Analyst, Business Development

Description

Position Overview

RMS is seeking a professional that is passionate about sustainable, long-term forest stewardship and the responsibility that comes with being an investment fiduciary. This role sits on RMS’ Business Development team, which leads capital formation efforts by aligning investor objectives with differentiated timberland investment strategies. The Analyst will play a key role in expanding RMS’ visibility across the investment community.

Specific responsibilities include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Support the fundraising efforts by developing, updating, and maintaining core due diligence and marketing materials.
• Build and maintain a strong working knowledge of RMS’ assets under management, products, and investment strategies to effectively respond to prospective client, consultant, and investor requests.
• Maintain and update RMS’ comprehensive due diligence content library
• Contribute to prospective client requests, coordinating inputs across internal teams as needed.
• Maintain accurate fundraising activity and pipeline records in the customer relationship database; create and distribute regular fundraising reports and dashboards to support management decision-making.
• Contribute to the development of thought leadership and market-facing content (e.g., insights, white papers and case studies).
• Conduct and synthesize industry research and competitive intelligence; communicate key findings to inform positioning and business development strategy.
  
  

Requirements

Candidates must be highly organized, be able to manage multiple, diverse tasks concurrently, and enjoy the process of writing and the development of quality work products. The ideal candidate should be a strong self-starter who enjoys working with minimal daily supervision, while not being afraid to ask questions or request feedback and prefers building collaborative team approaches for problem solving.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance or natural resources and two years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Ability to work on multiple projects concurrently and prioritize meeting competing deadlines
• Proficient with Microsoft Office applications
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with attention to detail and ability to deliver analysis with an appropriate balance of brevity and substance and convey financial, statistical, and industry information in accessible language
• Dependable, tactful and able to work well independently and as part of a team, taking an interest and pride in improving skills and taking ownership of tasks from concept to completion
• Commitment to an inclusive workplace
  
  

Required

RMS is committed to helping employees learn and grow, and this position will provide ample opportunities to expand analytical, writing, and presentation skills, and opportunities to grow as a subject matter expert for the organization on key aspects of timberland investments. While not required, we also invite candidates with the following skills to apply (or interest in learning):

• Interest in deepening your understanding of fundraising strategies, funnels, and lifecycles, across a variety of investor types and regions
• Learning about the timberland investment asset class and the opportunities to serve as a natural-capital solution to environmental and social goals
• Working with and maintaining customer relationship databases
• Build or reinforce oral communication skills through presentations to RMS management teams and external audiences as opportunities develop
• Devising research strategies and methods to identify potential investors
• A keen sense of design to create a range of print and online materials