Senior Associate, Sustainable Energies

As a Senior Associate, you will play a key role in making and managing investments. You will independently lead workstreams including fundamental investment research, identifying value creation opportunities, developing recommendations, executing transactions, and monitoring and managing portfolio investments. You will have responsibility for managing relationships with internal and external Investments partners.

Team Description

CPP Investments’ Sustainable Energies Group (SEG) combines the organization’s expertise in renewables and conventional energy to position CPP Investments as the leading global energy investor. SEG has approximately $36 billion in assets, making it highly competitive and flexible in the large and dynamic global energy sector.

SEG takes advantage of growing market opportunities as the energy sector evolves and global power demand grows, especially for low-carbon energy alternatives. The group holds a diversified portfolio primarily comprised of long-term tangible assets, including renewable energy sources such as wind, solar and hydro, as well as conventional power, upstream oil & gas and energy midstream.

Accountabilities

• Support the execution of new investments opportunities with focus in North America – helping to manage/optimize existing platforms/partnerships, identifying new market opportunities, and executing new investments.
• Lead the research, analysis and evaluation of investment opportunities, managing the overall evaluation process.
• Strong deal execution capabilities. Design and manage complex diligence and execution plans, independently leading complex workstreams (commercial, technical, financial due diligence) and maintaining momentum under tight timelines.
• Perform due diligence on investment opportunities, including evaluating historical and projected financial performance, quality of management teams, investment merits and risks, regulatory environment, industry dynamics and other relevant factors.
• Lead the development of sophisticated dynamic financial models to analyze investment opportunities, including testing assumptions, sensitivities, relative value considerations and value creation pathways.
• Support asset management in Americas, building and leveraging the competencies of the Sustainable Energy Group team.
• Oversee the preparation of analytical investment reviews and recommendations, including industry overviews, written investment rationales and due diligence reviews.
• Assist in presenting investment recommendations to the Investment Committee and Board, as required.
• Assist in the development, implementation and monitoring of existing portfolios.
• Update financial models and other analytical tools to support idea generation and changes in investment views.
• Ability to build relationships across cultures/geographies, including with key advisors/partners/management teams.
• Participate in meetings with company management teams, industry experts and analysts, integrating diverse perspectives into investment recommendations.
• Liaise with investment partners (other investors) and advisors (financial, industry specialists, etc.)
• Coach, mentor and develop junior team members.
• Manage and guide the work of junior team members and contribute to departmental initiatives, processes and meetings.
• Work effectively with Sustainable Energy Group team members, investment committees and other parts of CPP Investments.
• Be part of a global team, participating in global strategic initiatives and staffing model.
• Be a strong culture carrier within the Sustainable Energy Group team, demonstrating CPP Investments’ guiding principles and the Sustainable Energy Group’s core principles of innovation, collaboration, transparency, and mutual respect.
• Leverage evolving technologies, data and analytical tools (including AI-enabled tools where appropriate) to improve insight, productivity and value-added analysis.