Investment Analyst at Resource Management Service, LLC

Description

RESPONSIBILITIES

RMS seeks to hire a professional who values sustainability, long-term forest stewardship, and the responsibility of being an investment fiduciary. This position will be part of the Investment Management team within RMS, which is responsible for managing client timberland portfolios and associated client interactions.  

DUTIES

Activities include, but are not limited to:

Understand our business and the perspectives of a diverse group of clients and colleagues

Conduct quantitative analysis and provide concise, well-supported guidance to advance team projects:

• Ongoing monitoring of client timberland portfolios
• Timberland acquisitions
• Business development projects
• Ad-hoc client or Investment Committee questions

Help produce high-quality, periodic client   reports and presentations

Learn and help maintain critical RMS   processes, including careful ongoing management of data

Collaborate heavily with colleagues on   cross-functional project teams to ensure the best client outcomes

Manage multiple projects simultaneously and keep an open dialogue with your teams to determine prioritization

Advance projects proactively and stick to deadlines

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS

Our ideal candidate has experience conducting financial analysis in Excel, working with data, and creating documents with compelling visual summaries of analyses. This may include the creation or evolution of Power BI reports and their underlying data models. You should also hold a degree from an accredited postsecondary institution. We welcome qualified candidates with degrees in a wide range of fields. If there is a good fit, we will teach you what you need to know about forestry, investment management, and other technical requirements for the job.

Qualifications will be assessed during the interview process primarily through a case study.   You’ll be asked to review a case with quantitative and qualitative input, make financial calculations to answer case questions, and provide us with a short recommendation in presentation form.

RMS hopes that any new employees embrace and contribute to a collaborative culture. RMS also encourages people from underrepresented groups or with non-forestry backgrounds to apply.