Impact Investing Fellow

Organization
CapShift
Location
Boston, MA preferred
Job Type
Internship (full-time Summer 2024)
Deadline for Applications
04/29/2024
How to Apply
Please submit your resume and a cover letter that details your interest in the role and key qualifications or experience to the Impact Investing Fellow webform on our website.
Where to Apply
https://capshift.com/join-us/impact-investing-fellow-4/
Tags
Full-time, Internship

Position: Impact Investing Fellow
Type of Role: Full-time internship, Summer 2024 with option to extend to Fall 2024 and beyond
Location: Boston, MA preferredAre you a graduate student or young professional passionate about the power of investing to change the world?We are seeking a dynamic, values-driven Fellow to join our Research Team.

CapShift is a mission-driven growth company working at the intersection of finance and impact to unlock the $1 trillion of charitable assets in the U.S. for impact investments into funds and enterprises. We offer a fast-paced, collaborative environment with a culture of personal development, creative freedom, and the partnership of a dedicated group of teammates. Our aim is to help mobilize billions of dollars of investment capital to organizations tackling major social and environmental challenges.

Responsibilities
Support all aspects of the investments team, including investment sourcing, screening, analysis, due diligence, rating, and presentation
Engage with for profit and non-profit companies and fund managers in public and private markets to collect information regarding investment opportunities
Execute the investment and recoverable grant screening process and make recommendations for improving it
Synthesize and present investments to include on the CapShift database, and support presentation of investment and recoverable grant opportunities to institutional and high net worth clients
Develop expertise across specific asset classes, investment products, and impact sectors to compare to relevant peer groups, including developing relationship with industry experts and fund managers, and documenting learning outcomes
Make recommendations to improve our impact screening and reporting capabilities
Support on consulting engagements with CapShift partners as relevant
Take leadership roles in other aspects of a high growth startup company, including team, culture, technology, market research, marketing, sales, and customer development

Qualifications
Current graduate student or young professional with 3+ years of work experience in investment analysis, consulting, or quantitative analysis
Demonstrated interest or experience in responsible or impact investing
A passion for delivering value for clients while aligning financial returns with societal impact
Demonstrated familiarity or interest with public fund managers, private funds (equity, debt, real assets), direct investments and philanthropic capital
Expertise in investment sourcing, screening, analysis, and presentation of operational, financial and impact factors of an investment
Demonstrated strength in data analytics, effective reporting, and working with large data sets and legal documents
Rigor and attention to detail
Strong communication and interpersonal skills
Fit with working in a high growth, flexible startup environment in which employees are expected to take on multiple responsibilities and leadership positions
Advanced MS Excel and PowerPoint skills required with preference for experience with Salesforce, and other common investment analysis tools
Advanced or Undergraduate degree in Economics, Business, or equivalent preferred

The Fellow will be involved in sourcing, qualifying, and conducting impact, operational, and financial due diligence as well as ad-hoc research for external clients and/or internal purposes. The Fellow will be exposed to the full spectrum of impact investments, from market rate public and private funds to impact-first recoverable grants. The candidate will report to the Director of Research and will be an integral member of the team.

About CapShift

CapShift aims to make it easier for families to build impact investment portfolios through their trusted advisors and financial institutions. Since its founding, CapShift has mobilized capital into dozens of high impact funds and enterprises providing solutions to global issues such as climate, health, racial justice, and income inequality.

 

CapShift’s impact investing platform combines software, research, and advisory covering over 1,000 leading impact investment funds and enterprises across public, private, and nonprofit investment and recoverable grant segments.CapShift is targeting the $1 trillion charitable investment market, and currently work with many leading donor advised fund providers including Vanguard Charitable, National Philanthropic Trust, and Chicago Community Trust. Its suite of solutions makes it easy to source, diligence, deploy, and monitor implement impact portfolios. Clients includes foundations, financial and philanthropic advisors, corporations, and family offices.

CapShift was founded by MissionPoint Partners, Jacques Perold, and Heron Foundation. Other investors include leading impact investing families, and include Jesse Fink, Spring Point Partners, Gratitude Railroad, Brazen Impact, and Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment.

How to Apply

CapShift is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, physical ability, or involvement in the criminal justice system. We invite individuals with diverse life experiences and non-conventional backgrounds to apply.

Please submit your resume and a cover letter that details your interest in the role and key qualifications or experience to the Impact Investing Fellow webform on our website. The deadline to apply is Monday, February 19th. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Please note, we are unable to sponsor US Work Authorization for this position at this time.

Compensation: The weekly rate for this position is $960 ($24 an hour, no overtime).