Sagard Overview
Sagard Holdings (“Sagard”) is a multi-strategy alternative asset manager with professionals located in Canada (Montreal, Toronto), the US, Europe and Asia. Since 2016, Sagard has grown exponentially. Assets under management have expanded from US$500M to more than US$25B and Sagard’s team of diverse professionals has grown from 50 to more than 300 team members in just five years.
Sagard invests across three asset classes: equity, credit, and real estate. Sagard was founded by Power Corporation of Canada as a complement to its global investment holdings and serves as one of its key strategic priorities with strong, long-term growth objectives.
Sagard’s entrepreneurial DNA is palpable across our entire team and is a platform built by entrepreneurs, for entrepreneurs. Sagard looks to generate attractive returns by matching investment opportunities with flexible capital solutions and pairing entrepreneurs with teams that have deep industry knowledge. Sagard develops long-term partnerships and empowers the growth of its investments through a unique global network of portfolio companies, limited partners, advisors, and other valued relationships.
More at https://www.sagard.com/.
Position Overview
We are currently looking for an individual who is highly analytical and deeply passionate about fintech to join our team in Toronto as an Investment Intern. This person will play a pivotal role in supporting our team to find and evaluate entrepreneurial, breakthrough companies in financial services.
Your Responsibilities
- Support portfolio and fund analysis including supervising our pipeline and consolidating critical metrics across portfolios.
- Work with our portfolio companies to support them on pivotal initiatives.
- Conduct ad-hoc analysis (e.g., market sizing, analyzing survey data, pricing analysis, competitive analysis, web analytics data).
- Deeply understand the metrics of our portfolio companies and how they trend over time.
- Support fund operations including writing quarterly LP reports on new investments and our pipeline.
- Conduct financial market, company diligence on new potential investments, and desk research on industries and trends.
Experience and Qualifications
- A strong passion and /or curiosity about investments and technology.
- Self-starter - able to take initiative, prioritize, and run on own with limited guidance.
- Comfortable with ambiguity and in an ambitious environment where things change constantly.
- Organized with high attention to detail.
- Comfort in structuring quantitative analysis; not quantum physics, but you should love numbers (we all do!).
- Great teammate - happy to do whatever is required to support team.
- Strong written and oral communication skills; ability to synthesize and articulate thoughts about companies and markets concisely.
Sagard is an equal opportunity employer, which values diversity in the workplace. We are therefore happy to accommodate any individual. If you require accommodation to participate in the hiring process, please contact the People & Culture team to make your needs known in advance.
We welcome all applications and wish to thank all candidates for their interest in applying for this position. However, only individuals selected for interviews will be contacted.
