Private Equity Vice President
Selby Jennings · Greenville, SC · 2 days ago
FinanceFull-time
Key Responsibilities
- Build and maintain relationships with developers, operators, industry executives, advisors, and capital markets partners.
- Identify and evaluate emerging investment opportunities across power generation, renewables, grid infrastructure, and other essential service verticals.
- Support proactive sourcing initiatives and long-term pipeline development.
- Lead financial modeling, valuation analysis, and scenario planning for new opportunities.
- Manage comprehensive diligence processes (technical, commercial, regulatory, legal, tax, ESG).
- Oversee third-party advisors and coordinate internal workstreams throughout the deal lifecycle.
- Develop high-quality investment materials and present findings to senior leadership and committees.
- Partner with portfolio company management teams to monitor operational performance and execute strategic priorities.
- Track KPIs, analyze financial and operational data, and identify opportunities for optimization.
- Support growth initiatives including add-on acquisitions, platform expansion, and refinancing activities.
- Conduct ongoing research on market trends, regulatory developments, regional power markets, and infrastructure subsectors.
- Develop thematic investment theses aligned with the firm's mandate and long-term strategy.
- Provide insights that help shape overall portfolio direction and capital allocation.
Qualifications
- 6-10+ years of experience in private equity, project finance, investment banking, infrastructure investing, or corporate development.
- Strong financial modeling, valuation, and analytical capabilities.
- Experience leading or managing transaction workstreams, ideally within power, energy transition, utilities, or infrastructure.
- Clear, concise communication abilities with comfort presenting to senior leadership and external stakeholders.
- Deep sector familiarity with power markets, renewable development, grid infrastructure, or essential service assets (preferred).
- Experience within permanent capital or long-duration investment environments (preferred).
- Ability to operate effectively in lean, high-responsibility team structures.
- Understanding of infrastructure-specific risk drivers (PPA structures, interconnection, merchant exposure, regulatory dynamics) (preferred).