Renewable Energy Investment Analyst

ImpactAlpha Inc.; Jakarta Pusat; Hybrid; IDR 240,000,000 - 360,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Global network access

Diversity & inclusion

Affinity groups

Flexible working hours

Job summary

World Resources Institute (WRI) in Jakarta, Indonesia, is hiring a Renewable Energy Investment Analyst to support the MENTARI strand. The hybrid role combines project screening, financial analysis, and market research to accelerate low‑carbon energy deployment.

You will work with government, PLN, developers, and financiers, travel across Indonesia, and help produce investment materials while ensuring GEDSI/ESG considerations are integrated.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, business administration, engineering, or related field.
• Minimum of four years of relevant professional experience in renewable energy, sustainable infrastructure, or project development.
• Strong analytical and financial modeling skills.
• Proficiency in Bahasa Indonesia and English.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and analyze the MENTARI project pipeline and related data.
• Perform project screening, readiness diagnostics, and financial analyses.
• Prepare investor materials and briefs for engagement with sponsors and financiers.
• Collaborate with diverse teams and travel within Indonesia as required.
• Ensure GEDSI/ESG considerations are integrated into analyses.

Skills

Excel

PowerPoint

Financial modeling

English

Bahasa Indonesia

Data analysis

Investment readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in finance

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Financial modeling tools

Job description

About World Resources Institute (WRI)

World Resources Institute is an independent global research organization dedicated to improving people’s lives, protecting and restoring nature, and stabilizing the climate. The organization operates with more than 2,000 staff members working on the ground in more than a dozen focus countries and with partners across more than 50 nations worldwide. WRI leverages its data, expertise, and global reach to influence policy and catalyze transformative change across critical systems including food, land and water; energy; and cities. The organization’s mission is to move human society to live in ways that protect Earth’s environment and its capacity to provide for the needs and aspirations of current and future generations. WRI is guided by five core values: Independence, Integrity, Impact, Partnership, and Care. These principles inform all aspects of the organization’s work and culture. WRI is deeply committed to advancing gender and social equity for human well-being as part of its mission, including equal opportunities in employment. The organization maintains a strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, ensuring that all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, age, caste, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, or protected Veteran status. The organization operates as a trusted partner for change, using research-based approaches to meet people’s essential needs, protect and restore nature, stabilize the climate, and build more resilient communities.

