Location: London
Type: Full-time
Experience: 3 years in sales, client coverage
Sector: Investment Management
About Us
Aluna Partners is a London-based firm providing integrated advisory, capital, and investment management solutions designed to support businesses at every stage of growth.
The firm specialises in credit solutions, delivering flexible and scalable financing through Asset-Backed Finance and Trade Finance. Aluna applies a disciplined, research-led approach built around a three-dimensional credit strategy: Preserve, Perform, Protect, aimed at generating resilient, all-weather returns.
The firm focuses on private credit, constructing portfolios concentrated in asset-backed finance, and trade receivables. By partnering with trusted originators and institutional counterparties, Aluna emphasises clarity, consistency, and long-term alignment, with a blend of performance-driven execution and responsible risk management.
The Role
Aluna Partners is seeking a new Client Solutions Senior Analyst to drive AUM growth across the firm's strategies, including asset-backed finance and trade finance.
The successful candidate will support Aluna’s Institutional Client Solutions team through the development of new relationships and expansion of existing ones, with a particular focus on the European market. This position will work closely with senior leadership.
The new addition to the team will work dynamically across all of Aluna's investing strategies in two primary capacities: focusing on deepening relationships with our investors, while serving as engaged representatives and stewards of Aluna’s products to drive new capital formation and 2) managing the internal fundraising processes required to facilitate fundraising, including structuring products, supporting the development of fund marketing materials, ongoing reporting, building prospective investor pipelines, supporting client-specific requests and projects and managing teams.
The successful candidate will work closely with the investment professionals to understand the current portfolio, deal pipeline, and overall market dynamics with the intention to be able to speak as a surrogate for the deal team in the market. Specific responsibilities will include developing deep knowledge of Aluna's platform, its differentiators, and investments. We expect a successful candidate to be highly skilled at supporting live fundraising efforts, leading technical diligence processes with clients, and project management across internal and external stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
- Support senior leadership in managing existing investor relationships and maintain a high level of service excellence, with an emphasis on the UK, Spain, Italy and Switzerland.
- Assist in identifying and pursuing new investment opportunities within assigned coverage areas through consultative engagement with existing and prospective clients.
- Gather and analyze market intelligence, including investor sentiment, industry trends, and potential new clients.
- Track and maintain records of all investor and prospective interactions, including updating the CRM system, distributing meetings and conference notes, and managing related administrative tasks.
- Create and update fund material, quarterly presentations and draft client communications, ensuring clarity and coherence.
- Heavily involved in the investor onboarding and due diligence process.
- Manage scheduling and coordination of investor meetings, roadshows, and conference participation.
- Work closely with investment and deal teams, finance and operations professionals, and the origination team.
Requirements
- Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in sales, client coverage, or sales support function within an asset manager, investment bank or alternative investment platform
- Outstanding oral and written communication skills, including the ability to read information/situations from varying perspectives and tailor messages to suit different audiences
- Content-driven with the ability to communicate complex and nuanced topics to a wide range of audiences
- C2 level / native in English and fluent in either French, Spanish, German or Italian
- Self-motivated and service oriented, with the ability to think strategically and contribute to business development efforts
- Strong understanding of alternative asset classes; familiarity and interest with processes supporting fundraising and investor relations is preferred
- Highly organized, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and teams and meet deadlines in a fast paced environment
- Experience building and nurturing relationships with institutional clients
- Proven ability to prioritize time efficiently and handle a complex workloads while remaining attentive to detail
- Technical and aesthetic mastery of PowerPoint and Excel
- Experience in managing and updating CRM systems
- Proactive, enthusiastic, and demonstrates a strong work ethic in a small, collaborative team with meaningful senior-level exposure
- Aptitude for critical and creative thinking across the quantitative and qualitative spectrum
- Capacity to discreetly handle sensitive and confidential information
- Uncompromising integrity and professionalism
- Quick learner with clear intellectual curiosity and self-motivation
What We Offer
- Competitive fixed salary with results-based variable bonus
- Significant exposure and support senior leadership
- Private medical Insurance, and dental and optical plan, 24h online GP service
- 28 days Annual Leave allocation (pro-rata)
- Warm, close-knit and collaborative team culture, with regular in-person team building days.
- Steep career progression and exposure to high growth environment
- Gym and health club memberships and retailer discounts
- Private pension contribution
- High-trust working environment, with eligibility for paid sick leave upon successful completion of the probationary period
- Support with Visa sponsorship