Investment Associate, Infrastructure & Climate

British International Investment; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

British International Investment plc in Singapore seeks an Investment Associate for Infrastructure & Climate. The role sits in Asia Infrastructure – British Climate Partners, focusing on renewable energy, power transmission and EV mobility across India and South-East Asia, evaluating proposals and supporting investment committees.

Candidates should bring strong financial modelling, Excel, analytical, research and valuation skills, with experience from investment banking, consulting, private

Qualifications

• Strong grounding in financial modelling, Excel, analytics and valuation.
• Experience from investment banking, consulting, private equity or credit funds focused on infrastructure is valued.
• Ability to manage multiple projects across products and sectors and meet deadlines.
• Good business communication and presentation skills.
• Evidence of relationship building and network development with external and internal contacts.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate investment proposals for deals within BII’s mandate.
• Analyse financial information relating to specific companies.
• Build or analyse financial models and conduct sensitivity analyses.
• Assist with reports for investment committee and participate in meetings.
• Conduct detailed valuations on companies using various methods.
• Assist due diligence on specific company, sector, and country.
• Prepare periodic reports and monitor investees’ financial and strategic performance.
• Undertake ad-hoc regional and sector research; travel to meet management teams and advisers.

Skills

Financial modelling

Excel

Analytical skills

Research skills

Valuation

Presentation skills

Communication

Education

Graduate programme in investment banking/consulting/private equity or credit funds

Job description

Investment Associate, Infrastructure & Climate

Team and role overview

BII’s Asia Infrastructure – British Climate Partners is part of the Infrastructure & Climate Group. The Group focuses on making equity and mezzanine in sub sectors in infrastructure such as renewable energy, power transmission and distribution and EV mobility across India and South-East Asia.

There are 5 job levels – Associate, Executive, Manager, Director & Team Head. However, the team is very flat and people at all levels are involved in the real detail, and in representational work, both to Investment Committee and externally.

Responsibilities

Evaluation of new investment proposals:

• Assessing investment proposals for deals that fit within BII’s developmental and investment mandate.
• Analysing financial information relating to specific companies.
• Building or analysing financial models and conducting sensitivity analysis.
• Assisting with reports to be presented to investment committee for approval and participating in the meetings.
• Conducting detailed valuations on companies using various methods.
• Assisting with the due diligence on a specific company, sector, and country.
• Preparing periodic reports and working with the deal teams to help in the monitoring of investees financial and strategic performance

Research:

• Undertaking research into regions, countries, and specific sectors on an ad-hoc basis. This will include providing support to sector mapping exercises.
• Undertaking research relating to specific businesses or projects including traveling to meet management teams and advisers.
• Keeping up to date with market developments and monitoring factors that can affect the markets and considering how these might affect the pipeline and portfolio companies.
• Monitoring the financial news and updating the team of material information in the target countries, sector and companies.

The Candidate

Background

• Successful candidates will have relevant prior foundational work experience in the infrastructure space. Such as graduate programme within investment banking, consulting, private equity or credit funds focused on infrastructure. In addition to a strong solid grounding in fundamental financial modelling, excel, analytical and research skills and experience in valuation.
• Exposure to emerging market finance, especially in South East Asia is a plus
• Financial analysis skills and ability to analyse a company’s financial statements and make commercial assessments;
• Ability to work on multiple projects across products and sectors while working to deadlines and managing time effectively;
• Good business communication and presentation skills;
• Evidence of relationship building and ability to develop a network of relevant external contacts, as well as internally across different teams;
• As a member of a small team, a flexible and “hands on” approach is a prerequisite;
• Candidates should be strongly motivated by BII’s development mission and ideally demonstrate some commitment to development or social goals through previous executive or non-executive activity.

Our cultural values

We look for team members who aspire, as we do, to work at our best and to be:

• Impact-led, commercially rigorous
• Tenacious in the face of challenges
• Collaborative and caring

British International Investment is committed to diversity and inclusion and welcomes all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or educational background