Carrières

Varenne Capital Partners is a global hedge fund with over 3.7 billion dollars of assets under management. We strive to achieve this goal by employing proprietary research and combining complementary investment frameworks in a single strategy: Long Equity, Short Equity, Merger Arbitrage and Tail Risk Hedging. All our investment frameworks stem from years of research and development and as a result comprise original methodologies, formalized processes, dedicated teams of analysts and bespoke information systems. It is the opportunity for you to join a well-established and fast-growing hedge fund with a long track record of success as part of a diverse, stable and experienced investment team.

 

Mission

The Merger Arbitrage framework acts as a fund within the fund. The team deploys capital on friendly and announced deals which present an attractive risk/reward profile. Each potential opportunity is carefully assessed through our proprietary in-depth analysis framework covering all aspects of a transaction. As part of the team, your tasks will be varied and will include:

• Preparing the weekly investment meeting
• Screening new arbitrage opportunities
• Contributing to the analysis of deals and attend investment committees
• Monitoring of the portfolio and the strategy environment
• Interacting with other teams (middle office, risks, compliance, marketing, …)
• Research and Development

 

Profile

Excellent academic background from a top tier University or Business School.

Solid skills in Financial Analysis and Corporate Finance. CFA is a plus.

Proficiency in Microsoft Office. Bloomberg and VBA are a plus.

Fluency in spoken and written English essential, French is a plus.

Strong work ethic and teamwork orientation with a proactive attitude.

 

Terms

Length : 6 months

Start : January / July

Location : 42 avenue Montaigne, 75008 Paris, France

Contact : bvaur@varennecapital.com

 

CDI Middle Office-Junior :

 

Varenne Capital Partners est une Société de Gestion de Portefeuille internationale basée à Paris. L'encours actuel est d'environ 2 milliards de dollars. Afin de répondre à l’exigence de qualité de ses clients, la Société fonde sa gestion sur une activité de Recherche entièrement propriétaire, issue d’une méthodologie d’analyse rigoureuse et d’un processus d’investissement extrêmement structuré. L’activité est conduite par une équipe pluridisciplinaire à l’aide d’un système d’information dédié et développé en interne. 

 

 

Mission

• Suivi des flux et des positions de nos portefeuilles (cash et titres) sur différents types de produits (OTC, Listé)

• Confirmation des ordres (produit Listés et OTC)

• Suivi des Opérations Sur Titres dans l’outil interne.

• Participation à la validation quotidienne des valeurs liquidatives de notre gamme de fonds

• Assister l’équipe de gestion dans le suivi opérationnel des fonds

• Gestion des appels de marge/collatéral

• Gestion des Reset sur positions EQS

• Suivi de la facturation

• Participer si le besoin se présente à des projets d’amélioration de l’outil interne et des outils annexes liés au Service

• Mettre à jour les procédures si nécessaire

• Mettre à jour les outils (référentiel valeurs et outils annexes si besoin)

 

Vous serez en relation régulière avec nos différentes contreparties (Dépositaire, Valorisateur, Broker, Prime Broker)

La liste des missions ci-dessus est non exhaustive, le candidat pourra se voir affecter différentes missions en fonction de sa vitesse et qualité d’apprentissage.

 

Profil

 

Niveau Scolaire : BAC+5 Université (Master 2 Gestion, Finance) ou Ecole de commerce (avec un intérêt marqué pour la finance de marché et les métiers opérationnels) avec une expérience de 6 mois à 2 ans de préférence sur un poste de middle office ou en relation avec le middle office, l’assistanat de gestion. Les candidats ne répondant pas aux premiers critères sont priés de s'abstenir.

Compétence Informatique :  Maitrise Excel, Word – VBA (intermédiaire), facultatif : Maitrise de Power Bi et/ou Python serait un plus.

Compétence Linguistique : Français et Anglais minimum, le candidat doit pouvoir communiquer quotidiennement dans les deux langues à l’écrit et oral.

Qualité personnelle : Esprit d’équipe, Observation et Curiosité, Respectueux et à l’écoute.

 

Modalités du CDI

Durée indéterminée 

Démarrage : Dès que possible  

Lieu : 42 avenue Montaigne Paris 8^ème 

Contact : mleguyader@varennecapital.com 

 

CV+LM à envoyer directement à : mleguyader@varennecapital.com

Varenne Capital Partners is a global hedge fund with over 3.7 billion dollars of assets under management. We strive to achieve this goal by employing proprietary research and combining complementary investment frameworks in a single strategy: Long Equity, Short Equity, Merger Arbitrage and Tail Risk Hedging. All our investment frameworks stem from years of research and development and as a result comprise original methodologies, formalized processes, dedicated teams of analysts and bespoke information systems. It is the opportunity for you to join a well-established and fast-growing hedge fund with a long track record of success as part of a diverse, stable and experienced investment team.

 

Mission

The Merger Arbitrage framework acts as a fund within the fund. The team deploys capital on friendly and announced deals which present an attractive risk/reward profile. Each potential opportunity is carefully assessed through our proprietary in-depth analysis framework covering all aspects of a transaction. As part of the team, your tasks will be varied and will include:

• Screening new arbitrage opportunities
• Analysis of investment opportunities and presentation to the investment committee
• Financial modeling of arbitrages
• Monitoring of the portfolio and the strategy environment
• Interacting with other teams (middle office, risks, compliance, marketing, …)
• Research and Development

Requirements

At least 3 years’ experience in M&A, Private Equity, Law firm (antitrust or M&A), Investment firm.

