Infrastructure Investment Associate
Madison Hunt has been retained by a leading global institutional investor to appoint Investment Associates to its Canadian-based infrastructure investment team.
The firm's infrastructure platform has an established track record of investing in, developing and operating essential infrastructure businesses across a broad range of sectors, including transport, energy, utilities and digital infrastructure. With a significant global footprint and substantial long-term investment capital, the platform takes an active approach to identifying attractive opportunities, executing complex transactions and creating value across its portfolio.
Alongside its established infrastructure investment activities, the firm is increasingly focused on opportunities arising from the structural growth of digital infrastructure. This includes investments across data centres, compute capacity, power generation and transmission, digital connectivity and other critical infrastructure assets supporting the expansion of next-generation technologies.
The successful candidates will join a high-calibre investment team with exposure to a broad range of infrastructure strategies and transaction types. Working closely with senior investment professionals, they will play an active role across the full investment lifecycle, from market research and opportunity origination through to transaction execution, asset management and portfolio development.
Key Responsibilities Include:
- Develop and maintain detailed financial models, valuation analyses and investment return assessments across infrastructure and digital infrastructure opportunities.
- Lead and support transaction execution, including financial, commercial, operational, legal and tax due diligence.
- Prepare investment committee memoranda, transaction presentations, bid submissions and supporting investment materials.
- Evaluate complex investment structures, financing arrangements, downside scenarios and potential value creation opportunities.
- Identify and assess new investment opportunities across traditional infrastructure, digital infrastructure and emerging technology-related sectors.
- Work alongside portfolio management and operating partners to support strategic initiatives, business plan implementation and operational improvements across portfolio companies.
- Monitor portfolio performance, assessing financial and operational results against investment assumptions and identifying opportunities to enhance asset value.
- Contribute to the development of the firm's broader infrastructure investment strategy, including evaluating emerging market themes and new areas of investment.
Candidate Profile:
- 2+ years experience within investment banking, private equity, infrastructure investing, TMT or another relevant transaction-oriented environment.
- Strong financial modelling, valuation and investment analysis capabilities, with advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint.
- Strong understanding of financial statements, investment returns, transaction structuring and due diligence processes.
- Ability to assess investment opportunities from both a financial and commercial perspective, with strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
- A collaborative mindset and an appetite to contribute to a high-performing investment team operating within a global investment platform.
