Senior Investment Analyst

Eden Scott; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Pension

Other benefits

Job summary

Eden Scott in Glasgow is seeking a Senior Investment Analyst to support the financial and economic assessment of energy infrastructure projects and the review of the existing asset portfolio performance. You will build long-range financial models that cover capex, operating costs, tariffs, volumes, inflation and cash flows.

You will forecast revenues and cash flows, test tariff scenarios, support asset valuations and compare actual performance with original investment assumptions, collaborating

Qualifications

• Experience in electricity, renewable energy or infrastructure investment.
• Strong financial, economic or investment-modelling abilities with Excel.
• Ability to perform long-range forecasting and ROI analysis.
• Professional qualifications such as CFA or accounting preferred or in progress.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain long-range financial and investment models forecasting revenues, costs and cash flows.
• Model tariff and pricing scenarios, run scenario and sensitivity analyses and support asset valuations.
• Analyse performance across installed assets, orderbook and pipeline against original assumptions.
• Contribute to investment cases, papers and presentations with cross-functional teams.
• Support deployment of company capital reserves in a sensible and profitable way.

Skills

Financial modelling

Forecasting

Investment analysis

Valuations

Long-range forecasting

Education

CFA charterholder or in progress

Accountant qualification (CA/ACCA/CIMA) or equivalent

Economist with modelling experience

Tools

Excel

Job description

Senior Investment Analyst, Glasgow, £40K-£60K DOE + bonus + pension + other benefits

As Senior Investment Analyst, you will support the financial and economic assessment of energy infrastructure projects and the ongoing review of the existing asset portfolio performance. You will both invest in new projects and report on the performance of existing projects in the energy sector. You will build and maintain financial models that bring together assumptions covering capital expenditure, operating costs, asset renewal, tariffs, connection volumes, demand, inflation, cash flows and investment returns.

• Building and maintaining long-range financial and investment models: forecasting revenues, costs and cash flows.
• Modelling regulated tariff and pricing scenarios, running scenario and sensitivity analysis and supporting project-specific asset valuations.
• Analysing performance across installed assets, orderbook and pipeline and you will compare actual asset performance with original investment assumptions.
• Contributing to investment cases, papers and presentations, working across commercial, finance, technical and operational colleagues.
• The ultimate objective is to support activities that lead to sensible, sustainable and profitable deployment of company capital reserves.

• Experience gained in electricity, renewable energy, infrastructure investment, consulting firms supporting these sectors or professional services firms.
• Knowledge of project finance, corporate finance, investment management, economic analysis or other relevant experience using financial modelling skills.
• You will be comfortable with valuations, assumptions testing, long-range forecasting and taking a longer-term view of ROI.
• Strong financial, economic or investment-modelling ability is a must have, and confidence in using Excel for detailed analytical work.
• You may be CFA qualified or studying towards CFA, a qualified or part-qualified accountant, or an economist with relevant modelling experience.
• Equivalent practical experience will be fully considered.