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    Alternative Investment Specialist - Old Toronto, Canada - Manulife

    Manulife
    Manulife Old Toronto, Canada

    5 days ago

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    Description
    We are a leading financial services provider committed to making decisions easier and lives better for our customers and colleagues around the world. From our environmental initiatives to our community investments, we lead with values throughout our business. To help us stand out, we help you step up, because when colleagues are healthy, respected and meaningfully challenged, we all thrive. Discover how you can grow your career, make impact and drive real change with our Winning Team today.

    Working Arrangement

    Hybrid

    Job Description

    Manulife Investment Management Manulife Investment Management is the brand for the global wealth and asset management segment of Manulife Financial Corporation. Our mission is to make decisions easier and lives better by empowering investors for a better tomorrow. Serving more than 17 million individuals, institutions, and retirement plan members, we believe our global reach, complementary businesses, and the strength of our parent company position us to help investors capitalize on today's emerging global trends. We provide our clients access to public and private investment solutions across equities, fixed income, multi-asset, alternative, and sustainability-linked strategies, such as natural capital, to help them make more informed financial decisions and achieve their investment objectives. Not all offerings are available in all jurisdictions. For additional information, please visit

    Alternative investment solutions is a growing part of the MIM value proposition to retail and wealth management clients. Our solutions are comprised of traditional illiquid and select semi liquid solutions across private equity, private credit and real asset funds managed by our private markets team as well as select third party managers.

    The Global Retail team is seeking candidates for the position of Director: Alternative Investment Specialist. The candidate, based in Toronto, will be critical to the growth of the Alternative Investment solutions business as subject matter expert and will work directly with our business consultant to deliver solutions to financial advisors and their clients.

    What are the responsibilities of an Alternative Investments Specialist?
    • Acts as the subject matter expert across all alternative investment and private market assets classes (private equity, private credit, real assets) with a focus of supporting the private wealth/advised retail channel.
    • Engage directly with financial advisors in assigned channel/territory and support existing wholesaler efforts to expand knowledge and use by appropriate advisors/retail investors on private markets and alternative investment solutions.
    • Ability to deliver and convey complex investment solutions to advisors in manner that makes them understandable and relatable in both small setting or in larger groups.
    • Manages a large territory and works closely with all levels of the sales organization
    • Discusses portfolio allocation guidance, suitability, structuring and liquidity considerations for implementation into advisor portfolios
    • Partners with key account managers and platform due diligence team to drive product placements, recommended list placements and allocations in model portfolios, as applicable
    • Works with Training & Development to build an alternatives education platform for both internal sales professionals and external advisor clients
    • Collaborates with various Investment, Strategy and Marketing teams to build content, collateral, and brand awareness campaigns.
    • Supports strategic initiatives and projects on behalf of Alternatives Product Team
    • Cultivates an understanding of the Alternatives ecosystem through ongoing interactions with internal and external clients
    • Coordinates and collaborates with other Investment Specialists, as appropriate
    • Engages in meeting preparation, prioritizing relevant information, and advising on presentation content and product positioning
    • Produces expected sales results and activity levels as defined by manager
    • Maintains an accurate and current log of all activities and opportunities in Salesforce CRM
    • Represents MIM/JHIM at conferences, events, and meetings in a professional manner
    What ideal qualifications, skills & experience would help someone to be successful?
    • A minimum of 7-10 years of experience in the investment management industry within business development, with at least 5 years of Alternative Investments experience. Prior experience in private credit, real assets and/or private equity is required
    • Knowledge and experience with various investment structures including private placements, tender offer funds, interval funds, NTRs, BDCs
    • Experience selling into private wealth channels (wirehouses, private banks, broker-dealers, RIAs)
    • Knowledge of current and historical developments in the non-traded industry and the evolution of products to provide appropriate positioning of JHIM's offerings
    • Strong knowledge of the operational functions for the private market subscription process including platforms like iCapital, CAIS, +SUBSCRIBE and others
    • Strong business development acumen; relationships with Alternatives stakeholders at key broker-dealer firms a plus
    • Exceptional communication skills; ability to effectively articulate complex topics internally and externally. Presents effectively in 1:1 meetings and large groups
    • Highly proficient in the capital markets and positioning alternatives as a portfolio allocation
    • Self-motivated, energetic, goal-oriented, organized with exceptional time management skills
    • Detail-oriented and highly motivated
    • High degree of integrity with team player mentality
    • Strong work ethic, professional disposition, detail–oriented, passion for investments
    • Ability to build relationships and influence people at all levels and functions of an organization
    • Flexibility and willingness to travel 50% of the time
    • Bachelor's degree, CAIA required, CFA preferred.
    • Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Powerpoint, Salesforce, Y-Charts, Video Conferencing Platforms
    Our commitment to you
    • Values-first culture
    We lead with our Values every day and bring them to life together. * Boundless opportunity

