Engagement Manager, Portfolio Monitoring

New York City, NY

Full Time

Manager/Supervisor

Malk Partners is a fast-growing purpose-driven consulting firm that advises the world’s most successful investors on responsible investment. Malk assists Private Equity and Growth Equity firms and their portfolio companies in establishing best-in-class environmental, social, and governance (ESG) programs that are deployed throughout the investment lifecycle to understand and account for key risks and value creation opportunities. We partner with firms that invest across a range of industries, including financial services, healthcare, technology, manufacturing, and consumer products. Malk was an early entrant into this rapidly evolving industry and continues to be at the forefront of ESG innovation and defining best practices. In October 2024, Malk was acquired by SLR Consulting, a global environmental consulting firm, furthering Malk’s global reach and technical capabilities.

Monitoring is one of the largest and fastest growing divisions at Malk. On behalf of Private Equity and Venture Capital owners, the team connects with hundreds of portfolio companies every year to reassess their ESG exposure, risks, progress, and opportunities, taking a dynamic and changing commercial and regulatory landscape into account. Engagement Managers on the Monitoring team lead these projects with multiple stakeholder groups – Private Equity and Venture Capital Clients, portfolio company management, Malk leadership, and our internal teams. Engagement Managers have the primary responsibility client engagements and for the deliverables, requiring quality and expediency across projects to maintain Malk’s brand, and may serve as ‘final sign-off’. Engagement Managers are also expected to support the management of Monitoring as a division, including professional development of more junior team members, financial reporting, resource planning, and strategic development of the product and the process. Over time, an Engagement Manager will also support in business development efforts, to cross-sell existing clients or engage and sustain new business prospects. Engagement Managers leverage exceptional business strategy, organizational skills, project management skills, and PowerPoint to lead high-caliber projects for a range of clients. Engagement Managers normally report to a Vice President or Senior Vice President and typically manage 1-3 Project Managers or Consultants.

Being an Engagement Manager on the Monitoring team is a unique opportunity to get exposure to a wide range of career building skill sets: managing a fast-growing and highly talented team, getting involved in business/division leadership, defining the growth strategy of the division, and managing a diverse set of very senior clients in a fun and energetic environment.

Responsibilities

Monitoring Engagements: The Engagement Manager will maintain high-level oversight across several concurrent Monitoring engagements each led by a Project Manager or Consultant. The Engagement Manager may split or own final sign-off based on the experience of the Malk team. The Engagement Manager’s mandate is to sustain deliverable quality and consistency, while serving as the client point of contact for broader account questions (approximately 65% of total time).
The Engagement Manager may advise a Project Manager or Consultant in more challenging project dynamics and will navigate any client feedback to ensure that reasonable requests are considered and reflected uniformly at the account level.
Managerial/Professional Development Responsibilities: Engagement Managers will oversee a small team of 1-3 Project Managers or Consultants, the former of whom will also have direct reports (i.e., skip reports). The Engagement Manager will be expected to support and advise on the professional development of their direct reports, including skill-building, goal setting, and coaching to help them achieve proficiency and eventual promotion/advancement (approximately 15% of total time).
Sector Leadership Responsibilities: Engagement Managers are to support the overall management and development for Monitoring as a sector, including financial reporting and planning, resource planning, product and process development, and sector strategy together with the Senior Monitoring Leadership team (approximately 10% of total time).
Business Development Responsibilities: Engagement Managers are expected to support Account Leads with sales opportunities among current, new, and prospective accounts. (approximately 10% of total time).

Qualifications

Skills: Project management/organization, communication, presentation, teamwork, and attention to detail will be key to success in this role. Strong writing, research, organization, qualitative reasoning, and business acumen are preferred.
Experience: Top candidates will have 6+ years of experience in management consulting or a similar field. Previous experience working with private markets or in ESG/Sustainability is preferred but not required.
Education: Candidates who have demonstrated a track record of success in a rigorous academic environment.
Other Traits: In addition to being highly motivated, candidates must be passionate about solving business problems. Candidates must be self-starters, critical thinkers, highly organized, able to work independently, able to multitask, able to teach/coach/develop, and enjoy working in an informal work environment.

Additional details

Location: New York City, hybrid model: in office Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday
Compensation: $145,000 - $155,000 plus discretionary performance bonus

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