Senior Associate, Portfolio Management

About the opportunity

Are you ready to help shape Australia's energy future? Join the CEFC as a Senior Associate, Portfolio Management and play a key role in managing a diverse portfolio of clean energy investments. You'll be part of the Asset Management team, supporting the ongoing management and reporting of investments post financial close, and driving decarbonisation outcomes across the economy.

As a Senior Associate, you'll work across a range of investment structures, including bank loans, project finance, and fixed income transactions. You'll collaborate with internal teams and external stakeholders to ensure successful delivery and performance and contribute to the continual improvement of our governance framework and processes. This is an opportunity to make a real impact on Australia's clean energy transition.

We're looking for thoughtful, driven professionals who care about sustainability and want to make a real impact. If this opportunity feels like a good fit, we'd love to hear from you, even if your experience looks a little different from what's listed.

The role you'll play:

As the Senior Associate, Portfolio Management, you'll be responsible for:

• Managing the onboarding and ongoing monitoring of investments, including satisfaction of counterparty obligations and performance targets.
• Reviewing project financial models and assessing commercial and risk implications of investment documentation.
• Managing and negotiating regular and ad-hoc counterparty requests, ensuring timely approvals and effective stakeholder engagement.
• Liaising with Finance, Risk, Legal, Analytics, Investment, Public Affairs, and Sustainability teams, as well as external counterparties, facility agents, co-financiers, lenders, and lawyers.
• Driving knowledge sharing and influencing decarbonisation outcomes, including monitoring and managing sustainability-related obligations and reporting.
• Preparing regular reporting and analysis for CEFC management and the Board, with a focus on asset performance, valuation, risk, return, and sustainability outcomes.
• Contributing to the continual improvement of Portfolio Management's governance framework, internal controls, and processes.
• Undertaking investment and portfolio analysis, including valuations for specific investments.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• A solid understanding of bank loan and fixed income transactions, with a minimum of 4-6 years relevant experience in asset or investment management, banking, project finance or credit management.
• Strong commercial acumen and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience in energy or infrastructure sectors is highly desirable.
• Demonstrated ability to analyse complex transactions, financial models, and investment documentation.
• Proven relationship-building and negotiation skills.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications in Business, Finance, Commerce, Engineering, or Law.
• Passion for sustainability, decarbonisation, and innovative financing solutions.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills, with the ability to work effectively under pressure

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Don't procrastinate We review applications when we get them, and if we discover the ideal candidate, we may close the role earlier than the advertised close date.

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About us:

We are an equal-opportunity employer who is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment. We value diverse thinking, cultures, perspectives, backgrounds, and abilities, and First Nations candidates are encouraged to apply.

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