Associate, Infrastructure

About ESR

ESR is a leading Asia-Pacific real asset owner and manager focused on logistics real estate, data centres, and energy infrastructure that power the digital economy and supply chain for investors, customers, and communities. Through our fully integrated real asset fund management and development platform, we strive to create value and growth opportunities for our global portfolio of investors. We offer our customers modern space solutions to realise their ambitions across Australia and New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, Greater China, Southeast Asia, and India, including a presence in Europe.

As an Associate in our Infrastructure team, you will support the sourcing, execution and management of infrastructure investment opportunities. You will work within deal teams, driving financial modelling and due diligence processes, and helping manage relationships with key stakeholders, including investors, advisors and portfolio companies. This role requires strong analytical capabilities, intellectual curiosity, and the ability to deliver on complex transactions from origination to execution.

You will also contribute to the growth of the team and the development of its junior members.

Key Responsibilities:

Investment Origination and Execution

• Support the identification and evaluation of new infrastructure investment opportunities
• Assist in building and maintaining relationships with industry players, advisors and intermediaries to generate deal flow
• Prepare investment memos, presentations and recommendations for the Investment Committee
• Lead financial modelling, valuation and due diligence, and support structuring and negotiation of terms

Due Diligence

• Support comprehensive due diligence processes, including financial, tax, technical, legal and commercial reviews
• Engage with and manage external advisors to ensure thorough evaluation of potential investments
• Assess market trends, regulatory changes, and macroeconomic factors impacting investments

Portfolio Management and Value Creation

• Support the ongoing monitoring and performance evaluation of portfolio assets, including the development of value creation plans
• Work closely with portfolio company management teams to identify opportunities for operational improvements and strategic growth
• Contribute to asset management decisions, including refinancing, divestments or exit strategies

Team Integration

• Mentor junior team members, providing guidance on financial modelling, analysis and project execution
• Help foster a collaborative and high-performing team environment