Real Assets - Development Intern

  • Puteaux
  • Axa Funds Management

At AXA IM, we act for human progress by investing for what matters, actively and responsibly. Join us and you’ll build a career in a truly diverse, entrepreneurial organization. You’ll be part of a mission to tackle some of the world’s most stimulating challenges, pushing boundaries and exploring fresh ideas that aim to deliver long-term prosperity.

1. AXA IM Alts

With €190bn assets under management, AXA IM Alts, the alternatives business unit of AXA IM, is a global leader in alternatives investment, operating in real estate, private debt & alternative credit, private equity & infrastructure and hedge funds. Our 800+ employees operating from 16 offices around the world are serving the needs of more than 500 clients worldwide.

Our goal is to enhance the value of assets we manage on behalf of our clients by adopting a proactive approach to responsible investment. We fully integrate ESG criteria into our investment decisions and advise clients on both financial and non-financial risks and opportunities.

We pride ourselves on fostering a culture of high performance, which means we seek to recruit and retain people who are not only technically qualified, but also open to the world, innovative and able to harness their unique perspectives and life experiences to support our success as a business.

2. Description of the department

Within Real Assets, the Development team, led by Germain Aunidas, reports to the Asset Management department. It is comprised of a dozen people in Paris, as well as about twenty others spread across the main European capitals (UK, Germany, Benelux, Spain, Italy), in connection with Gabriel Mattout, acting as Pan European Development Coordinator.

The Intern will join a team of 2 analysts based in Paris and led by Gabriel Mattout.

Each development team, on each country, sources real estate opportunities (external acquisition or existing assets to be restructured), defines the programming, designs the projects, proposes a financial strategy to the investment committee, manages the various service providers (MOD, AMO, architects, broker, etc.) and markets the assets (product marketing, contract negotiation).

It mainly works on tertiary projects, but also develops residential and/or multi-product projects.

3. The main responsibilities of the role

In connection with the development teams in Europe, and under the supervision of Gabriel Mattout, you will assist the various development managers and local teams on a daily basis in their different mission:

  • Providing analysis contributing to the onboarding of new project: market analysis, financial model
  • Contributing to the implementation of the marketing and letting strategy (brokers mandate elaboration, marketing tools) with the development managers
  • Providing analytical and presentation support on ad hoc strategies (commercial reports, ESG)
  • Assisting with European financial and extra-financial reporting of development projects (pipeline, European reporting, success book, etc.).
  • Assisting in the implementation of tools for sharing best practices on a European scale (ESG, digital, etc.)

QUALIFICATIONS

4. Profile

Education/Qualifications

  • Postgraduate studies in Finance, Management, Engineering or Law school

Technical skills

  • Capacity for synthesis
  • Financial analysis
  • Very good use of Word/Excel/Powerpoint
  • Good command of written/oral English

Competencies

  • Accomplished interpersonal skills, ability to work efficiently in a team in an international and matrix environment
  • Autonomous, initiative, entrepreneurial and result driven culture
  • Verbal and written communications and presentation skills
  • Creative thinking, capability to develop innovative solutions
  • Fluent in English

5. What do we offer

  • This internship is an excellent opportunity to discover an international working environment. Due to our leading position on the market you can gain a strong exposure to a variety of complex issues of a European real estate asset manager.
  • You will be fully integrated to our team and you will have the opportunity to work together and discover other departments such as Asset Management, Fund Management, Transactions, Asset Controlling
  • You will join a growing platform which will allow you to take-over real responsibilities rapidly
  • Opportunity to be hired on a full-time basis after the internship

Please join us to realize your potential to drive progress, for yourself, our clients and the world in which we live.

ABOUT AXA

Would you like to wake up every day driven and inspired by our noble mission and to work together as one global team to empower people to live a better life? Here at AXA we strive to lead the transformation of our industry. We are looking for talented individuals who come from varied backgrounds, think differently and want to be part of this exciting transformation by challenging the status quo so we can push AXA - a leading global brand