Associate/Sr. Associate - Infrastructure

About the role

• Harrison Street is a leading investment management firm exclusively focused on alternative real assets.
• Headquartered in Chicago with offices in London, Toronto, San Francisco, and Washington DC, the Firm has more than 600 employees and approximately $109 billion in assets under management. Clients of the
• Firm include a global institutional investor base domiciled in North America, Europe. Asia-Pacific, Middle
• East and Latin America.
• Harrison Street is seeking to hire an Associate or Sr. Associate within our Infrastructure team that will focus on the firm’s infrastructure investment efforts.

Candidates should be self-starters who possess excellent analytical skills, superior written, research, and oral communication skills, advanced Excel capabilities, and demonstrated experience building and maintaining complex financial models used for investment underwriting, valuation, financing, and asset management decisions.

Critical industry skills include knowledge of the infrastructure sectors, project finance expertise, and overall investment acumen. The individual must be able to effectively allocate time between multiple immediate, short-term and mediumterm tasks, meet strict deadlines, and provide analytical support for multiple people within the firm.

The position is available in the firm’s Chicago office.

Responsibilities

• Build from the ground up, maintain, and take ownership of detailed financial models and valuation analyses for prospective and existing infrastructure investments, including underwriting assumptions, financing structures, sensitivity analyses, and investment returns
• Lead financial modeling, underwriting, and analytical support for capital calls, financings, dispositions, refinancing opportunities, and capital improvement projects
• Support the origination, underwriting, and execution of investments in infrastructure
• Manage closed investments and perform related asset management responsibilities
• Participate in the annual business plan and quarterly valuation process for existing infrastructure investments
• Prepare investment opportunity proposals, summaries, and approval materials for team leadership and the firm's Investment Committee
• Drive due diligence efforts relating to investment opportunities, both internally and with third party consultants and advisors
• Participate in the process of identifying and assessing the qualifications of new and prospective operating partners, and support structuring efforts for joint ventures
• Interact with joint venture partners on existing and prospective investment opportunities
• Support the firm's research team in the preparation and updating of white papers on specialty sectors
• Serve as a mentor to junior team members at the firm
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree is required
• Prior work in private equity or investment banking related to infrastructure investment or finance with a minimum of 3-6 years' experience

About the role

• Advanced financial modeling skills, including demonstrated ability to build, audit, and maintain complex valuation, project finance, and investment underwriting models
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to draw conclusions from research and data analysis and communicate effectively
• Highly motivated, organized, disciplined and self-directed individual eager to learn all facets of infrastructure investment

Harrison Street does not accept unsolicited headhunter and agency resumes. Harrison Street will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with Harrison Street.