A leading private investment firm focused on transportation infrastructure and asset-intensive businesses is seeking an Investment Associate to join its New York investment team.
The firm invests opportunistically across transportation, infrastructure, and real asset sectors, including rail and rail leasing, freight and logistics, aviation and aerospace, airlines, marine transportation, shipping, ports, equipment leasing, and other industrial infrastructure businesses. The strategy is grounded in fundamental investing, underwriting durable cash flows, and partnering with management teams to drive long-term value creation
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The Associate will play a core role across all aspects of the investment process, with significant responsibility from day on
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Responsibilit
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Lead and support detailed financial modeling, valuation, and investment underwriting across new opportuni - tiesConduct rigorous due diligence, including commercial, operational, and financial anal
- ysisEvaluate business models, unit economics, and long-term cash flow durability of asset-heavy busine
- ssesPrepare investment committee materials, transaction memos, and presentation mater
- ialsSupport execution of acquisitions, including coordination with management teams, advisors, lenders, and legal cou
- nselAssist in structuring transactions and negotiating key deal terms alongside senior inves
- torsMonitor portfolio company performance and help drive operational and strategic value creation initiat
- ivesAnalyze ongoing financial and operating performance and identify levers to improve ret
- urnsSupport sourcing efforts through market mapping, thematic research, and direct outreach sup
port
Qualifica
- tions
2–4 years of experience in investment banking, private equity, infrastructure investing, transportation investing, or project f - inanceStrong financial modeling, valuation, accounting, and deal execution
- skillsDemonstrated interest in asset-heavy, cash flow–oriented busi
- nessesExperience covering or exposure to transportation, aviation, aerospace, logistics, industrials, infrastructure, or leasing sectors strongly pre
- ferredHigh intellectual curiosity with ability to think like an investor rather than a tech
- nicianStrong written and verbal communication skills, with ability to synthesize complex analysis into clear investment concl
- usionsAbility to manage multiple live transactions in a fast-paced, deal-driven envir
- onmentBachelor’s degree with a strong academic
record
Preferred Back
- grounds
Investment banking (M&A, Industrials, Infrastructure, Transportation, Leveraged Finance, Project - Finance)Private equity, infrastructure, credit, or real assets investing ex
- perienceExposure to underwriting or investing in long-duration, cash-flowing industrial or transportatio
n assets
