Associate / Associate Director Fund & Co-investments – Rabo Investments

Imagine…
Imagine making and managing equity investments (i) in winning Private Equity funds and (ii) as co-investor alongside professional partners into exciting global F&A and Dutch companies – all contributing to the strategic pillars of Rabobank: Banking for Food (B4F), Banking for the Netherlands (B4NL) and Banking for Energy Transition (B4E).

Rabo Investments, the captive investment arm of the bank, is looking for an Associate/Associate Director to expand its Fund and Co-Investments team in the Rabo Investments (RI) department, within the Wholesale & Rural division of Rabobank. The Fund & Co-Investments team actively originates, monitors, adds value and creates cross sell to a variety of Private Equity Funds and direct Co-Investments in global home markets of Rabobank. The assets under management of Fund & Co-investments are EUR 1.5bn with a mandate to grow through targeted fund commitments and an active roll-out of our co-investment mandate supportive to Rabo’s mission of Growing a Better World Together. The Fund & Co-investments team comprises 10 investment professionals and is growing. You will be responsible for supporting the execution of new, and management of existing, equity commitments in the Netherlands and in Rabobank’s global home markets. A selection of fund partners in our existing portfolio include Paine Schwartz Partners, PAI, Gilde Buy Out and Waterland, and selected co-investments include Oatly, LiveKindly, Lineage, and Sun World.

Making a difference

Flawless process management in the execution of new commitments, engaging all relevant stakeholders in a timely and coordinated manner;
Taking ownership of the financial modelling and demonstrating advanced analytical skills in the evaluation of investment opportunities;
Active role in due diligence, being able to swiftly identify key value creation levers and potential pitfalls that drive the investment case from a wide array of due diligence materials;
Understanding and managing tax, legal and accounting related matters;
Excellent communication skills with proven output in internal investment papers;
Proactive role in portfolio monitoring and taking responsibility for portfolio support;
Coaching analysts and trainees and demonstrating a true team mentality;
Support origination efforts by taking ownership of business plans and engaging/building relationships with internal stakeholders (e.g. sponsor coverage, M&A, Sector Banking);
Represent Rabo’s values and our added value investor role to portfolio partners.

With each other

With you as an Associate (Director), the Funds and Co-investment team will consist of >10 diverse colleagues, and forms part of the Rabo Investments (RI) department with >30 colleagues. This allows you to also work with, and leverage the expertise of, our colleagues in direct private equity NL, venture capital investing, scale-up and subordinated financing. The team has a pragmatic and down-to-earth mentality, is keen to grow across the various solutions and succeed individually in executing the investment mandate.

Yvonne Rooijakkers, Head of Fund & Co-investments: “A great opportunity for an entrepreneurial and ambitious professional to support our exciting growth mandate. As leading bank in F&A globally and leading SME bank in NL, we can be a truly value added investor leveraging Rabo’s deep knowledge and global network. We partner with top notch private equity firms and co-invest into companies that can make a difference, such as Oatly where we co-invested last year. You will become part of a fun and ambitious team that is committed to making high performing and meaningful investments that contribute to Growing a Better World Together.”

With you

An analytical mindset, commercial attitude and strong communication skills are clearly essential for the role of Associate Fund and Co-investment. In addition, it's important that you recognise yourself in the checklist below:

Master’s degree in Finance or Economics;
Min. 3 years of relevant experience in private equity or M&A;
Top notch analytical skills and experience in financial modelling and valuation;
Advanced knowledge of tools (software programs incl. Excel and PPT);
Strong verbal and written communication skills;
Reliable and pro-active attitude, self-starter, goes the extra mile, and takes ownership;
Team player with focus on team effort and ability to coach analysts/trainees;
Drive for and interest in private equity;
Knowledge of the Food & Agri sector is a pre;
Fluent in English (spoken and written).

Growing a better world together

You'll already be aware that Rabobank is a financial services provider for more than 8.5 million customers in 40 countries. But did you know that we aim to contribute to real change with our 'Growing a better world together' mission? We do so in countless ways, such as:

As an equity investor, we leverage and monetise Rabobank’s comprehensive, broad and deep expertise and network to support the funds and companies that we invest into, being an added value partner beyond bringing along capital.
We seek to invest in funds that back, and co-invest in companies that contribute to, sustainable F&A value chains (Banking for Food), socially relevant transitions in the Dutch market (Banking for the Netherlands) and energy transition (Banking for Energy).

Interested?

Do you want to become the ideal version of yourself? We would love to help you achieve this by focusing firmly on your growth, development, and investing in an environment where you keep learning every day. We give you the space to innovate and initiate. In this way, we offer you numerous opportunities to grow and help you exceed your expectations, to do the right thing exceptionally well, and to therefore grow as a professional. In addition, with us (on the basis of a 40-hour working week), you can also expect:

a competitive monthly salary plus a thirteenth month and holiday pay;
an Employee Benefit Budget (10% of your monthly salary). You decide how to spend this budget. This may include purchasing extra leave days, making extra pension contributions or even receiving a monthly cash payout;
a personal budget that you can spend on activities related to your personal development and career;
100% reimbursement of commuting costs if you travel by public transport! Do you still prefer to travel by car or motorbike? Then choose a commuting allowance;
a pension scheme, to which your contribution is only 3,5%.

Let's meet

Are you the person we're looking for? Are you ready to join Rabobank and to make a difference to yourself, our customers and to society? We look forward to receiving your application for this vacancy in Utrecht.

Good to know:

Responses will be handled in accordance with our vacancy management policy.
If you have any questions about the specific details of this position, please contact Myrthe van Bijsterveld, Executive Director Fund & Co-investments on 06 836 240 79 or myrthe.van.bijsterveld@rabobank.com.
Rianne Vooges, Recruiter would be happy to answer any questions about the application procedure via Cynthia.de.storm-haas@rabobank.nl.
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