Lead Investment Analyst

Job Type:Permanent

Location:

This role will be based in our London office and there will be some flexibility to work between the office and home, and we will discuss what is important to you and balancing this with business requirements during the recruitment process. You can read more about flexible working here.

Salary and Benefits:from £100,000 (subject to experience), plus bonus, private medical cover, 38 days annual leave, excellent pension, 12x salary life assurance, career breaks, income protection, 3x volunteering days and much more.

Closing Date: 9th October

We’re Standard Life, a retirement specialist focused entirely on retirement savings and income. We champion the belief that everyone’s journey to and through retirement can be better, and for more than 200 years,we’vebeen helping our customers plan and prepare for their financial futures.

Life today is increasingly complicated,uncertain and unpredictable. People move through different careers, face unexpectedmomentsand navigate important choices. We offer our colleagues flexibility, trust and benefits that work for whatever life brings. In return we expect curiosity, connection,accountabilityandhigh standards.

We make room for what matters - so you can bring your best, every day.

If you’re someone who has willingness to learn, curiosity to explore new opportunities and drive to further develop your career in investments (i.e.assessing Structured Credit & Mortgage investments (Mortgage Solutions, Equity Release Mortgages, Securitisations (including ABS/CLO), Asset-Backed Finance and/or Insured Credit), our Private Markets team would love to hear from you!
We're looking for someone who takes initiative, embraces new challenges, rolls up their sleeves when needed and is excited about building a long-term career in Private Markets.

This is an exciting opportunity to develop your career within Private Markets, helping to deliver strong investment outcomes across Standard Life's c.£300bn assets under administration. As part of the Real Assets team within Capital Markets, you'll work alongside experienced investors and transaction specialists to originate, analyse, execute and manage investments across Infrastructure, Asset-Backed Lending, Real Estate Debt, Long Income and other Private Markets strategies.

Working closely with colleagues across Private Markets and RS&AM, you'll support complex transactions from initial assessment through to ongoing portfolio management, while contributing to the continued evolution of Standard Life's Real Assets proposition. The role offers broad exposure to investment origination, execution and asset management, providing an excellent platform to deepen your technical expertise, build market relationships and develop a long-term career within Private Markets.

• Participate in and lead the structuring and execution of internal and external securitisations, including on Equity Release Mortgages and other ABS/CLOs – Optimising capital treatment and return. Support ERM underlying pricing & analysis.
• Partner with Actuarial, Risk and Capital teams – Refining longevity, prepayment, and property value assumptions, ensuring alignment with Solvency II and internal risk appetite frameworks.
• Act as primary structuring lead in cross-functional deal teams - coordinating across Asset Management, Standard Life and external stakeholders to deliver successful transactions
• Contribute to wider securitised asset strategy development – support the development of asset strategy through planning, MI development and engagement with wider stakeholders
• Lead in pricing and executing other structured credit and complex transactions across Private Markets as well as commercial, financial and legal terms to…