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Malk Partners · 2 months ago

Senior Associate, Multi Strategy ESG Advisory

New York City, NY

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$90K/yr - $100K/yr

2+ years exp

Malk Partners, now part of SLR Consulting, is a consulting firm that advises investors on risk management and responsible investment. The Senior Associate will support clients in building and enhancing ESG programs across various asset classes while performing due diligence reviews for prospective acquisitions.

Management ConsultingService IndustrySmall and Medium Businesses

Growth Opportunities

Responsibilities

Analyze companies’ exposure to ESG risks and their capacity to mitigate those risks by gaining a rapid and deep understanding of a company’s material operations and strategy

Review large virtual data rooms and take notes on relevant documents; conduct website, news, and database reviews on target companies; draft supplementary data requests lists and call agendas to support report memo preparation

Develop strong, specific, researched recommendations for tangible sustainability improvement and/or risk mitigation

Support team engagements and prepare drafts of ESG fund advisory projects by assessing firms’ core operations, investment strategies, and ESG risk management and value creation programs through review of confidential information and self-directed research

Assist with client ESG reporting projects used for public, LP, and regulatory ESG disclosures by participating in portfolio data collection and validation, taking notes on client documents, drafting case studies, and presenting updates to a Firm’s ESG strategy

Support day-to-day client interactions, including occasional asks with quick turnarounds outside of normal business hours

Assist business development efforts, including preparation of proposal decks and market / industry research

Synthesize learnings across projects and asset classes to develop insights on industry-wide ESG, impact, and responsible investment trends, frameworks, and regulations (e.g., UNPRI, SFDR); strategically apply key insights to inform or tailor Malk’s approach to meet client goals

Given the diverse nature of Multi-Strategy projects, Senior Associates must be comfortable balancing and reprioritizing tasks across workstreams with shifting timelines and executing at a high level of quality without relying on a consistent or well-defined process

Qualification

Program developmentDue diligencePowerPoint proficiencyExcel proficiencyCapital market knowledgeEntrepreneurial mindsetWritten communicationVerbal communicationOrganizational skillsTime managementCritical thinkingTeam collaboration

Required

Excellent written and verbal communication

Strong organizational and time management skills, including the ability to prioritize tasks across multiple concurrent timelines

PowerPoint and Excel proficiency

Critical thinking with a strong attention to detail

Desire to work effectively with teams and generate solutions

A desire to work in an entrepreneurial environment

Knowledge of capital market dynamics, business acumen, and an understanding of how ESG and sustainability factors influence the investment process

Strong candidates generally have 2+ years of work experience in industries such as management consulting, private equity, investment banking, or similar roles

Candidates with a demonstrated track record of success in rigorous academic environments