Portfolio Analyst

What you'll do

• Equity investment modelling: You will proactively monitor your assigned portfolio companies and/or renewable energy assets through creating, maintaining and improving portfolio company and operational asset models. You will deliver accurate and timely quarterly valuations, updating models and undertaking detailed assumptions reviews and checking outputs from peers. You will prepare and present valuation papers to the Valuation Committee for approval and sign off. You will maintain a close relationship with Asset Managers to understand underlying Asset Performance. You will monitor investor returns, track record and other fund KPIs, ensuring accurate data and informative forecasts. You will ensure any new acquisitions you are assigned are onboarded into the Fund Management Team effectively. You will do this on using Power BI/Excel Models.
• Cashflow forecasting: You forecast cash within your assigned portfolios and work with the Senior Portfolio Manager to provide a coherent and accurate cashflow forecast across all invested assets. 
• Debt modelling You will understand the debt structures in place within your asset portfolios and ensure that all lender requirements are understood and complied with. You will work with the Investments team on project finance where appropriate and build your knowledge in this area. 
• Audit support You will respond to Fund-level audit requests providing accurate data, supporting evidence and analysis in a timely manner.
• Portfolio Management You will be required to follow processes and conduct analysis relevant to your portfolios including FX, Interest Rate Swaps, Cash Products working with Finance and the Investments team to ensure these deliver fund mandates.
• Risk Management: You will support the Senior Portfolio Manager ensure that the fund is governed correctly, providing input into papers for relevant Boards, ensuring accurate information. You will start to understand the risks associated with the portfolio and proactively monitor, escalate and mitigate. 
• Investor Reporting: You will coordinate and input into the creation of investor reports and outputs that we can be proud of, ensuring that the information provided is accurate and relevant. 
• Continuous Improvement: You will look for improvements in the way we do things, driving forward consolidation, simplification and automation where possible to drive better outcomes for our investors, working on Fund Management Projects as appropriate

What you'll need

• Minimum of 2 years working experience
• In-depth knowledge and skillset in valuing assets and/portfolio companies, discounted cash-flow modelling and debt modelling. A modelling test will be part of the recruitment process.
• An understanding of fund management processes for debt and equity across private funds 
• Previous experience of working in the renewables sector or infrastructure real assets
• Experience of creating high quality investor outputs
• Excellent financial acumen, CFA qualification considered advantageous.

And to really stand out from the crowd, you will display the following qualities and characteristics:

• Thrive in a fast moving business, able to see solutions where others see problems, passionate about improving processes, models and customer outcomes. Excited, not overwhelmed by a challenge.
• Excellent verbal and written skills, able to distil and seek out insightful analysis 
• Active listener and communicator, able to demonstrate the ability to manage stakeholders 
• Passionate about the detail, taking accountability for the accuracy of every output.
• Able to plan ahead but also work under pressure, always delivering to deadlines.
• Able to collaborate. A team player, flexible in approach and able to support others as necessary.

💚 Why else you'll love it here

• 💰 Wondering what the salary for this role is? Just ask us! On a call with one of our recruiters it's something we always cover as we genuinely want to match your experience with the correct salary. The reason why we don't advertise is because we honestly have a degree of flexibility and would never want salary to be a reason why someone doesn't apply to Octopus - what's more important to us is finding the right octofit!
• 🎉 Octopus Energy Group is a unique culture. An organisation where people learn, decide, and build quicker. Where people work with autonomy, alongside a wide range of amazing co-owners, on projects that break new ground. We want your hard work to be rewarded with perks you actually care about! We were recently named the UK's top company to work for, and we ranked in the top ten in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2024. Our Group CEO, Greg has recorded a podcast about our culture and how we empower our people. We’ve also been placed in the top 10 companies for senior leadership