Location
Brookfield Place - 181 Bay Street
Business - Infrastructure
Brookfield Infrastructure Group is one of Brookfield’s primary operating groups. The Infrastructure Group is one of the world’s largest infrastructure investors, owning and operating critical assets across the transport, utilities, energy, and data infrastructure sectors. The Group operates and manages approximately $262 billion of assets owned through its private funds and publicly listed entity, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. Our portfolio of assets facilitate the movement and storage of energy, water, freight, passengers and data, and are located in North and South America, Europe and the Asia Pacific regions. For more information, visit: https://www.brookfield.com/our-businesses/infrastructure
Brookfield Culture
Brookfield has a unique and dynamic culture. We seek team members who have a long-term focus and whose values align with our Attributes of a Brookfield Leader: Entrepreneurial, Collaborative and Disciplined. Brookfield is committed to the development of our people through challenging work assignments and exposure to diverse businesses.
Job Description
Brookfield is seeking an Associate, Investments to join its Infrastructure investment team in New York, with a primary focus on Brookfield’s flagship infrastructure fund series.
The Associate will be a core member of the investment team responsible for evaluating, executing and managing infrastructure investments across sectors and geographies. The role provides broad exposure to the full investment lifecycle, including origination, financial analysis and underwriting, transaction execution, financing, portfolio company strategy and asset management.
The successful candidate will work closely with senior investment professionals and Brookfield’s operating teams on complex, large-scale transactions and will have the opportunity to develop as a generalist infrastructure investor across utilities, transport, midstream and data infrastructure.
Key Responsibilities
Investment Analysis & Execution
- Evaluate potential investments across Brookfield’s core infrastructure sectors, including utilities, transport, midstream and data infrastructure.
- Develop and maintain detailed financial models, valuation analyses, financing cases and investment return scenarios.
- Assess business plans, industry dynamics, competitive positioning, contractual frameworks, capital structures and key investment risks.
- Lead and support transaction due diligence across financial, commercial, operational, legal, tax, technical and financing workstreams.
- Prepare investment committee materials and clearly articulate investment theses, key risks, value creation opportunities and expected returns.
- Support transaction structuring, financing, negotiation and execution from initial evaluation through closing.
Origination & Investment Strategy
- Conduct industry, market and company research to identify attractive investment themes and opportunities across Brookfield’s core infrastructure sectors.
- Support the sourcing and evaluation of proprietary and intermediated investment opportunities.
- Develop perspectives on sectors, geographies and individual businesses to inform investment strategy and capital deployment.
- Build and maintain relationships with management teams, industry participants, advisors and other stakeholders.
- Evaluate creative transaction structures and opportunities to establish, acquire and scale infrastructure platforms
Portfolio Management & Value Creation
- Work alongside Brookfield’s operating teams and portfolio company management teams to develop and execute strategic and operational initiatives.
- Monitor investment performance and key business and industry developments.
- Evaluate opportunities for organic growth, M&A, financing, capital investment and other value creation initiatives.
- Support strategic decision-making throughout the investment lifecycle, including business planning, capital allocation and monetization.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Partner with Brookfield investment and operating professionals globally to evaluate and execute investment opportunities.
- Coordinate with internal legal, tax, capital markets and other functional teams throughout transaction execution and asset management.
- Leverage Brookfield’s global network, sector expertise and operating capabilities to support investment underwriting and value creation.
Key Qualifications
- Approximately 2–4 years of relevant professional experience, including investment banking, private equity, infrastructure investing or another highly analytical investing or advisory role.
- Exceptional analytical and financial modelling skills, with demonstrated experience evaluating complex businesses and transactions.
- Strong commercial judgment and an ability to identify the key drivers, risks and opportunities underlying an investment.
- Demonstrated interest in infrastructure investing and the underlying sectors in which Brookfield operates.
- Highly self-motivated and intellectually curious, with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, performance-driven environment.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to synthesize complex analysis into clear and concise recommendations.
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively with colleagues, management teams and external counterparties.
- Meticulous attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams and deadlines.
- Professional, collaborative and team-oriented, with a willingness to take on significant responsibility.
- High level of proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint and strong financial modelling capabilities.
Prior experience in infrastructure, power and utilities, transportation, digital infrastructure, energy or related sectors is considered an asset but is not required.
Brookfield is committed to maintaining a Positive Work Environment that is safe and respectful; our shared success depends on it. Accordingly, we do not tolerate workplace discrimination, violence or harassment.
Position Opening Reason:
New Position
Brookfield is committed to maintaining a Positive Work Environment that is safe, respectful; our shared success depends on it. We do not tolerate workplace discrimination, violence or harassment. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and make employment decisions based on qualifications, merit, and business needs, without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable law. Applicant information is collected and handled in accordance with our Applicant Privacy Notice. As part of this commitment, we provide barrier-free and accessible employment practices in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and applicable human rights legislation. If you require a Human Rights Code-protected accommodation at any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know when contacted, and we will work with you to meet your needs.
