Job Description
Associate, Infrastructure at Harrison Street summary:
The Associate, Infrastructure at Harrison Street supports infrastructure investment efforts by underwriting, executing, and managing investments while preparing financial models and valuation analyses. The role involves due diligence, capital management, joint venture coordination, and mentoring junior team members within a leading alternative real assets investment firm. Candidates require strong analytical, financial modeling, communication skills, and experience in infrastructure finance or private equity.
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 280-employees and approximately $55 billion (JH1) 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 within our Infrastructure team that will focus on the firm's infrastructure investment efforts. Candidates should be self-starters who possess excellent analytical skills, a strong understanding of and demonstrated experience with Excel and financial modeling, and superior written, research, and oral communication skills. 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 medium-term tasks, changing priorities, and strict deadlines, and provide analytical support for multiple people within the firm. The position is available in the firm's Chicago office.
Responsibilities - Support the origination, underwriting, and execution of investments in infrastructure
- Manage closed investments and perform related asset management responsibilities
- Prepare and maintain financial models and valuation analyses for prospective investments
- Participate in the annual business plan and quarterly valuation process for existing infrastructure investments
- Provide analytical support for capital calls, financings, dispositions and capital improvement projects
- Prepare investment opportunity proposals, summaries, and approval materials for team leadership and the firm's Investment Committee
- Support 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 3-5 years' experience
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint
- Ability to draw conclusions from research and data analysis and communicate those effectively
- Highly motivated, organized, disciplined and self-directed individual eager to learn all facets of infrastructure acquisitions.
$93,000 - $115,000 a year
For Illinois Only: The expected base salary range for this position is $93,000 to $115,000. Actual salaries may vary based on a number of factors, including skills, experience, and qualifications.
In addition to base salary, total compensation at Harrison Street includes a generous discretionary bonus, along with a comprehensive range of benefits - including medical, financial, and wellness programs - designed to support our employees both professionally and personally.
Harrison Street is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to veteran status, uniform service member status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information or any other protected class under federal, state, or local law.
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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 Real Estate, LLC.
Keywords:
infrastructure investment, financial modeling, asset management, investment analysis, project finance, due diligence, private equity, portfolio management, financial valuation, investment strategy
Job Tags
Temporary work, Work at office, Local area, Immediate start,