Investment Division Analyst

Manulife/John Hancocks Global Corporate Finance team manages approximately C$275 billion of Manulifes General Fund. We are a leading investor in a range of specialized asset classes including public fixed income securities private placement debt private equity investments and a range of focused industry-specific financing structures. The group includes more than 75 investment professionals with decades of industry experience and a supportive culture that values collaboration intellectual challenge and continuous learning.

Our work is very centrally focused on investment underwriting: understanding the risks our borrowers face and the quality of their management teams in addressing those risks evaluating credit strength and assigning credit ratings and making relative value recommendations incorporating both risk and return to find best value for our portfolio. We offer a corporate lending experience that is integrated across both public and private debt markets in an unusually highly sophisticated portfolio that includes approximately 1500 borrowers.

The Corporate Finance group is structured into six industry teams consisting of:

• Power & Infrastructure Renewable and conventional power project finance global public private partnership finance utility lending and essential infrastructure focused in the United Staes Canada Australia East Asia and Europe

• Natural Resources Oil & gas chemicals and metals & mining

• Financial Institutions Banks insurance companies REITS higher education and structured finance

• ICED-T Industrial Consumer Entertainment Defense Transportation. Team covers about 75% of the S&P 500 also picks up retail media aerospace pharma & healthcare technology & telecom

• Public Sector Provincial/state municipal sovereign education public health public agencies and multilateral agency lending programs

Analysts will spend a majority of their time performing investment analysis and underwriting in addition to supporting transaction execution. In addition to working closely with senior team members to evaluate investments with individual borrowers she/he will gain exposure to senior leaders across our industry teams through weekly all-hands meetings monthly analyst presentations and transaction approval meetings. Analysts applying for this role should have some experience with the power sector.

Responsibilities include:

• Supporting other team members including directors and managing directors in evaluating and analyzing new investment opportunities and existing portfolio holdings for their risks and projected returns.

  • Analyzing preparing and presenting investment memos for new investments;

  • Making recommendations consistent with Manulifes investment guidelines;

  • Defending investments during credit committee presentations and team discussions;

  • Ensuring and monitoring investments to meet internal ESG guidelines;

  • Includes ensuring compliance with AML/ATF procedures prior funding and ensuring proper senior staff sign off.

• Writing periodic investment reviews of the performance of portfolio companies including qualitative company assessment and quantitative financial analysis and modeling.

  • Includes monitoring annual review timeliness for a sub-set of the portfolio reviewing quarterly reporting and compliance assessing companys overall performance within projections and working with senior staff on making a recommendation based on this information.

• Special projects that tend to be broader analyses of industry trends performance of the portfolio or modeling of performance under various macroeconomic conditions.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree in business accounting economics or liberal arts discipline required

• Solid conceptual understanding of business/economics and the capacity to develop strong financial analysis skills

• Strong verbal and written communication skills needed to effectively communicate qualitative concepts and supporting quantitative data and metrics with internal and external stakeholders

• Strong quantitative and analytical skills

• Adept at using computer applications including the Microsoft Office suite

• Skill and comfort with financial statement analysis and valuation

• Attention to detail is a crucial success factor in this position

When you join our team:

• Well empower you to learn and grow the career you want.

• Well recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well-being and inclusion are more than just words.

• As part of our global team well support you in shaping the future you want to see

About Manulife and John Hancock

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