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Description & Requirements

The Strategy and Transactions Associate will be part of a small team which supports JM, our listed holding company, in effectively managing the current portfolio of businesses and informing active evolution of this portfolio.

The team is composed of strategy and transactions professionals who support senior principals on capital allocation strategy, portfolio management, transactions and other topics. The associate will contribute to the team’s work in the following areas:

• Capital allocation strategy: Assess investments consistently against a JM capital allocation framework to evolve the portfolio over the long-term
• Portfolio management: Provide active support to inform our shareholder representatives who sit on Group company boards
• Transactions: Support analysis on and execution of Group-level transactions across existing and new sectors, anchored on JM portfolio strategy objectives
• Special projects: Drive analysis and insights for other Group initiatives
• Other briefings etc. for senior principals
  
  

In supporting the team on this work, the associate will receive significant coaching from colleagues with experience developing high performers within the investment holding company context and across corporate finance and strategy skillsets.

The associate will also have regular exposure to the Group Chief Investment Officer, to whom the team reports. This position also offers exposure to other JM senior management and, as relevant, our Group businesses and networks of business partners, investors and other stakeholders. The associate will have the opportunity to create significant impact on our portfolio and the Group’s future direction.

Individuals with outstanding performance in the role will enter the Group strategic talents pool and be considered for development opportunities at JM and potentially portfolio companies. Future career paths for this role could include more senior roles within the Strategy and Transactions team as well as finance, corporate development or general manager positions in a Group business.

Major Responsibilities

The associate can expect to support the team and own detailed outputs to drive the following:

• Capital allocation strategy: Support colleagues in synthesizing information from JM portfolio companies and external market sources to develop and articulate a coherent Group-level portfolio view with implications to the Board, holding company senior management and other stakeholders;
• Portfolio management: Support colleagues covering Group businesses for our Board representatives, analysing company performance, market conditions and trends, competitive positioning and other factors to evaluate opportunities, challenges and risks to the businesses;
• Transactions: Support colleagues leading execution potential investments / divestments across the deal lifecycle, including opportunity research, due diligence, execution and post-deal management
• Develop a Jardine Matheson Group-level view and display measured judgement and discretion on various special projects topics
• Establish trusted relationships with team colleagues and, in due course where relevant, our Board representatives, senior Jardine Matheson leaders and other key stakeholders based on informed perspectives on relevant strategic issues
• Inform the dialogue, encourage debate on priority topics, facilitate communication and idea exchanges between Jardine Matheson and its operating businesses
  
  

Job Requirements

Business acumen

• Excellent academic record from leading institution(s) with 2-5 years of post-qualification experience
• Top performer from among the following categories, preferably with exposure to sectors of relevance to the existing Jardines portfolio:
• 'Bulge bracket’ M&A / sector coverage investment banker
• Management consultant from a top-tier firm, with significant exposure to financial modeling through projects serving private equity / principal investors etc.
• Former investment banker or management consultant in corporate strategy, corporate development, innovation or general management role at a leading MNC
• Buy-side public equity research professional with a long-term coverage focus
• Transaction advisory services professional from ‘Big 4’ focusing on M&A and valuation advisory
• Distinctive ability to synthesize commercial fundamentals and company specifics to develop an informed long-term investor view
• Cross-cultural awareness having lived and worked in Asia
  
  

Strategy and investments

• Conceptual thinker and intellectually flexible
• Strong financial modeling and other corporate finance technical skill
• Ability to navigate and diagnose complex issues, work through ambiguities and develop compelling business cases and holistic recommendations
• Commercial judgement; calculated risk taker
  
  

Project management

• Experience in supporting and ideally leading workstreams within project management from conception to tangible outputs, designing workplans, articulating key issues to resolve, the analyses needed and executing the work
  
  

Influence and communications

• Relationship building, collaboration and personal influencing skills; high self-awareness
• Ability to navigate complex organisations
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English; and other Asian languages is a strong plus (preference for Bahasa, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Cantonese).
  
  

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

At Jardines, you can play a role in our business success. We understand that key to our success is our people, which is our foundation and priority. We invest in our people to ensure we have the right talent with the leadership and strategic skills the company needs for the future.

As an Asian-based group with a global reach and a broad portfolio of market leading businesses, we offer a diverse range of career opportunities for experienced professionals and graduates.

We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the grounds of sex, race, disability, family status or any other factors. Our Code of Conduct requires that all Group companies and employees treat each other fairly, impartially and with respect at all times.

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About Jardine Matheson

Jardine Matheson is a diversified Asian-based group with unsurpassed experience in the region, having been founded in China in 1832. We comprise a broad portfolio of market-leading businesses, which represent a combination of cash generating activities and long-term property assets that are closely aligned to the increasingly prosperous consumers of the region.

Across the Group, our over 400,000 employees work in a wide range of businesses in major sectors including motor vehicles and related operations, property investment and development, food retailing, health and beauty, home furnishings, engineering and construction, transport services, restaurants, luxury hotels, financial services, heavy equipment, mining and agribusiness.

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