Investment Analyst- District Energy

Senior Investment Analyst

Salary: Competitive (experience dependent) + up to 20% performance bonus Benefits: Up to 7% matched Pension, private medical insurance, and travel insurance Hours/days per week: 37.5 hours/5 days

Place of work: Home working with occasional travel as required

Overview

Heating in buildings represents a significant share of UK carbon emissions, with millions of properties still reliant on fossil fuels. Achieving national climate targets requires a large-scale transition to low-carbon heating solutions, where district energy systems present a scalable and effective pathway.

Our client is a well-established and fast-growing developer of low-carbon energy infrastructure, focused on delivering sustainable heating solutions across urban environments. With a strong pipeline of projects and substantial capital backing, the business has rapidly expanded from early-stage operations to a significant development portfolio, with ambitious growth plans over the coming years.

The organisation is supported by experienced industry professionals with a strong track record in delivering and operating large-scale infrastructure and energy projects.

About the job

As our client continues to expand, we are seeking a Senior Investment Analyst to strengthen our portfolio‑level financial capability and ensure consistently high standards across all valuation, modelling, and investment decision activities. This role provides portfolio‑wide oversight, ensures modelling rigour and consistency, and leads financial analysis for investment cases, valuations, and financial close decisions.

The role sits within the Commercial team and works flexibly across projects, supporting the project and leadership teams to make informed decisions. We are looking for a detail-oriented candidate with a good background in data manipulation and interpretation who can communicate effectively with the wider team.

What you’ll do

• Own and maintain the valuation models, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and adherence to best‑practice modelling standards.

• Lead development of investment cases for new and existing heat network projects, including scenario analysis, long‑term forecasting, and economic returns assessment.

• Support financial close decision‑making, working with internal and external stakeholders (technical, finance, legal, investment partners).

• Review project-level models to ensure quality, robustness, and alignment with portfolio assumptions.

• Define and enforce modelling standards, templates, and QA processes across the business.

• Oversee commercial analysts in the team

• Build and maintain a portfolio-wide assumptions database (CAPEX, OPEX, demand, pricing, macro variables).

• Support funding, refinancing, and capital allocation processes.

• Conduct analysis to inform shareholder reporting, valuation movements, and business planning.

• Present insights to senior leadership, shareholders, and external partners.

What you’ll need

• Experience with energy, renewables, or infrastructure assets with a strong understanding

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• of infrastructure valuation, project finance, and investment decision frameworks.

• Experience developing and reviewing complex valuation models.

• Minimum 5 years’ experience at a private equity backed energy company, private equity or with the Big Four accounting firms

• Strong exposure to project/portfolio valuations, transaction analysis, and investment case development.

• Advanced financial modelling capability, including ability to set and enforce modelling standards.

• Excellent analytical skills and commercial judgment.

• Ability to communicate complex concepts succinctly to financial and non-financial audiences.

• Organised, self‑directed, and capable of managing competing priorities.

• High attention to detail and strong problem‑solving skills

Desirable

• Experience with district heating, renewable energy, utilities, or regulated assets.

• Experience working within a rapidly growing or investment‑backed organisation.

All applicants must be eligible to legally work in the UK