Associate, Energy Transition Fund, Portfolio Management Team

Do you want to join a global leader in Private Equity and Renewable Energy Infrastructure investments? If so, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) is the place for you. We are currently looking for a motivated Associate to our Energy Transition Fund, Portfolio Management Team in CIP, based in our headquarters in Copenhagen.

The Team
The Energy Transition Fund (ETF) invests globally in large scale Power-To-X (PtX) projects across technologies such as clean hydrogen, clean ammonia, carbon capture and storage (CCS) and supporting renewable energy assets including wind and solar, etc. The Portfolio Management team is responsible for owning, forecasting, reporting, and communicating fund and portfolio economics.

Working closely with the fund leadership (partner group), the team delivers high-quality decision-making materials and strategic analyses grounded in financial modelling, data-driven insights, and a deep understanding of the fund’s investments and underlying business cases. The team collaborates with a broad range of stakeholders within the ETF platform and across the wider CIP organization and engages externally with the fund’s investors. The Energy Transition Fund has a total commitment from investors of EUR 3.1bn which makes it the largest dedicated clean hydrogen fund globally.

You will be contributing to the development, structuring, and execution of CIP’s next generation renewable energy infrastructure investments with a focus on Power-to-X assets, CCS, and supporting technologies to facilitate the decarbonization of hard-to-abate sectors and industries. You will be working closely together with a highly experienced team, based in Copenhagen, Hamburg, and New York, in a stimulating and truly global environment.

The Role
As an associate you will support the strategy and decision making by building and maintaining financial models to forecast cash flows, commitments, returns and other financial KPI’s. In addition, you will also prepare high-quality reporting and presentation materials for internal and external stakeholders, and work closely with investment teams to assess the fund-level impact of new and existing projects.

Responsibilities will consist of, but are not limited to:

• Financial modelling, valuation, and structuring of the total fund portfolio and projects
• Working with internal and external advisors and partners, including legal, financial, and technical to execute investments
• Development of analysis and high-quality presentations for internal decision makers and external stakeholders
• Mentor analysts and secure the quality of their deliverables
  
  

You
The work environment at CIP is fast paced, stimulating, global, and demanding. We are therefore looking for a motivated, collaborative, and experienced professional holding a relevant master’s degree within Economics, Finance, Law, Business, Engineering, or other related fields and 1-5 years of work experience in a similar position.

Key qualifications include:

• Proficient quantitative and analytical skills and very high attention to detail
• Solid corporate finance and financial modelling experience
• Ability to organize workload efficiently while still being someone who works effectively with others with the confidence to exercise judgment appropriately, engaging with colleagues at all levels of seniority
• High level of written and oral communication abilities in English
• Ability to work well in a time-sensitive setting and manage tasks effectively
• Substantial experience with Excel and PowerPoint
• Experience with energy or infrastructure is an advantage
  
  

The process
Please apply online as soon as possible as applications will be processed on an ongoing basis. For questions related to the role, please reach out to our Talent Acquisition team at [email protected]. We do not include CV's and Cover Letters sent by email.

As we continue to improve our candidate experience, diversity and avoid unconscious bias, please avoid having a photo in your CV. We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality for all applicants.

Please be aware that we will not accept speculative CV submissions for any of our roles from recruitment agencies, and any unsolicited candidate submissions will be exempt from any payment expectations and ownership.

Building value that matters
Founded in 2012, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners P/S (CIP) today is the world’s largest dedicated fund manager within greenfield renewable energy investments and a global leader in offshore wind. To date, CIP has developed and constructed more than +50 greenfield renewable projects around the world. CIP is developing a greenfield project portfolio of ~160GW totally, and ~16 GW is in operation or under construction. CIP manages 12 funds and has to date raised approximately EUR ~32 billion for investments in energy and associated infrastructure from more than 180 international institutional investors.

CIP has a multinational team of ~500 full time employees with extensive experience and knowledge within the fields of renewable energy project development and regulated infrastructure. In addition, CIP has a broad range of competencies within corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions, engineering, construction, project development, and project management. CIP has built a prominent investment team capable of originating proprietary investment opportunities and executing projects and investments based on the team’s industrial background, large industrial network, and extensive experience in structuring, executing, and managing investments within energy infrastructure. Headquartered in Copenhagen, CIP also operates from key locations across the globe, including offices in Hamburg, Munich, London, Utrecht, New York, Tokyo, Melbourne, Luxembourg, Kuala Lumpur, Seoul and Singapore. In addition, CIP has 17 local project offices globally.

For more information, visit www.cip.com.