Investment Associate – Energy Team

Triple Point is seeking an Investment Associate for its Energy Team in London. The role involves evaluating investments in renewable energy, building financial models, drafting proposals, and supporting transaction execution. Candidates should have over three years of experience in energy transition investments, strong financial analysis skills, and proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint. The company values curiosity, generosity, thoughtful action, teamwork, and ownership.
Triple Point was founded in 2004 with the belief that connecting investing insights with the right resources and partners can deliver powerful solutions. Today, we manage more than £3.6 billion of assets for a broad range of investors, through four distinct investment strategies: Social Housing, Clean Heat, Private Credit and Venture. These are all areas where our expertise, empathy and resourcefulness make a real difference in unlocking long-term value.

There are 250 of us at Triple Point and our distinctiveness comes from our ability to connect the dots to get to the heart of any challenge, which makes us an essential partner to our clients and our investors, while leaving the world demonstrably better than we found it. We take our commitments seriously, which is why we’re a certified B-Corp and signed up to the Principles for Responsible Investment.

There are five values we uphold as especially important in all our people, Stay Curious, Be Generous, Take Thoughtful Action, Pull Together and Own It - by upholding these values we continue building a high performing organisation.

The Team

The Triple Point Energy team manages a number of pools of capital, all with a mandate to accelerate the transition to Net Zero. The funds we manage are invested into both debt and equity investments.

Following rapid growth in our investment activities we are seeking an Investment Associate to join our growing investment team. The ideal candidate will have experience in making investments into the renewable energy and energy transition sectors. This role offers an exciting opportunity to work at the intersection of finance and sustainable energy, helping to accelerate the global transition to clean energy through innovative financing solutions.

Key Responsibilities
• Evaluating new potential investments through investment analysis and understanding the dynamics of the relevant energy transition sectors
• Building financial models including project finance/ debt structures
• Review and analysis of target financial statements and forecasts
• Support with drafting investment proposals and investment committee presentations with support and input from investment directors
• Involved in full transaction execution including supporting the negotiation of key terms and documentation
• Understanding and optimising the project contractual structures from a financial perspective
• Support with ESG risk and opportunity analysis

Portfolio
• Support with asset valuation reviews
• Monitoring and review of investment performance
• Support in documentation management

Other
• Conduct research on selected sectors or market segments to identify and support the origination of potential investment opportunities
• Support the wider Energy Investment team in the delivery of their objectives and responsibilities such as fundraising
• Provide assistance in transaction administration, ensuring compliance of internal procedures

Experience
• 3years + of relevant experience in energy transition investment
• Strong financial modelling and analysis, including debt finance / project finance structures
• Sound understanding of different debt financing structures
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint

Preferred Experience
• Experience in renewables and/or storage assets in the UK, and or Europe
• Have a grasp of renewable project commercials, understand project risks and associated management.

Personal Qualities
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
• Ability to work autonomously and take initiative to independently problem solve
• Excellent interpersonal skills; ability to work with people at all levels of the business
• A professional with integrity, honesty and a strong work ethic
• Ability to be flexible, possess the desire to learn and evolve with the business
• Passion for sustainable energy and climate solutions