Overview of the role

Tripple is a 100% impact, family investment company seeking to use capital as a force for good through a combination of investments and grantmaking. Established in 2018, we pride ourselves on pushing the boundaries and are looking for a General Manager passionate about people and planet to take this work to the next level.

The General Manager will act as strategic partner, team leader and manage investments and philanthropic activities as well as general operations. This new role will manage our small team of 4 highly mission-driven people and work closely with the executive directors in shaping the business strategies and ensure we achieve our mission to use capital to propel us towards a just and sustainable future for all. 

About Tripple

Tripple is a family owned, multi-asset investment company deploying capital globally into a range of environmental and social impact companies working towards a vision of a just and sustainable future for all. Tripple’s philanthropy supports this mission by focussing on systems change (advocacy, movement building, policy, strategic litigation) in Australia across climate and social justice. We are currently building an office in Cremorne, Melbourne expected to be completed in mid 2023 that will act as a hub for like-minded investors, founders, businesses and change-makers. The Tripple team lives by our values of being; thoughtful, collaborative, proud, continuously improving, seeking diversity, playing the long game and having fun doing it. For more check out www.tripple.com.au

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Portfolio Management 

  • Executing multi-asset investment strategy developed by the Board

  • Working with our Investment Associate to present opportunities to the Investment Committee 

  • Day-to-day management and diligence of investment opportunities alongside Investment Associate incl. deal sourcing, meeting with founders, investment analysis of opportunities and ongoing total portfolio management

  • Oversee/execute philanthropy strategy with the Executive Directors and Philanthropy Lead
    

• Operations

  • Develop annual budgets, forecasts, cashflow tracking and liquidity planning

  • Financial governance, controls and payment procedures

  • External relationship management (Accountant, Lawyer etc.)

  • Quarterly internal reporting, policies and governance 
    

• Team Leadership 

  • Shape, guide and maintain a positive and productive team culture by ensuring the values are lived, updated and communicated

  • Management and ongoing development of team members

  • Conduct team performance and salary reviews in consultation with the Executive Directors
    

• Community building 

  • Brand management, sponsorships and comms including speaking at events, network building etc. 

  • Public Reporting (including Annual Review & Diversity Survey report)

  • Office space activation alongside community manager

Key Skills and Attributes 

• Thought-leader and highly values-led, you believe that financial success and achieving a positive impact are compatible

• Self-motivated, comfortable with uncertainty and highly adaptive 

• Collaborative, curious and able to have hard conversation when needed

• Engaging, optimistic people-person with a playful outlook 

• Comfort with business metrics, financial planning, Budgets and P&Ls 

• Commercial judgment and instinct – demonstrate good business instinct be able to synthesize complex information quickly

• Strong verbal and written communication skills 

• Passionate about creating a just and sustainable world 

Note: We encourage you to apply even though may not have held this exact role before or be able to tick off all of the key skills.

We offer:

• Flexible working from anywhere in Australia. We encourage working remotely and flexible hours to accommodate the other things that contribute to your full life. We're also open to having this be a 0.8 FTE role if that would suit you better.

• Generous policies including 5 mental health or “feeling off” days per year, gender affirmation leave, 16 weeks paid parental leave with an additional 4 weeks leave for birth parent.

• Learning and Development. We are on a constant learning journey and you will receive a learning and development budget to spend on whatever you’d personally like to learn - from cooking to coding and anything in between, it's up to you to use as you see fit.

• Days off for impact and matched employee granting. Is there a protest you want to attend, a beach clean up or a charity marathon you want to run? We offer additional days off for impact activities that do not affect your annual leave.

• As of 2021, we’re officially a B-corp and are proud to be part of a community of businesses doing things differently. You can find out more about Tripple at www.tripple.com.au