What are the responsibilities and job description for the Vice President, Investment Team position at Selby Jennings?
Vice President, Investments
Overview:
A leading energy-focused organization is seeking a Vice President to join its principal investing team. The group deploys its own balance sheet capital across energy, power, infrastructure, natural resources, and energy transition opportunities, providing a flexible investment mandate across equity, structured capital, joint ventures, and M&A transactions. This role offers significant responsibility across the full investment lifecycle, from origination and underwriting through execution and portfolio management.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and execute investments across acquisitions, growth equity, structured capital solutions, joint ventures, and strategic partnerships.
- Perform detailed financial analysis, valuation, and investment underwriting to support transaction and capital allocation decisions.
- Coordinate commercial, financial, operational, legal, tax, and technical diligence processes.
- Support negotiation of transaction documentation and commercial agreements alongside advisors and counterparties.
- Prepare investment memoranda and recommendations for senior management and investment committees.
- Partner with internal stakeholders to evaluate opportunities and ensure investments align with broader commercial objectives.
- Assist with portfolio company oversight, value creation initiatives, refinancing efforts, capital planning, and exit preparation.
- Develop relationships with management teams, advisors, lenders, investors, and other industry participants.
- Mentor and oversee junior team members throughout the investment process.
Qualifications:
- 7 years of experience in private equity, principal investing, infrastructure investing, corporate development, investment banking, or related investment roles.
- Demonstrated experience executing transactions from evaluation through closing.
- Strong financial modeling, valuation, and transaction structuring skills.
- Experience within energy, power, infrastructure, natural resources, or other asset-intensive sectors preferred.
- Strong commercial judgment, communication skills, and ability to manage multiple stakeholders.
Desired Skills and Experience:
Investment professional with 7 years of experience across private equity, infrastructure, energy, and principal investing. Proven track record executing M&A, structured capital, and strategic investments from sourcing through close. Strong financial modeling, valuation, and transaction execution skills, with experience partnering with management teams, advisors, lenders, and internal stakeholders across complex investments and portfolio companies.
Salary : $190,000 - $250,000