Senior Analyst, Origination & Execution

Cubico Sustainable Investments is seeking a Senior Analyst for their Origination & Execution team in London. This full-time role involves building complex financial models, supporting business development, and analyzing investment opportunities in renewable energy projects. Candidates should have a strong academic background in relevant fields, excellent financial modeling skills, and experience in M&A or corporate finance. The position offers significant responsibility and career development opportunities.
Senior Analyst, Origination & Execution

Department: Origination & Execution (M&A)

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: London (UK)

Description
We are looking for a Senior Analyst to join the European Origination and Execution team at Cubico. The Senior Analyst role plays a key part in supporting the senior investment professionals in the firm. The core pillar of the role is to build and maintain complex financial models to support investment transactions.

The Senior Analyst will support business development with fast, focussed analysis and judge the right level of detail required for each decision. Additionally, the Senior Analyst will be involved in the various transaction and financing processes, be it acquisitions or the commercialisation of our own development projects.

Based from our London headquarters, you will be part of a dynamic team and will be given a great deal of responsibility and opportunity to develop your career over time. The role requires a proactive, inquisitive and flexible mindset.

Key Responsibilities
• Prepare financial models for the development, acquisition and project financing of renewable energy projects based on project-specific characteristics and assumptions.
• Support due diligence review of potential new investment opportunities.
• Analyse and compare investment opportunities, utilizing discounted cash flow.
• Initial quantitative and qualitative appraisal of transactions to establish whether specific investment opportunities are worth pursuing.
• Research and analysis of industry information, technical and financial data.

Key Stakeholders:
• Head of O&E EMEA
• Head of Financial Analysis
• Country Heads in Europe
• Other Functional Departments especially the Legal Team, Finance Team & the Technical Team

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
• The ideal candidate will have an academic background in Mathematics, Engineering, Finance or similar degrees.
• Strong academic background.
• Excellent financial modeller – able to construct models from scratch, operate and manage them.
• Demonstrable execution and M&A experience in renewable energy or Infrastructure (advantageous).
• Familiarity with project finance structures and process (advantageous).
• Experience in corporate finance / accountancy is desirable.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy with excellent analytical skills.
• Entrepreneurial mindset, proactive and flexible.
• Practical and commercial approach.
• Ability to manage multiple and shifting priorities.
• Team player able to thrive in a cross-cultural environment.
• Fluency in any other European language is a plus.