Associate/Sr. Associate - Infrastructure

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 Firm
has more than 600 employees and approximately $109 billion in assets under management. Clients of the
Firm include a global institutional investor base domiciled in North America, Europe. Asia-Pacific, Middle
East and Latin America.
Harrison Street is seeking to hire an Associate or Sr. Associate within our Infrastructure team that will focus
on the firm’s infrastructure investment efforts. Candidates should be self-starters who possess excellent
analytical skills, superior written, research, and oral communication skills, advanced Excel capabilities, and
demonstrated experience building and maintaining complex financial models used for investment
underwriting, valuation, financing, and asset management decisions. Critical industry skills include
knowledge of the infrastructure sectors, project finance expertise, and overall investment acumen. The
individual must be able to effectively allocate time between multiple immediate, short-term and mediumterm
tasks, 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 and
valuation analyses for prospective and existing infrastructure investments, including
underwriting assumptions, financing structures, sensitivity analyses, and investment
returns

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 existing
infrastructure investments

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

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

Participate in the process of identifying and assessing the qualifications of new and
prospective 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 on
specialty 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 or
finance with a minimum of 3-6 years’ experience
Associate, Sr. Associate - Infrastructure

Advanced financial modeling skills, including demonstrated ability to build, audit, and
maintain 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 all
facets of infrastructure investment

Harrison Street is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to veteran status, uniform service member status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information or any other protected class under federal, state, or local law. If you require accessibility assistance applying for open positions, please contact our ADA Accessible Line at (312) 920-0500 or careers@harrisonst.com. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations. Harrison Street does not accept unsolicited headhunter and agency resumes. Harrison Street will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with Harrison Street.