Investment Associate/Senior Associate

CrossBoundary Energy develops, owns, and operates distributed renewable energy solutions for businesses, offering cheaper and cleaner energy through power purchase and lease agreements. With a US$550M portfolio of awarded, signed, in-construction, and operating energy assets, the company boasts ~400 MWp of solar PV, wind generation, and thermal projects and ~700 MWh of battery energy storage solutions. Its clients include industry leaders like Rio Tinto, Ivanhoe, Unilever, Diageo, Heineken, and the Devki Group.

The CrossBoundary team is a unique group of people who are genuinely excited by the opportunity to make a difference in some of the most challenging and exciting markets in the world. Team members come from diverse backgrounds but share several qualities: curiosity, humility, integrity, a drive for excellence, and a bias for action. Learn more at www.crossboundary.com.

1. Fundraising: Drive group-level senior debt and subordinated debt capital raising materials and processes, including corporate and project finance models, presentations, investment memoranda, term sheet negotiation, and due diligence
2. Project finance investments: Assess and structure project investment opportunities, from early-stage leads through to financial close and COD:
3. Driving project-level structuring and fundraises for senior debt, subordinated debt, and bridge instruments
4. Ensuring projects align with portfolio objectives, return requirements, and risk appetite, and are structured to be bankable for project finance investors
5. Project development: Analysis of economics and risks within project development, financial modeling, and project contracts, to support the Project Development team in developing value-accretive projects and investments
6. Portfolio and debt facility management: Maintenance of portfolio models and tracking of investment performance metrics and debt covenants, identifying key risks before they arise and proactively proposing and executing mitigants
7. Group and project structuring: Portfolio and project-level tax, capital and corporate structuring, to deliver optimal economic outcomes
8. Investor management: Preparation of investor updates and engagement materials
9. Risk mitigation: Identification and mitigation of investment risks

1. Bachelor Degree
2. 3-6 years of previous tenure at any of the following:
3. An energy, infrastructure or project finance team of top-tier investment or commercial bank
4. A specialist financial advisory firm or investor focused on energy / infrastructure M&A or transaction advisory
5. Project finance team at a successful energy developer / IPP
6. Demonstrated transaction experience in corporate/project finance, financial modelling, due diligence, investment analysis, fundraising, and transaction execution
7. Experience in or understanding of African markets, particularly in the energy sector
8. Excellent analytical capabilities, attention to detail, and strong presentation skills
9. Demonstrated ability to project manage multiple, complex workstreams and interact with broad stakeholder groups
10. Strong communication, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills