal knowledge base of diligence responses and investor information (DiligenceVault), and other tools (investor portal and virtual data room) to support IR operations; - Conduct investor and market research using external databases such as Preqin, eVestment, and Pitchbook to support product development and distribution efforts; - Coordinate investment and operational due diligence and investor onboarding activities alongside other members of the IR team; - Prepare documents and materials for internal and external collaborators (e.g. fund notices, quarterly reporting, LPAC, board and marketing presentations) in close collaboration with the investment, finance, and legal teams; and - Support senior professionals across the firm on business development efforts including prospect sourcing, tracking, outreach, and ad-hoc projects. **Experience & Qualifications**: - Bachelor degree in business, finance or related field - Experience 2-3 of years in investor relations, financial services, consulting or marketing - Advanced knowledge of Google suite and Microsoft Office - Financial and business insight, including a firm grasp of financial metrics - Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and capable of multitasking with outstanding attention to detail - Excellent organizational and communication (written, verbal, presentation) skills - Proactive, collaborative and strategic with strong technical and interpersonal skills combined with the desire to work closely with various teams across the company - Ability to summarize sophisticated information and present it in a simplified manner. - Self-motivated; able to work in a team and independently - _Rigorous _- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; organized and outstanding attention to detail; a high degree of accuracy in a fast-paced, results-driven workplace; hard-working and willingness to work nights and weekends when required. - _Proactive and innovative _- Thrives in an unstructured working environment; curious and eager to learn about a wide variety of topics; suggests new ideas and new ways of working - _Collaborative _- Inclusive operating style coupled with a hands-on, results-oriented attitude. - Excellent spoken and written in English. Sagard is an equal opportunity employer, which values diversity in the workplace. We are therefore happy to accommodate any individual. If you require accommodation in order to participate in the hiring process, please contact the People & Culture team to make your needs known in advance.