Investment Associate

4 days ago

Austin, United States CINTRA US SERVICES LLC Full time
Who is Cintra?
Cintra is the highways business unit of Ferrovial, one of the world's leading infrastructure operators committed to developing sustainable solutions. Ferrovial is listed simultaneously on 3 stock markets: USA (Nasdaq), the Netherlands (Euronext Amsterdam), and Spain (IBEX 35). Ferrovial U.S. listing represents a key step in its internationalization process and plans for growth in North America.

Cintra is the leading private-sector transportation infrastructure company in the world, with experience spanning over 55 years of innovative highway development on four continents. Today, its portfolio includes nearly 1,200 miles of managed highways globally, representing a total global investment in roadway improvements of over $24.8 billion.

We provide the maximum value in each project, managing all phases of the life cycle of our state-of-the-art infrastructure assets, such as the 407 ETR in Canada, the Managed Lanes LBJ and NTE in Texas, I-77 in North Carolina, I-66 in Virginia and our projects in Europe, South America, and India.

What makes us different?

Our people come first. We want every single employee to develop both professionally and personally. With a strong focus on growth potential, we look to our internal employees as potential candidates for both national and international opportunities. We aim to achieve greatness by promoting from within every chance we get. We work hard and play hard and strive every day for success and achievement. With a diverse group of professionals working in a fast-paced environment, we achieve milestones constantly.

Job Description:
Summary: An Investment Associate provides Cintra with financial analysis, which results key in the company's decision-making process. Its main working tool will be financial models that reflect how projects may potentially perform throughout the life of each project, revealing which investment opportunities are best for Cintra to pursue. An Investment Associate will be involved in both Cintra's business development activities and portfolio management in North America. To provide proper analysis, An Investment Associate will build the models, optimize them according to each project's needs/requirements, structure the analysis and communicate its main conclusions and investment recommendations.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Build, develop and work with financial models in Excel; financial models will be built and operated according to the operating, commercial and financial characteristics of each project.
  • When analyzing new investment opportunities, it will result key to determine the optimal financial structure, analyzing the requirements of projects, developing financial objectives based on preliminary commercial structures, and analyzing sources of finance to develop an optimum financing mix
  • Prepare and interpret complex financial information and provide financial analysis in a variety of contexts, including project bids, concession transactions and M&A activities
  • Participate, facilitate and interpret results for senior management financial according to Cintra's investment goals in terms of feasibility, profitability, and detailed financing plans
  • Preparing in-depth analysis and written documentation and presentations to senior management as part of Cintra's investments approval process. This internal approval process, especially relevant in bid and M&A projects, is run according to Cintra's internal regulations and protocols
  • Preparing Project Information Memorandum to present the project to lenders, rating agencies, equity investors or any other third parties
  • Working closely with management of projects on portfolio on specific requests and assisting them on the preparation of materials to be discussed on their board of directors
  • Working closely with external advisors such us financial advisors, tax and accounting advisors, legal advisors and financial model auditors
  • Conduct sensitivity analyses, as well as develop various cases to test the robustness of financial structures under multiple scenarios and report the results to Cintra's senior management, investment partners, and other relevant parties
  • Review and comment on procurement and financial documents, such as requests for proposal (RFPs) and project agreements, draft finance documents, etc. with high attention to detail in order to understand the unique requirements of each project
  • Participate in conducting major bid and project reviews, including pro forma preparation
  • Manage several projects at a time, which are all at different stages of development
  • Working closely with senior members of its own team and other teams; as a flat structured team you will gain an enormous learning curve when stepping into this environment
  • Perform additional job-related duties as needed

Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills & Abilities):

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required to fulfill those duties. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education & Experience:
  • Bachelor's degree required, Master's degree desired
  • 3-5+ years of experience in financial modeling and analysis is preferred
  • Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) is desired

Professional Qualities:
  • Effectively manage tasks and tight deadlines
  • Ability to interact with colleagues in a self-managed team structure
  • Superior quantitative skills
  • Superior interpersonal communication, decision-making, project management and negotiating skills
  • Must be able to multitask, problem solve, prioritize, and implement innovative processes within a fast-paced environment

Computer Skills:
  • Must be able to demonstrate computer proficiency, especially within Microsoft Excel, Word and Power Point, as well as PC based programs

Work Environment & Physical Demands:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  • The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet
  • Some travel required, may include occasional air travel
  • The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include ability to adjust focus, as necessary to use a computer
  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear
  • The employee is frequently required to stand, walk and sit

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