Business Manager

Organisation
Established almost 100 years ago to manage capital for the Brenninkmeijer family, Anthos Fund & Asset Management has provided comprehensive values-based asset management and investment advisory services in numerous asset classes to the family, their philanthropies and pension funds of group entities. 

Clients benefit from tailored expert management across equities, fixed income, real estate, private equity, alternative investments and on an overall portfolio level. 

Based on a tradition of purpose, excellence, collaboration, client focus and passion, our approach has a long-term track record of outperforming benchmarks while contributing to the common good. We are a signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment and we have a long track record in the field of impact investing and responsible investing, embedded across our investment process. More information can be found on anthosam.com.    

Anthos Fund & Asset Management (Anthos) is part of the COFRA holding. Family-owned for six generations, COFRA is united around a common mission – to amaze customers and be a force for good. The enterprise cares deeply about people and the communities it serves, striving to have a lasting positive impact on society and the environment. More information can be found on cofraholding.com.  

Purpose 
To further drive towards fulfilling its mission of being a force for good, Anthos has decided to carefully expand its current core activities: Anthos will look to provide robust values-based asset management solutions to like-minded asset owners who may wish to join Anthos as investors in order to benefit from the track record of outperformance and contributing to the common good. In this way Anthos hopes to increase the quantum of values-based invested assets. More information can be on www.anthosam.com

Purpose of the role    

The Business Managers’ primary responsibility is to support the Chief Client Officer (CCO) of Anthos Fund & Asset Management with a variety of strategic & business related topics and projects. You will gain exposure to key processes in which the CCO is involved and will pro-actively support on a broad range of issues and projects including business strategy, budgeting, sales management, process optimization, marketing and communication. You will contribute to prioritizing the agenda, supporting the different operational processes of the Commercial Department and preparing various meetings and committees in which the CCO is participating. This involves a great deal of project management and organisation.

Responsibilities of the Business Manager    

Direct support to the CCO/Program Management

• Support CCO in managing interactions with Business Development, Client Relationship Management and Marketing teams.
• Ensure information flow between stakeholders
• Team meeting preparation and follow up; review meeting calendar; ensure CCO has all information needed to be as productive as possible. Design meetings and ensure follow up on agreed actions.
• Planning and leading commercial & team events

Project Management/strategic initiatives

• Support CCO in setting strategic priorities; support in identifying the focus areas, identifying metrics for success. Revisiting regularly and evaluate progress
• Create & update dashboards/analysis for reviewing company’s KPI’s and progress review of strategic initiatives
• Work in specific strategic topics, contribute to business cases
• Create presentations for relevant stakeholders 

Advisor/thought leadership

• Act as thought partner to the CCO/commercial team members. Brainstorming and identifying solutions to challenges.

Other tasks

• Assisting in internal and external events, meetings and trips
• Preparation of executive presentations and support on speeches

Education & Professional qualifications

• Master degree in relevant field
• 3-5  years of experience managing projects, programmes, etc. within a complex stakeholder international organization
• Experience working in international organizations
• Investment knowledge and understanding is a plus 

Skills & Experience required 

• Proven ability to think/act outside the box, deliver new ideas/wow with demonstrated business impact
• Great relationship building skills, being able to build networks at senior leadership level
• Analytical mindset, being able to analyze and interpretate data to make evidence-based decisions
• Proactive approach with a “can do” attitude
• Innovative thinker, with proven ability to think and act outside the box, delivering new ideas with demonstrated business impact
• Impact driven, viewing commercial, social and environmental goals as inextricably linked
• Relational, able to establish rapport quickly – internally and with clients
• Able to work independently and also as part of a team to deliver integrated advice
• Fluent in Dutch and English, German language skills preferred

 Additional information 

• You will report to the Chief Client Officer.
• An (online) assessment will be part of the recruitment process.
• Reference checks and a pre-employment screening are a final step of the hiring procedure.

We're an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.