Associate ~ Fundraise Management (Real Estate)

Brookfield•New York, NY

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The associate will join the real estate Fundraise Management (FM) team and work closely with FM colleagues, as well as senior leadership across both the Global Client Group (GCG) and Real Estate business. The main focus of the role being the support of the fundraising lifecycle for real estate closed ended funds and open end, ensuring all stakeholders in the organization contribute their expertise into the design of the fundraising strategy and coordination of all stakeholder groups in delivering their respective roles throughout each stage of the lifecycle.

Requirements

Post graduate degree in finance, business management or another relevant discipline
3+ years of experience in fundraising for private fund strategies, including closed ended funds
Demonstrated understanding of the LP landscape and preferences, styles and requirements across key regions and investor types
Strong strategy/product knowledge and ability to communicate (internally) details of fund and fundraise approach
Strong financial analytical capabilities and investment reporting experience.
Strong global stakeholder management experience.
Experience in high volume processes and technology enabled solutions.
Ability to read, speak and write fluent English.
Advanced PowerPoint, Word, and Excel.

Nice To Haves

Experience in real estate preferred.
Institutional fund marketing sales and support experience strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Support the close ended and open end FM leadership in all stages of the fundraising lifecycle, collaborating with internal functional partners and business group leads as well as interfacing investors and external advisors.
Work with FM leadership to develop and implement fundraising strategy for generating investor interest and driving momentum, working closely with Client Relationship Managers to meet quarterly and annual fundraising objectives.
Proactively monitor and tactically adapt and adjust the fundraise strategy as circumstances change.
Facilitate key decisions throughout fundraise process with all stakeholder groups.
Prepare fundraise updates and participate in GCG leadership meetings, as required.
Facilitate communication/collaboration with Diligence Management, Marketing & Content, Client Relationship Management, Investor Relations, Legal, Compliance, Finance & Operations and the Investment Teams.
Proactively create and manage fund-specific marketing materials, including offering memoranda, investor presentations, case studies, fact sheets and other documents related to private funds.
Facilitate the planning of road shows, conferences, thought leadership and other fundraise/marketing focused events or communications.
Conduct private fund/competitor research/limited partner landscape (both qualitative and quantitative).
Identify issues and proactively manage risk.