Excellent academic background from a top tier University or Business School.

Solid skills in Financial Analysis and Corporate Finance. CFA is a plus.

Proficiency in Microsoft Office. Bloomberg and VBA are a plus.

Fluency in spoken and written English essential, French is a plus.

Strong work ethic and teamwork orientation with a proactive attitude.

 

Terms

Length : Permanent contract

Start : As soon as possible

Location : 42 avenue Montaigne, 75008 Paris, France

Contact : bvaur@varennecapital.com

Varenne Capital Partners is a global hedge fund with over 3.8 billion dollars of assets under management. We engage in proprietary research and combine complementary investment frameworks in a single strategy: Long Equity, Short Equity, Merger Arbitrage and Tail Risk Hedging. All our investment frameworks stem from years of research and development and as a result comprise original methodologies, formalized processes, dedicated teams of analysts and bespoke information systems. This internship is an opportunity for you to join a well-established and fast-growing hedge fund with a long track record of success as part of a diverse, stable and experienced investment team.

 

Mission

The Long Equity team deploys private equity techniques to build a core concentrated portfolio of high-quality businesses whose stocks, at the time of buying, trade at a significant discount to our estimate of their economic value. Each potential opportunity is carefully assessed through our proprietary in-house methodology of rigorous business, financial and sustainability analysis. As part of the team, your tasks will be varied and will include:

• Assisting with research into potential investments, including business analysis and industry research
• Assisting with research into the sustainability and ESG characteristics of potential and current investments
• Working with other interns to support the teams for each framework
• Assisting on internal meetings, external calls and attending investment committees
• Ongoing monitoring of portfolio companies  

Profile

• Excellent academic background from a top tier University or Business School.
• Familiarity with Financial Analysis and Corporate Finance.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office. Familiarity with Bloomberg is a plus.
• Intellectual curiosity and the ability to dive into a wide variety of industries.
• Strong drive, with willingness to take initiative and research independently.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• Native or near-native command of English essential. Strong command of French is a plus.

 

Terms

Length : 5-6 months

Start : February 2022

Location : 42 avenue Montaigne, 75008 Paris, France

Contact : vcampion@varennecapital.com

 

The deadline for submitting applications is September 30th. Successful applicants will be invited to a first-round telephone interview.

Varenne Capital Partners (‘Varenne’) is a research and process driven investment manager based in Paris, France, where it was founded by its current management team in 2003. With 7 nationalities in a team of 35 people, including 14 investment professionals, the management team fosters a culture of openness and diversity translating into very low turnover and an average tenure of over 9 years in the investment team.

 

Product Manager

Product Manager is responsible for implementing leading industry DDQ, taking charge of investors’ specific requests, as well as supporting the growth of international business unit at Varenne Capital Partners.

 

Duties and responsibilities

• Support and assist the Head of Product Marketing in strategic planning of international business development.

• Produce and update standard DDQs on quarterly basis; industrialise both the standard and specific DDQ process to respond to the requests of a large audience of institutional and private office investors across international markets.

• Contribute to the investment writing of monthly reporting and quarterly portfolio commentaries or proofread the writing of colleagues.

• Coordinate and organise due diligence meetings across the sales, marketing and investment teams on meeting preparations and client follow-ups.

• Assist the team to organise quarterly investment web conferences / ad-hoc webinars and physical roadshows in Europe, Asia and eventually US.

• Assist the team on PR events, create coherent and strong messaging on social media to promote Varenne Capital’s brand image.

• To be actively involved in periodic monitoring and planning of sales activities via CRM system.

• Work as a team within the Investor Relations department to produce or monitor the data entries in various institutional databases on monthly basis.

• Growth opportunities for this role include client facing opportunities to present the firm and investment strategy in the medium term and step up as the deputy manager of the team depending on the profile and experience.

 

Professional experience and education

• 3-5 years of experience from the product manager / RFP manager and marketing background ideally from the asset management industry. Alternatively, candidates from the strategic consultancy or fund of fund background with a good understanding of the asset management industry will also be considered.

• Broad international exposure and experience of working in a multi-cultural and multi-lingual team gained through his or her education or previous work experience.

• Graduated from a top university in France or overseas (Grande Ecole de Commerce) with a Master’s degree in Finance or Marketing. We consider a diverse background of candidates for this role. People from other academic backgrounds are also encouraged to apply to this role.

 

Required skills

• Sound technical skills in equities with a preferred experience in RFP writing on equity related instruments or asset classes in the past but not a prerequisite for this role.

• Strong sense of organisation and priority, capability to work autonomously and independently and more importantly we are looking for a “team player” as at Varenne Capital our success is relied on a collective teamwork and mindset.

• Bilingual investment writing / RFP skills in English and French. In addition, highly professional level of spoken and written skills in another European language (German, Spanish or Italian) would be preferred but not a prerequisite.

• Understanding of derivatives (options, futures, swaps, CFDs) and their use in investment strategies.

• Strong presentation skills in potential client meetings to present the firm and investment philosophy & process as a back-up to current English marketing team members.

• Ability to face new challenges and work under tight deadlines.

• A good knowledge of the ESG investing and ability to contribute to ESG DDQ process.

• CFA or CAIA candidate or charterholder preferred.

 

Terms 

Length: Permanent contract

Start: As soon as possible

Location : 42 avenue Montaigne, 75008 Paris, France

Contact : bhuang@varennecapital.com