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Investment Analyst
Alight
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Do you enjoy building financial models, evaluating investment opportunities, and supporting M&A transactions – and want to use those skills to accelerate the transition to renewable energy? At Alight, you'll help identify, evaluate, and execute investments in solar and battery energy storage (BESS), contributing to the growth of a cleaner energy system. Founded in 2013, Alight has been at the forefront of the Nordic solar industry, delivering some of the region's largest solar installations and pioneering hybrid solar and battery storage projects. Today, we're a leading independent power producer (IPP) of solar and BESS in the Nordics, with ambitious plans to grow our portfolio. We're looking for an Investment Analyst to join our Investment team. Working closely with colleagues across Investment, Development, Legal and Finance, you'll gain exposure to the full investment lifecycle – from evaluating opportunities and conducting due diligence to executing transactions and preparing investment cases. Your impact As Investment Analyst, you'll play an important role in evaluating and executing investments across Alight's growing portfolio of solar PV and BESS assets. You'll combine financial modelling, commercial analysis and transaction support to assess investment opportunities and support investment decisions. Investment Analysis & Financial Modelling • Build, maintain, and improve financial models to evaluate solar PV and BESS investments, acquisitions, and development opportunities. • Perform valuation analyses, including DCF, comparable company, and transaction analyses. • Conduct scenario and sensitivity analyses to assess investment returns, key value drivers, and potential risks. • Analyse project economics, investment structures and expected returns, and prepare financial analyses to support investment decisions. M&A and Transaction Execution • Support the evaluation and execution of acquisitions, divestments, partnerships and other investment transactions. • Conduct financial and commercial due diligence, reviewing financial information, project performance, contractual arrangements, and key investment risks. • Support transaction processes through financial analysis, valuation, research, documentation review, and coordination with internal and external stakeholders. • Assist in reviewing key project and transaction documentation, including PPAs, EPC contracts and acquisition-related agreements, and prepare transaction materials for internal approvals and external counterparties. Investment Origination & Market Analysis • Support the identification and initial screening of new investment opportunities across Alight's markets. • Conduct market, industry, and competitor research to assess market dynamics and identify attractive opportunities. • Evaluate potential acquisitions, development opportunities and strategic partnerships, contributing to investment cases and assessments of risks and returns. Portfolio Management & Financing Support • Support the monitoring and evaluation of existing investments, including financial performance, investment returns, and key value drivers. • Analyse portfolio performance and identify opportunities to optimise asset value. • Support financing-related analyses and other strategic and financial analyses across Alight's business. We're looking for you As part of our growing Investment team, you'll work on a variety of transactions and investment opportunities across the renewable energy sector. You'll have the opportunity to take on responsibility early, work closely with experienced colleagues, and develop your expertise in investments, M&A and renewable energy. To thrive in this role, you're analytical, commercially minded and enjoy evaluating investment opportunities and solving complex financial problems. You're comfortable working with financial models and large amounts of data, take ownership of your work and approach problems in a structured way. You're also a collaborative team player who communicates effectively across different functions, with a curious and detail-oriented mindset and a motivation to contribute to investment decisions and transaction execution. Requirements • Around 1–3 years of experience in investment banking, M&A, transaction advisory, corporate finance, investment analysis, or a related field. • Experience in financial modelling, valuation, and investment analysis, including the ability to build financial models from scratch. • Understanding of valuation methodologies, investment returns, and key financial metrics. • Exposure to M&A processes, due diligence, or transaction execution. • Strong analytical and quantitative skills, commercial awareness, and attention to detail. • Advanced Excel skills and proficiency in Microsoft Office. • Curiosity about AI and automation, and an interest in exploring how emerging tools can improve financial analysis and ways of working. • An interest in renewable energy, infrastructure, and the energy transition. Experience in the renewable energy sector is a plus. • Fluency in written and spoken English. For this role, we're primarily looking for candidates who can work on a hybrid basis from our Stockholm office, but we may also consider candidates who want to work remotely from elsewhere in the Nordics or Europe. Sounds like a fit? Apply today! Department Investment Locations Stockholm, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway Remote status Hybrid At Alight, you’ll make a real, tangible impact on a global scale by accelerating the transition to a fossil fuel-free world. Your work will be more than a job; it will be a meaningful contribution to ensuring the sustainability of our planet. We’re proud to have a flat and autonomous organizational culture where everyone takes accountability for their own work. You'll have the flexibility to work remotely from anywhere in Europe, or you can decide to work hybrid/fully onsite at one of our offices in Stockholm, Madrid, Gothenburg, Paris or Malmö. We’ll support your home office setup, including subsidies for equipment like adjustable desks and office chairs. To ensure we attract the best talent out there, we don't limit ourselves to a specific location. Alighters are based across Europe and our diverse backgrounds and skills complement each other well. We know that having a diverse team drives better collective decisions and superior business performance. Today our gender split is 44/56, with 15 nationalities and employees in 6 countries. At Alight, you’ll be a part of an entrepreneurial culture in which you’re encouraged to “think like an owner,” which means that we trust you to call the shots and excel in your role. Many Alighters are also shareholders, and we believe in giving our employees incentives to create the best possible impact. Historically we’ve regularly had warrant/option programs that give our employees the option to own a part of Alight. We also give our employees the option to buy shares when the opportunity arises (e.g. when any of our owners sells shares, we're not a listed company). As an Alighter, you’ll have 30 days of paid vacation and the option to exchange public holiday days for other days off. We also offer market-leading insurance programs for all our employees, together with an annual wellness allowance of €500 (5000 SEK). At our HQ in Stockholm, we also have weekly activities like lunch runs and Thursday yoga sessions. While we take our role in driving the green transition seriously, we know how to have fun. We believe that a positive team spirit enhances our collective impact. Some examples of planned activities are Friday breakfast every second week, Guest lecturers with dinner, team dinners, and sports activities. But there are also a lot of spontaneous activities driven by our employees! Each quarter we also have "Alight Next," our company-wide meetup, a two-day strategy day with workshops, lectures, and team building in which we focus on the next quarter. We also always have some fun activities planned during those meetup days, examples being ski trips, sailing, dinners, and parties We’re committed to helping you grow and embrace new areas of responsibility, whether vertically or horizontally. It’s common for our team members to be promoted to leadership roles or transition into entirely new domains. We have structured career coaching, internal training programs, performance reviews, and goal-setting frameworks to help you develop your career. About Alight At Alight, we’re on a mission to kick carbon off the grid by helping energy-intensive businesses switch to solar. We develop, own, and operate onsite and offsite solar projects across Europe and sell clean energy to businesses at a low, fixed cost backed by a power purchase agreement (PPA), always independent of government funding or subsidies. By 2030, we aim to have an installed capacity of at least 5 GW, paving the way for a more sustainable future. Join us fully remote or from our offices! Founded in 2013 Co-workers 100