Investment Manager

Our client is a hands on investor that has dedicated private equity funds focused on renewable energy.

We are seeking an Investment Manager to lead investment activities with the support from other key functions, taking full accountability to coordinate workstreams and promote cooperation across the team to successfully execute the entire investment cycle.

Requirements:

University Degree (Engineering, Finance, Law).

MBA and/or CFA would be an advantage.

Highly analytical, organized and pragmatic professional with attention to detail.

Minimum of 7 years of experience in investment (Origination, Transactions, Negotiation of Shareholders Agreement, Raising Debt, Private Financial Advisory exposure).

Excellent excel and financial modelling skills are required and advanced use of the Microsoft Office suite.

Excellent written English and ability to write documents to a publishable standard.

Enthusiasm and commitment to working in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.

Good people management and team player while having the ability to work independently.

High collaborative skills and willingness to listen and learn.

Reporting:

Meet internal reporting and management requirements, using appropriate in-house systems where necessary.

Attend project progress meetings, internal meetings and investor meetings.

Provide briefings and project updates on a regular basis or as required.

The company is a lean organization. Consequently, the entire staff will occasionally be involved in various duties outside of their usual scope of work including administrative tasks.

Responsibilities:

Source prospective investments in line with company strategy.

Conduct due diligence activities in cooperation with other company function, in order to analyze all relevant aspects of the project and advise senior management.

Build or supervise the construction of financial model for each project and manage the analysis of the project based on that model.

Build and maintain relationships with local stakeholders, partners and suppliers.

Manage key aspects of local project development: land, permitting and licenses.

Lead the individual investments through the investment process including submission to  management and Investment Committee of relevant papers, updates and reports.

Manage the task budgets and investment spending in line with Investment Committee approval.

Negotiate with developers and project partners key commercial terms and shareholder agreements and manage such relationships.

Negotiate project documents: PPA, IA, finance agreements, etc.

Cooperate with engineering function on the feasibility studies, EPC, O&M, power evacuation and insurance arrangements.

Cooperate with the finance function on all relevant aspects e.g. tax, accounting, etc. as well as efficient and timely management of equity drawdowns.

Cooperate with legal function to ensure that the project agreements and other relevant legal documents are appropriately structured and managed and that the relevant KYC and AML requirements are met.

Cooperate with the E&S function to ensure projects are delivered in accordance with the requirements of the company, its investors and lenders.

Coordinate the necessary project-related activities across the team to make sure that the requirements of each project are met timely and diligently.

Hiring and managing of leadership teams and setting up processes and procedures for the projects and business platforms.

Lead the mobilization of co-investment capital, with the necessary support to the investment cycle.

Support the investment relations team in interactions with fund investors during fundraising and throughout fund life.

Prepare project for exit eventual exit and, as may be appropriate, manage or participate in exit transaction.