Investment Analyst, Infrastructure Debt

Investment Analyst, Infrastructure Debt

Who we’re looking for

Do you want to be at the heart of the energy transition and develop your career in a fast-growing asset class? Our Infrastructure Debt franchise at Schroders Capital is growing, and we are looking for an early-career professional to join our team in London.

As part of Schroders Capital Infrastructure Debt, you will support senior team members in the origination, structuring and execution of infrastructure debt investments on behalf of institutional investors. The team focuses on three main investment themes: essential infrastructure, energy transition and digital transformation.

You will have the opportunity to work on infrastructure transactions across a range of sectors, including transportation (roads, airports and seaports), communication infrastructure (towers and fibre), social infrastructure (health and education), and renewable energy.

Schroders Capital

Schroders Capital is the private markets business of Schroders, with $97bn of assets under management. We work as a global network of specialised, entrepreneurial teams, combining global perspective with local market expertise to serve institutional and private wealth clients.

Our offering spans private markets and provides access to capabilities across private debt and credit alternatives, real estate equity, private equity and infrastructure equity. We create bespoke solutions for institutional clients and provide scalable capabilities across the spectrum of risk, return and sustainability and impact objectives.

Schroders Capital is the private markets investment division of Schroders Group. With $97bn AUM and 725 investment professionals across 25 locations globally, we offer clients direct investment capabilities and broader solutions across private market asset classes, including Private Equity, Infrastructure Debt & Equity, Real Estate, Venture Capital, securitised products, Insurance-linked Securities and Impact Investing, through commingled funds and customised private asset mandates.

The team

The role will be positioned within the Infrastructure Debt team. Since forming in 2015, Schroders Capital Infrastructure Debt has raised and invested over €6bn in senior debt and junior debt, focusing on core European infrastructure assets.

The team comprises 27 employees based in Paris and London and is experiencing rapid growth. You will join a collaborative, specialist team with exposure to infrastructure debt investments across Europe and the opportunity to learn from experienced investors in a growing asset class.

What you’ll do

As an Investment Analyst, you will use your expertise in banking, M&A, project finance and/or infrastructure asset modelling to support Fund and Investment Managers in deal sourcing, structuring and execution.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Supporting the origination, structuring and execution of infrastructure debt investments
• Monitoring relevant market data and infrastructure investment themes
• Reviewing complex financial models and supporting cash flow analysis
• Participating in due diligence processes across new transactions
• Preparing transaction documentation and supporting analysis
• Designing and producing presentations, investment memoranda and other materials for internal audiences, including investment and reporting committees
• Preparing analysis and materials for external audiences, including investors
• Supporting asset management activity, including portfolio management and waiver requests
• Contributing to the team’s growing ESG, Sustainability and Impact activities

The knowledge, experience and qualifications you need

• Strong academic credentials, ideally including a master’s degree in finance, economics, engineering or a related discipline
• Strong corporate finance fundamentals, including cash flow analysis and financial modelling
• Up to two years’ relevant experience within Infrastructure Debt or Equity, Project Finance, private markets, M&A or a directly related industry such as energy, utilities or infrastructure
• Strong interest in infrastructure, private markets and the energy transition
• Excellent attention to detail and the ability to work with complex information

The knowledge, experience and qualifications that will help

• Proficiency in Excel
• Prior financial modelling experience
• Exposure to project finance, infrastructure investment, credit analysis or transaction execution
• Understanding of ESG, sustainability and impact themes within infrastructure or private markets

What you’ll be like

• Highly analytical, numerate and intellectually curious
• A strong written communicator, able to produce clear and concise analysis
• Collaborative and comfortable working in a flat team structure
• Motivated to learn and develop within a specialist investment team
• Detail-oriented, organised and able to manage competing priorities
• Proactive, adaptable and comfortable working in a fast-growing area of the market

Inclusion and diversity

Diversity of thought, facilitated by an inclusive culture, helps us make better decisions and better achieve our purpose. Inclusion and diversity are a strategic priority for us, and we are an equal opportunities employer.