Impact Investment Associate

We are seeking a purpose-driven investment research professional to contribute to our team in due diligence, database management, data analytics, and investment operations to support core strategic engagements with our donor advised fund provider, wealth advisor, family office, and foundation clients.

CapShift is a mission-driven growth company working at the intersection of finance and impact to unlock impact investments at scale into funds and enterprises. We offer a fast-paced, collaborative environment with a culture of personal development, creative freedom, and the partnership of a dedicated team. Our aim is to help mobilize billions of dollars of investment capital to organizations tackling major social and environmental challenges. Our research team has a specialized focus on both market-rate and impact-first private impact funds, which covers major themes and asset classes such as climate venture capital, affordable housing, education technology, credit to underserved businesses, and microfinance.

• Impact Investment Research and Due Diligence – Engage with companies and fund managers in public and private markets to collect information regarding investment opportunities, synthesize findings using CapShift’s due diligence process, and present findings internally and externally to clients. CapShift due diligence focuses on Financial, Operational, and Impact pillars.
• Data Analytics – Leverage CapShift’s unique Research Engine of over 1,000 private impact investment opportunities to help develop custom sourcing reports, fund analytics, and grow the team’s impact management and reporting capabilities.
• Thematic Research – Support CapShift’s development of thematic thought leadership by helping to prepare insightful materials on impact investing sectors, trends, and asset classes.
• Database Management – Support the robustness and quality of our impact investment database of investment opportunities across asset classes, sectors, and geographies.
• Impact Investment Monitoring and Reporting – Support the ongoing monitoring of investments within client impact investment portfolios. Gather information on the drivers of financial and impact performance, as well as material operational changes, and prepare regular updates for internal and external clients.
• Internal Strategy Development – Support the research team in formalizing CapShift’s operations and analytics processes and procedures, setting the foundation and capacity for future growth.
• Other Initiatives – There will also be the opportunity to take on (or create) other projects that help drive the team’s success, including client-specific projects.

• 0-3 years of relevant experience working with data and research to drive strategy
• Knowledge of financial concepts and tools – coursework in accounting, corporate finance, financial markets, business management, etc.
• Exceptional Excel and analytical skills and attention to detail
• Strong alignment with CapShift’s role in mobilizing capital for purpose with a focus on private wealth, charitable institutions, and private investment funds.
• Desire to work in a high-growth, flexible startup environment in which employees are expected to take on multiple responsibilities and leadership positions
• Familiarity with the impact investing sector and the UN Sustainable Development Goals
• Proactive, thoughtful, self-motivated, detail-oriented, organized, and able to effectively communicate across multiple business units and stakeholders
• Preferred qualifications:
  • Familiarity with ESG data, impact investing, economics, impact management frameworks, and investment management processes
  • Previous banking, management consulting, impact investing, or investment management experience a plus

CapShift is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, physical ability, or involvement in the criminal justice system. We invite individuals with diverse life experiences and non-conventional backgrounds to apply.

Please submit your resume and a cover letter detailing why you would be a good fit for the role — including interest, key skills, academic qualifications, previous experience, and any other information you deem relevant — to the Impact Investment Associate webform on our website .

CapShift offers competitive compensation along with an opportunity for employees to receive equity in the company.

CapShift aims to make it easier for families to build impact investment portfolios through their trusted advisors and financial institutions. Since its founding, CapShift has mobilized capital into dozens of high-impact funds and enterprises providing solutions to global issues such as climate, health, racial justice, and income inequality.

CapShift’s impact investing platform combines software, research, and advisory capabilities and covers over 1,000 leading impact investment funds and enterprises across public, private, and nonprofit investment and recoverable grant segments.

CapShift is targeting the $1 trillion charitable investment market and currently works with many leading donor advised fund providers including Vanguard Charitable, National Philanthropic Trust, and Chicago Community Trust. Our suite of solutions makes it easy to source, diligence, deploy, monitor, and implement impact portfolios. Clients include foundations, financial and philanthropic advisors, corporations, and family offices.

CapShift was founded by MissionPoint Partners, Jacques Perold, and Heron Foundation. Other investors include leading impact investing families, and include Jesse Fink, Spring Point Partners, Gratitude Railroad, Brazen Impact, and Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment.