Legal & General Capital currently have an opportuntiy for a Clean Energy Investment Analyst to join the team on a permanent basis in London. 

To be considered for this role, candidates must have experience in clean energy investments (assets, companies and/or technology), ideally including different technologies and/or business models.

JOB DUTIES:

• A core team member supporting the Investment Managers to acquire and dispose of Direct Investments which support the Investment Strategy of LGC and comply with mandates, limits and other governance criteria:
• Responsible for the completion of investment appraisals and key due diligence work streams on an investment including:
• Undertaking commercial, technical, financial and legal due diligence work streams for prospective investments.
• Managing second line due diligence and governance assessments undertaken by specialist colleagues from across L&G to complete the required internal components of the due diligence on the investment.
• Undertake the economic valuation and modelling to deliver a quantitative appraisal of the assets in terms of expected returns and evaluation of how the structures will behave under loss scenarios and determining breakpoints for back stressing;
• Preparation and presentation of investment reports both for dissemination internally within the team and more broadly to/for group-wide committees.
• Research and analysis of technologies, markets and opportunities used to evaluate the Direct Investment pipeline and presented to  the forum for deciding on which deals are pursued.
• Input to the approval process for any acquisition or disposal to ensure it is in line with group governance policies and processes. Ensure that information provided to decision making committees is accurate and risks are clearly presented.
• Ensure all Management Information is high quality, timely and correct to support decision making, implementation of strategy and manage the asset pipeline.
• The role holder will always operate within delegated authorities, risk tolerances and other limits which apply to Direct Investment.
• Where appropriate provide analysis and administrative support to senior colleagues in carrying out their duties of a Company Director; ensure that records are maintained and that meetings are held regularly; and that the business operates effectively and competently at all levels.
• On-going management oversight of LGC clean energy portfolio investments.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Ability to perform financial statement analysis, detailed cash flow modelling of deals and familiarity with key valuation techniques (e.g. DCF) to come up with recommendations for a variety of senior audiences.
• Experience in clean energy investments (assets, companies and/or technology), ideally including different technologies and/or business models.
• Preference for experience of working with equity investors on clean energy transactions within corporate finance, private equity or infrastructure.
• Experience of managing formal Due Diligence including review of contracts, assessment of risks.
• Ability to assess risk and to work with other parties to ensure risks of an investment are understood and accepted.
• Must be commercially astute and demonstrate excellent investment appraisal and analysis skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Excellent quantitative skills and very strong MS Excel / financial modelling skills.
• Excellent report writing skills preferably using MS Word and Powerpoint.

Whatever your role, we reward ability, performance and attitude with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Our employees have a wide range of benefits including a generous pension scheme, life assurance, 22 days’ (with potential to rise to 26 days) holiday, discretionary performance related bonuses, paid overtime, a variety of share schemes, discounts at both a huge range of high street stores and our own great products, your hard work will be rewarded when you join us.

For further information about the role, please contact Stacie Burnett, UK Resourcing Lead, at stacie.burnett@landg.com