    We create opportunities to learn and grow at every stage of your career. * Continuous innovation

    We invite you to help redefine the future of financial services. * Delivering the promise of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

    We foster an inclusive workplace where everyone thrives. * Championing Corporate Citizenship

    We build a business that benefits all stakeholders and has a positive social and environmental impact.

    About Manulife and John Hancock

    Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services group that helps people make their decisions easier and lives better. With our global headquarters in Toronto, Canada, we operate as Manulife across our offices in Asia, Canada, and Europe, and primarily as John Hancock in the United States. We provide financial advice, insurance, and wealth and asset management solutions for individuals, groups and institutions. At the end of 2022, we had more than 40,000 employees, over 116,000 agents, and thousands of distribution partners, serving over 34 million customers. At the end of 2022, we had $1.3 trillion (US$1.0 trillion) in assets under management and administration, including total invested assets of $0.4 trillion (US $0.3 trillion), and segregated funds net assets of $0.3 trillion (US$0.3 trillion). We trade as 'MFC' on the Toronto, New York, and the Philippine stock exchanges, and under '945' in Hong Kong.

    Manulife is an Equal Opportunity Employer

    At Manulife/John Hancock, we embrace our diversity. We strive to attract, develop and retain a workforce that is as diverse as the customers we serve and to foster an inclusive work environment that embraces the strength of cultures and individuals. We are committed to fair recruitment, retention, advancement and compensation, and we administer all of our practices and programs without discrimination on the basis of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, religion or religious beliefs, creed, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions), sexual orientation, genetic characteristics, veteran status, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, family status, disability, or any other ground protected by applicable law.

    It is our priority to remove barriers to provide equal access to employment. A Human Resources representative will work with applicants who request a reasonable accommodation during the application process. All information shared during the accommodation request process will be stored and used in a manner that is consistent with applicable laws and Manulife/John Hancock policies. To request a reasonable accommodation in the application process, contact .

    Salary & Benefits

    The annual base salary for this role is listed below.

    Primary Location Toronto, Ontario

    Salary range is expected to be between $123,400.00 CAD - $229,300.00 CAD

    If you are applying for this role outside of the primary location, please contact for the salary range for your location. The actual salary will vary depending on local market conditions, geography and relevant job-related factors such as knowledge, skills, qualifications, experience, and education/training. Employees also have the opportunity to participate in incentive programs and earn incentive compensation tied to business and individual performance.

    Manulife offers eligible employees a wide array of customizable benefits, including health, dental, mental health, vision, short- and long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance coverage, adoption/surrogacy and wellness benefits, and employee/family assistance plans. We also offer eligible employees various retirement savings plans (including pension and a global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions) and financial education and counseling resources. Our generous paid time off program in Canada includes holidays, vacation, personal, and sick days, and we offer the full range of statutory leaves of absence. If you are applying for this role in the U.S., please contact for more information about U.S.-specific paid time off provisions.
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