Associate

Join HitecVision in the energy transition

HitecVision is a European energy-focused investor with more than 40 years of investment experience. The energy industry is changing, and that change is opening new investment opportunities. We are putting four decades of experience to work in the move to net zero and in building profitable companies for the energy future.

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Our investment team brings deep operational and investment experience from across the industry. We are looking to strengthen our organisation with people who bring drive, collaboration skills, and hold themselves to high personal standards.

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Do you want to help build the companies that will drive the energy future?

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On behalf of HitecVision, we are seeking an Associate to their Stavanger office. The role is central to the investment team and spans the full investment process, from screening and analysis of new investment opportunities to due diligence, transaction execution, portfolio company follow-up and exit.

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The position carries significant responsibility in analytical and decision-making processes and requires a high degree of independence, precision and professional maturity. The candidate is expected to take ownership of their own deliverables and ensure that analyses, assessments and decision-making materials are consistently of high quality.

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The right candidate will join an experienced investment environment with strong opportunities for professional development and further progression.

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Responsibilities and tasks

• Evaluation of investment opportunities, including market screening, financial analysis, and financial modelling of valuations, forecasts and expected returns
• Prepare investments materials, including financial models, return analyses, investment committee documentation and materials to other key decision-makers.
• Conduct company, market and competitive analyses with emphasis on commercial attractiveness, risk and value creation potential
• Participate in due diligence processes and contribute to structuring key assessments towards investment decisions
• Support transaction execution, including maintaining deal timetables and coordinating workstreams across advisors
• Monitor portfolio companies through ongoing analyses, assessment of performance and support for further value creation

Desired qualifications and background

• Higher education within finance, economics, engineering or equivalent
• 2-4 years of relevant experience from corporate finance, private equity, M&A, investment banking, relevant industry or equivalent environments
• Strong technical competence in financial modelling, valuation and accounting analysis, including DCF, LBO, multiple analysis and integrated financial modelling
• Experience from due diligence and transaction execution, with understanding of key transaction documents and structures
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Desired personal qualities

• Structured, precise and quality-conscious, with high attention to details and ownership of own analyses, assessments and deliverables
• Independent and proactive, with the ability to drive work and processes forward without close follow-up
• Strong analytical skills and results-oriented, with high work capacity and the ability to manage several parallel processes
• Strong collaboration skills and a natural ability to contribute positively to team dynamics
• Ambitious, willing to learn and genuinely engaged in the energy sector
• High integrity and sound ethical judgement

What HitecVision can offer

• A dynamic workplace actively contributing to the energy transition
• High deal activity across the European energy sector
• Early responsibility and exposure to complex transactions.
• Opportunity to learn and develop alongside highly experienced colleagues, management teams and Boards to deliver on ambitious targets for our investment platforms

We value diversity and strongly encourage candidates from a wide range of backgrounds to apply.

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HitecVision is a leading provider of institutional capital to Europe’s energy industry, helping to build profitable companies for the energy future. We have been investing in the energy industry for four decades, starting out in the oil and gas industry before redirecting our focus toward the energy transition, supporting the ambition of net zero future.

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We are serial entrepreneurs, having established or invested in more than 200 companies in the energy industry over more than 40 years. Our large and diverse investment team consists of professionals with extensive operational and investment experience from all parts of the industry. Combined with our proven company building and value creation model this enables us to create attractive returns  for our investors.

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As sector specialists, we invest across a broad range of companies that help drive the energy transition. In addition to platform-level investments in renewable power generation, electrification, sustainable fuels and other energy efficiency and decarbonisation activities, we use our long history and deep networks in the industry to partner with entrepreneurial management teams, industrials and energy companies to scale independent businesses.

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HitecVision manages energy-focused private equity funds, and has raised approximately EUR 9 billion from our high-quality investor base, consisting of leading institutional investors from Europe, North America, Asia and the Middle East – including public and private pension funds, foundations, sovereign wealth funds, university endowments and fund-of-funds.

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