About this Role

The Renewable Energy Investment Analyst position is part of the Energy and Sustainable Business Program, which works to accelerate Indonesia’s transition toward a low-carbon economy while supporting continued economic development. This hybrid role is based in Jakarta and requires approximately eight days per month in the office, with flexibility for remote work. The position involves supporting the Investment Support Manager and Investment Support Lead in delivering the MENTARI Investment Support Strand, a UK-Indonesia low‑carbon energy partnership delivered by the Humanis‑WRI Indonesia Consortium. The role delivers analytical and project-level support across multiple dimensions of renewable energy project development, including pipeline development, project screening, investment‑readiness diagnostics, financial and commercial analysis, technical assistance preparation, and investor/financier engagement. The analyst will work with renewable energy and eligible low‑carbon energy projects across different technologies and scales, maintaining and analyzing project data, reviewing project documentation, developing and quality‑checking project screening and readiness assessments, conducting financial modeling and commercial analysis, preparing concise project materials, and tracking investor and market feedback. The Energy and Sustainable Business Program operates in collaboration with industries and industrial parks, business associations, key ministries, PLN, financial institutions, and other partners to provide technical assistance and capacity building to businesses, support policy and regulatory improvements that enable greater renewable energy integration into the grid, and help strengthen the investment ecosystem needed for renewable energy projects to scale. The MENTARI project specifically aims to strengthen Indonesia’s renewable energy enabling environment through two mutually reinforcing strands: Policy Reform and Investment Support. Gender Equality, Disability, and Social Inclusion considerations, environmental and social governance, adaptive management, and institutional capacity strengthening are embedded across program delivery. The analyst will work closely with project sponsors, consultants, government institutions, PLN, financiers, development partners, and other market actors. The position requires travel to project locations across Indonesia and a commitment to ensuring that GEDSI and ESG considerations are meaningfully incorporated into project selection, preparation, stakeholder engagement, and investment decision‑making.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and analyze the MENTARI project pipeline, including project profiles, sponsor information, technology, capacity, development stage, key documents, identified gaps, and next actions
• Conduct project revalidation and screening by applying minimum-data requirements, eligibility criteria, prioritization factors, and readiness assessment tools, documenting the analytical basis for recommendations
• Review project documentation and identify gaps across technical, commercial, financial, regulatory, land, permitting, grid/interconnection, ESG/GEDSI, and implementation dimensions
• Prepare project‑readiness diagnostics and Project Preparation Action Plans, including clear identification of decision‑critical gaps and proposed technical‑assistance needs
• Conduct market and stakeholder research to identify potential project opportunities through engagement with government, PLN, developers, financiers, development partners, industry associations, and other relevant sources
• Review and, where required, build or update project financial analyses covering CAPEX, OPEX, revenues, cash flows, IRR, NPV, debt‑service capacity, financing assumptions, and sensitivity/scenario analysis
• Assess the consistency of key assumptions, identify key drivers, and flag downside risks in financial analyses
• Assess project revenue models, tariff/offtake assumptions, cost structures, financing requirements, and indicative commercial viability using available project information
• Support preparation and review of investor‑facing materials, including project summaries, investment‑readiness notes, lender information packages, investment memoranda, and data‑room checklists
• Research and assess appropriate financing options and relevant capital providers, including commercial banks, PT SMI/IIF, MDBs/DFIs, impact and catalytic capital, strategic investors, corporate off‑takers, and other appropriate financiers
• Capture and synthesize investor/financier feedback and translate it into implications for project preparation, screening criteria, and financing pathways
• Prepare technical scopes of work, workplan inputs, assignment briefs, and project‑specific documentation for technical‑assistance activities under the guidance of the Investment Support Manager/Lead
• Coordinate and consolidate analytical inputs from technical, financial, legal, ESG/GEDSI, engineering, and other specialist consultants, and support quality review of their deliverables
• Track project‑preparation actions, deliverables, timelines, data requests, and outstanding decisions, and flag delays or issues that may affect project progression
• Contribute to analysis of potential project bundling or aggregation opportunities where smaller projects may benefit from shared preparation or financing structures
• Prepare concise briefing notes, meeting materials, project summaries, presentations, and analytical inputs for engagement with project sponsors, investors, government counterparts, PLN, and development partners
• Maintain clear records of stakeholder engagement, investor feedback, project decisions, and evidence required for MREL and program reporting
• Contribute to weekly portfolio reviews, quarterly reporting, lessons learned, and policy/market feedback by identifying recurring project‑development and financing barriers
• Support integration of GEDSI/ESG considerations into screening, readiness diagnostics, project preparation, and investor materials in coordination with the GEDSI team

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, business administration, engineering, energy systems, infrastructure planning, public policy, sustainable development, or related field
• Minimum of four years of relevant professional experience in renewable energy, sustainable infrastructure, project finance, banking, transaction advisory, financial advisory, investment readiness, or project development
• Demonstrated analytical experience with project screening, financial analysis, feasibility assessment, investment readiness, due diligence, or related project‑development work
• Working understanding of the renewable energy project‑development cycle, including feasibility, permitting, commercial and contractual structures, off‑take arrangements, financing, implementation, and operations
• Working knowledge of project‑finance concepts and investment metrics, including CAPEX, OPEX, cash flow, NPV, IRR, debt sizing, DSCR or equivalent debt‑service measures, and sensitivity analysis
• Ability to review key financial‑model assumptions, identify key value drivers and risks, and assess implications for project viability and bankability
• Ability to interpret technical, commercial, financial, regulatory, ESG/GEDSI, and implementation information and translate it into concise decision‑oriented analysis
• Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills with experience in financial modeling and structured data analysis
• Strong writing, research, project organization, and problem‑solving skills, with close attention to data quality and documentation
• Ability to communicate research approaches and findings effectively to internal audiences using compelling presentation skills
• Proficiency in Bahasa Indonesia and English, both written and verbal
• Ability to engage with relevant stakeholders to obtain, validate, and clarify information needed to identify project development or investment gaps
• Ability to work collaboratively under the direction of the Investment Support Manager and Investment Support Lead while independently managing assigned analyses and deliverables
• Ability and willingness to travel within Indonesia as required
• Legal authorization to work in Indonesia (existing work authorization required at time of application; WRI does not sponsor visa work sponsorship for this position)

Benefits

• Salary commensurate with experience and skills
• Competitive and comprehensive benefit package
• Access to the WRI global network with the opportunity to exchange with and learn from passionate colleagues working at the cutting edge of their fields
• A workplace that strives to put diversity and inclusion at the heart of its work
• The opportunity to join and get involved in different working groups and affinity groups to shape the future of WRI
• Commitment to hybrid working model with flexible working hours