Portfolio Associate/ Senior Associate - Development Portfolio Management Team

Help us make a big green dent in the universe.

Key Responsibilities

• Development Platform Modelling: Build and maintain financial models for development platforms and project portfolios, evaluating IRR, downside scenarios, and capital needs .
• Development Economics: Assess how shifts in development timelines, project capacity, grid connectivity, permitting, and route-to-market impact overall returns .
• IC Papers & Rationale: Prepare decision-focused materials for project funding, platform acquisitions, restructurings, and exits .
• Portfolio & Specialist Coordination: Work directly with portfolio company leadership and internal specialists (legal, technical, commercial) to align on investment cases .
• Portfolio Company Oversight: Monitor the operational and financial performance of portfolio companies against their approved business plans and budgets .
• Development Milestone Tracking: Track project progress through key development stage-gates, including land, grid, permitting, RTB, NTP, and construction .
• Development Spend Evaluation: Review requests for development expenditure and additional shareholder funding across competing projects and platforms .
• Stage-Gate Challenge: Rigorously challenge development timing, probability, and cost assumptions to decide whether to fund, pause, restructure, or sell projects .
• Portfolio Company Bolt-Ons: Provide shareholder oversight, valuation, and IC approval materials for acquisitions originated by portfolio companies .
• Platform & Project Exits: Analyze sale opportunities and transaction readiness for platform disposals or project transfers into operational IPP structures .
• Portfolio Company Governance: Act as a board observer or steering committee member for selected portfolio companies, reviewing reserved matters and tracking board actions .
• Management Team Relationship: Partner with portfolio company executives to challenge commercial data and improve governance consistency .
• Platform Performance Reporting: Manage quarterly reporting across all development platforms, tracking development KPIs, liquidity, and milestone delivery .
• Development Valuations: Maintain portfolio company and project valuation models, explaining value movements relative to operational delivery and market conditions .

Requirements

• Relevant experience in private equity, infrastructure investment, renewable energy investment, investment banking, corporate finance or a similar investment-led environment.
• Strong financial modelling, valuation and investment-analysis skills.
• Experience preparing investment committee, transaction or board materials.
• Good understanding of investment returns, capital allocation, risk assessment and value creation.
• Ability to analyse complex information and form clear, commercially grounded recommendations.
• Strong written communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to manage several workstreams and deadlines across multiple investments.
• High attention to detail without losing sight of the wider investment rationale.
• Confidence working with senior stakeholders, advisers and portfolio company management teams.