Clean Energy Infrastructure Investment Associate

Company Overview

Nuveen is a global investment leader managing public and private assets for clients around the world and on behalf of TIAA our parent company and one of the worlds largest institutional investors. We invest in the growth of businesses real estateinfrastructureand natural capital providing clients with the reliabilityaccessand foresight unique to our heritage. Our prevailing perspective on the future drives our ambition to innovate and adapt our business to the changing needs of investors - all to pursue lasting performance for our clients ourcommunitiesand our global economy. Visit to learn more about us.

Overview of the Role:

The Clean Energy Infrastructure teams core focus is on clean energy equity investments and asset & portfolio management. The teamcomprisesc.70 professionals split across the above functions andlocatedacross its key offices in London Madrid Milan Singapore Seoul Tokyo and Charlotte (USA). The team is currently looking to expand of the back of a successful fundraising programme which concluded in Q2 2024.Specificallythe team is looking to recruit a senior associate in the core-plus clean energy equity investments team.

The M&A Associate will provide transaction support of a broad range to manager and director level team members. The job will primarily be focussed on transactionexecution butwill also offer the opportunity to take a broader role in the origination negotiation and closing of deals and in post-transaction asset management support.

Key responsibilities:

Modelling and investment proposals

• Ability to build models andoperatedifferent typesof modelling tools

• Understand and optimise the project contractual structures

• Analyse define document andmonitorall key project assumptions

• Understand and analyse project SPV financial statements

• Produce develop and review of cash flow based financial models for renewable energy generation projects / assets / platforms valuation

• Analyse and interpret results from the financial model run sensitivities to help with the assessment of the investment case

• Support in drafting investment proposals and investment committee presentations with support and input from Managers and Directors

• Support in training Analysts and Associates on developing financial modelling and valuation skills

Transaction support

• Support deal leads on origination activities with renewable project developers in EU 27 economies and the UK

• Assistand support in the execution of deals (acquisitions project financing divestments)

• Support in the delivery ofdue-diligenceworkstreams and project manage transactions and coordinate work products from external advisors (developers/EPC contractors lawyers technical advisors financing providers etc.)

• Demonstrate aptitude toidentifya pipeline of potential transactions sourced from a growing network of contacts and industry sources with support from the team

Market monitoring

• Support inmonitoringthe activities of renewable energy and clean tech organisations

• Conduct research on selected sectorscountriesor market segments toidentifypotential investment opportunities

• Follow regulatory development in the renewable energy sectors (regulatory framework tariffs EU targets etc.

Fund Level Support

• From time to time the role will entail offering support to other teams with Fund level activities.Such activities may include

• Production of marketing materials for fund raising campaign

• Compilation of VDD materials for prospective LPs

Qualifications & Experience

• Min. 4 years relevant working experience

• Equity investment experience essential with demonstrabletrack recordwhich may come from experience at an investment management firm investment bank or M&A advisory house an energy company / utility / IPP or consultancy

• Corporate finance or project finance transaction experience

• Significant financial modellingexpertise

• Relevant experience and knowledge of power/energy industry

• Fluent EnglishrequiredwithadditionalEuropean languages preferred

• Excellent communication and written skills

• Candidates must have the right to work in the UK

Competencies Required

• Excellent communication and written skills

• Collaboration

• Intellectual curiosity

• A strategic approach sound business judgment and a strong entrepreneurial mind-set is

Additional Information

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