Associate - Energy & Solar

Investment Associate — Energy & Solar

Location: [New York, NY / Location]

Position: Investment Associate

Strategy: Energy, Solar & Renewable Infrastructure

About the Role

Our PE client is seeking an Investment Associate to join their investment team and focus on opportunities across the energy, solar, and renewable infrastructure sectors . The Associate will play a key role in evaluating new investments, conducting financial and commercial due diligence, building investment models, and supporting the execution and management of portfolio investments.

This is a highly analytical, transaction-oriented role for an individual who is passionate about investing in the energy transition and interested in working at a buy-side investment firm with significant responsibility across the investment lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Evaluate investment opportunities across solar, battery storage, distributed generation, power infrastructure, and broader renewable energy markets .
• Build and maintain detailed project finance and corporate financial models , including operating forecasts, debt structures, tax equity, returns analysis, sensitivities, and scenario analyses.
• Analyze project economics, including power prices, PPA structures, merchant exposure, capacity factors, production assumptions, operating costs, interconnection costs, and capital expenditures .
• Conduct financial, commercial, market, technical, legal, and regulatory due diligence on prospective investments.
• Develop detailed investment analyses and investment committee materials , clearly articulating key risks, opportunities, valuation, and expected returns.
• Perform valuation analyses using DCF, comparable companies, precedent transactions, project-level IRRs, equity multiples, and other relevant methodologies .
• Research energy markets, regulatory developments, technology trends, competitive dynamics, and emerging investment opportunities.
• Work closely with management teams, developers, lenders, investment banks, consultants, technical advisors, and other external stakeholders throughout the investment process.
• Support transaction execution, including due diligence coordination, financing analysis, term sheet evaluation, documentation, and closing processes.
• Monitor existing portfolio investments and assist with quarterly valuations, operating performance analysis, refinancing, acquisitions, and strategic initiatives .
• Identify and evaluate new investment themes within the evolving energy transition, including utility-scale solar, distributed solar, storage, grid infrastructure, electrification, and other emerging technologies .
• Contribute to sourcing efforts by developing relationships with developers, sponsors, intermediaries, industry executives, and other market participants.

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of experience in investment banking, private equity, infrastructure investing, project finance or energy investing.
• Strong preference for candidates with experience in energy, power, renewables, infrastructure, or project finance .
• Bachelor's degree in finance, economics, engineering, or a related