Senior Investment Analyst

Connect Search, LLC; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Connect Search, LLC is seeking a Senior Investment Analyst to join a growing finance team focused on evaluating and financing large-scale energy infrastructure investments. You will build and maintain sophisticated project finance models, support budgeting and strategic capital decisions, and analyze acquisitions and market dynamics.

The ideal candidate brings 1–5+ years of finance experience, a strong background in project finance or related fields, and excellent Excel/PowerPoint skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance or a related field.
• 1-5+ years of relevant finance experience.
• Experience building sophisticated financial models from scratch.
• Strong background in project finance, investment banking, infrastructure private equity, or power/utilities finance.
• Experience building sophisticated financial models from scratch.
• Excellent Excel and PowerPoint skills.
• Strong quantitative and analytical capabilities.
• Genuine interest in power, utilities, energy infrastructure, and transmission development.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain complex project finance models to evaluate project economics, valuations, returns, revenue structures, and sensitivities.
• Develop and update corporate financial models and projections.
• Support project-level budgeting and consolidated financial planning.
• Analyze potential acquisitions, including market analysis, valuation, due diligence, and transaction structuring.
• Provide financial support for commercial contract negotiations.
• Prepare investment presentations and financial memoranda for new investment opportunities.
• Analyze market trends, regulatory developments, and industry dynamics to identify opportunities and risks.
• Partner with teams across project development, commercial analytics, engineering, accounting, legal, land, environmental, and interconnection
• Contribute to strategic capital planning and financing decisions

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication

Entrepreneurial mindset

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance or related field

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Our client is a rapidly growing, energy infrastructure investment company. Their work is focused on improving grid reliability, resiliency, and affordability while helping solve some of the country's biggest infrastructure challenges.

This is a newly created opportunity for a Senior Investment Analyst to join a growing finance team and play a key role in evaluating, modeling, and financing large-scale infrastructure investements and projects.

What You'll Do

• Build and maintain complex project finance models to evaluate project economics, valuations, returns, revenue structures, and sensitivities
• Develop and update corporate financial models and projections
• Support project-level budgeting and consolidated financial planning
• Analyze potential acquisitions, including market analysis, valuation, due diligence, and transaction structuring
• Provide financial support for commercial contract negotiations
• Prepare investment presentations and financial memoranda for new investment opportunities
• Analyze market trends, regulatory developments, and industry dynamics to identify opportunities and risks
• Partner with teams across project development, commercial analytics, engineering, accounting, legal, land, environmental, and interconnection
• Contribute to strategic capital planning and financing decisions

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor's degree in Finance or a related field
• 1-5+ years of relevant finance experience
• Strong background in project finance, investment banking, infrastructure private equity, or power/utilities finance
• Experience building sophisticated financial models from scratch
• Strong quantitative and analytical capabilities
• Experience with project valuation, financial returns, sensitivities, and/or transaction modeling
• Excellent Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Strong communication and relationship-building abilities
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment
• Highly organized and detail-oriented with strong attention to accuracy
• Genuine interest in power, utilities, energy infrastructure, and transmission development