Portfolio Associate/ Senior Associate - Development Portfolio Management Team

NextGenEnergyJobs; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

NextGenEnergyJobs in the United Kingdom seeks a senior investment professional to lead development platform modelling and portfolio oversight for renewable energy projects. You will build financial models, evaluate IRR and capital needs, and prepare materials for funding decisions and potential exits.

You will collaborate with portfolio leaders and internal experts to challenge assumptions, monitor performance, and align on value creation and governance across multiple investments.

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in private equity, infrastructure investment, renewable energy investment, investment banking or similar.
• Strong financial modelling, valuation and investment-analysis skills.
• Experience preparing investment committee or board materials.
• Good understanding of investment returns, capital allocation and risk.
• Ability to analyse complex information and provide clear recommendations.
• Strong written communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams across investments.

Responsibilities

• Develop platform financial models for development platforms and project portfolios, evaluating IRR and capital needs.
• Assess impact of development timelines, capacity, grid connectivity, and permits on returns.
• Prepare IC papers and rationale for funding, acquisitions, restructurings and exits.
• Coordinate with portfolio leadership and internal specialists to align on investment cases.
• Monitor operational and financial performance of portfolio companies against plans and budgets.
• Track development milestones including land, grid, permitting, RTB, NTP and construction.
• Review development expenditure requests and shareholder funding across projects.
• Challenge development timing, probability and cost to guide funding decisions or exits.
• Provide governance oversight, valuation and IC materials for portfolio company bolt-ons.
• Analyse sale opportunities and transaction readiness for exits or transfers into IPP structures.
• Act as board observer or steering committee member for selected portfolio companies.
• Collaborate with executives to challenge data and improve governance.

Skills

Financial modelling

Valuation

Investment analysis

Stakeholder management

Presentation

Job description

Help us make a big green dent in the universe.

Key Responsibilities

• Development Platform Modelling: Build and maintain financial models for development platforms and project portfolios, evaluating IRR, downside scenarios, and capital needs .
• Development Economics: Assess how shifts in development timelines, project capacity, grid connectivity, permitting, and route-to-market impact overall returns .
• IC Papers & Rationale: Prepare decision-focused materials for project funding, platform acquisitions, restructurings, and exits .
• Portfolio & Specialist Coordination: Work directly with portfolio company leadership and internal specialists (legal, technical, commercial) to align on investment cases .
• Portfolio Company Oversight: Monitor the operational and financial performance of portfolio companies against their approved business plans and budgets .
• Development Milestone Tracking: Track project progress through key development stage-gates, including land, grid, permitting, RTB, NTP, and construction .
• Development Spend Evaluation: Review requests for development expenditure and additional shareholder funding across competing projects and platforms .
• Stage-Gate Challenge: Rigorously challenge development timing, probability, and cost assumptions to decide whether to fund, pause, restructure, or sell projects .
• Portfolio Company Bolt-Ons: Provide shareholder oversight, valuation, and IC approval materials for acquisitions originated by portfolio companies .
• Platform & Project Exits: Analyze sale opportunities and transaction readiness for platform disposals or project transfers into operational IPP structures .
• Portfolio Company Governance: Act as a board observer or steering committee member for selected portfolio companies, reviewing reserved matters and tracking board actions .
• Management Team Relationship: Partner with portfolio company executives to challenge commercial data and improve governance consistency .
• Platform Performance Reporting: Manage quarterly reporting across all development platforms, tracking development KPIs, liquidity, and milestone delivery .
• Development Valuations: Maintain portfolio company and project valuation models, explaining value movements relative to operational delivery and market conditions .

Requirements

• Relevant experience in private equity, infrastructure investment, renewable energy investment, investment banking, corporate finance or a similar investment-led environment.
• Strong financial modelling, valuation and investment-analysis skills.
• Experience preparing investment committee, transaction or board materials.
• Good understanding of investment returns, capital allocation, risk assessment and value creation.
• Ability to analyse complex information and form clear, commercially grounded recommendations.
• Strong written communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to manage several workstreams and deadlines across multiple investments.
• High attention to detail without losing sight of the wider investment rationale.
• Confidence working with senior stakeholders, advisers and portfolio company management teams.