About The Role

Harrison Street is a leading investment management firm exclusively focused on alternative real assets.Headquartered in Chicago with offices in London, Toronto, San Francisco, and Washington DC, the Firmhas more than 600 employees and approximately $109 billion in assets under management. Clients of theFirm include a global institutional investor base domiciled in North America, Europe. Asia-Pacific, MiddleEast and Latin America.

Harrison Street is seeking to hire an Associate or Sr. Associate within our Infrastructure team that will focuson the firm’s infrastructure investment efforts. Candidates should be self-starters who possess excellentanalytical skills, superior written, research, and oral communication skills, advanced Excel capabilities, anddemonstrated experience building and maintaining complex financial models used for investmentunderwriting, valuation, financing, and asset management decisions. Critical industry skills includeknowledge of the infrastructure sectors, project finance expertise, and overall investment acumen. Theindividual must be able to effectively allocate time between multiple immediate, short-term and mediumtermtasks, meet strict deadlines, and provide analytical support for multiple people within the firm.The position is available in the firm’s Chicago office.

Responsibilities

Build from the ground up, maintain, and take ownership of detailed financial models andvaluation analyses for prospective and existing infrastructure investments, includingunderwriting assumptions, financing structures, sensitivity analyses, and investmentreturns

Lead financial modeling, underwriting, and analytical support for capital calls, financings,dispositions, refinancing opportunities, and capital improvement projects

Support the origination, underwriting, and execution of investments in infrastructure

Manage closed investments and perform related asset management responsibilities

Participate in the annual business plan and quarterly valuation process for existinginfrastructure investments

Prepare investment opportunity proposals, summaries, and approval materials for teamleadership and the firm’s Investment Committee

Drive due diligence efforts relating to investment opportunities, both internally and withthird party consultants and advisors

Participate in the process of identifying and assessing the qualifications of new andprospective operating partners, and support structuring efforts for joint ventures

Interact with joint venture partners on existing and prospective investment opportunities

Support the firm’s research team in the preparation and updating of white papers onspecialty sectors

Serve as a mentor to junior team members at the firm

Other duties as assigned

Requirements

A Bachelor’s degree is required
Prior work in private equity or investment banking related to infrastructure investment orfinance with a minimum of 3-6 years’ experienceAssociate, Sr. Associate - Infrastructure
Advanced financial modeling skills, including demonstrated ability to build, audit, andmaintain complex valuation, project finance, and investment underwriting models
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Ability to draw conclusions from research and data analysis and communicate effectively
Highly motivated, organized, disciplined and self-directed individual eager to learn allfacets of infrastructure investment