Vice President, Market Research

Vice President, Market Research

Vice President, Market Research

Location: Brookfield Place - 181 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario

Business: Infrastructure

Brookfield Infrastructure Group is one of Brookfield’s primary operating groups. The Infrastructure Group is one of the world’s largest infrastructure investors, owning and operating critical assets across the transport, utilities, energy, and data infrastructure sectors. The Group operates and manages approximately $191 billion of assets owned through its private funds and publicly listed entity, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. Our portfolio of assets facilitate the movement and storage of energy, water, freight, passengers and data, and are located in North and South America, Europe and the Asia Pacific regions.

Brookfield Culture: Brookfield has a unique and dynamic culture. We seek team members who have a long-term focus and whose values align with our Attributes of a Brookfield Leader: Entrepreneurial, Collaborative and Disciplined. Brookfield is committed to the development of our people through challenging work assignments and exposure to diverse businesses.

Job Description

Responsibilities:

Market Research – Transaction Due Diligence

• Lead and oversee the commercial, market and regulatory due diligence for transactions, working closely with the investment team, other functional partners and external advisors.
• Develop detailed and comprehensive assessments of a target market, industry or company to support the investment process.
• Identify and assess potential market-related opportunities and risks that can affect the investment outlook for a transaction opportunity.
• Develop high-quality presentation materials and other supporting documents to articulate diligence findings to senior management and to support the overall investment process.

Market Research – Internal Thought Leadership

• Research, analyze and evaluate the longer-term outlook of focus sectors, identifying key changes in supply-demand fundamentals or emerging opportunities and risks for infrastructure investments in these sectors.
• Conduct thematic research to help frame the longer-term investment strategy.
• Develop in-depth understanding of focus sectors and become a trusted thought partner to senior executives evaluating those sectors.
• Evaluate the macroeconomic outlook and political risk of target sectors or investments.

Market Research – Business Development & Portfolio Management

• Work with the investment team in identifying new potential transaction opportunities.
• As requested, support Brookfield senior management with strategic reviews of portfolio companies and/or commercial-related elements of corporate strategy.
• As requested, support senior executives of portfolio companies with due diligence of M&A opportunities, new market opportunities or business development activities.

Requirements:

• University education and 5+ years of relevant experience
• Research Skills: demonstrated ability to conduct research from a wide variety of primary and secondary sources, and in the process, develop a compelling thesis on the future performance of a target industry, commodity, or company
• Stakeholder management: strong ability to work collaboratively and manage expectations with internal and external stakeholders
• Communication skills: excellent verbal and writing skills; experience crafting executive briefings for senior leaders
• Modeling: solid experience building financial and market models
• Data driven, intellectual curiosity: predisposition to explore and learn, acquire data, create, and test hypotheses in different verticals across different industries
• Organization skills: ability to prioritize, share information efficiently, meet deadlines and deliver in a multi-project, fast-paced environment with changing priorities and multiple parallel assignments
• Creativity / Entrepreneurship: ability to resolve new challenges, tackle new assignments without necessarily the benefit of ready-made templates
• Analytical: ability to distill key information from extensive research; ability to argue, summarize and illustrate analyses in a presentation format; ability to make the complex, simple
• Collaborative approach: collaborative and team oriented with strong leadership
• Disciplined, attention to detail: appreciation of detail in solving puzzles and presenting information
• Technical skills: very strong writing, PowerPoint, and Excel skills.
• Candidates with backgrounds in Utilities, Transport, Power, Data, Industrial/Commodities market consulting, or management consulting are strongly encouraged to apply.

Assets:

• Infrastructure and/or commodities market research experience: exposure to the Utilities, Transport, Power, Data, Industrial/Commodities industries would represent a significant asset but is not a requirement
• Data analytics skills: demonstrable skills in Python, R, SQL are not required but highly regarded

This position is based in Toronto, Ontario and will require travel, from time to time, dependent upon project/transaction dynamics.

Brookfield is committed to maintaining a Positive Work Environment that is safe and respectful; our shared success depends on it. Accordingly, we do not tolerate workplace discrimination, violence or harassment.

Brookfield is committed to creating an accessible and inclusive organization. We are committed to providing barrier-free and accessible employment practices in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. Should you require a Human Rights Code-protected accommodation through any stage of the recruitment process, please make them known when contacted and we will work with you to meet your needs.