Investment & Project Development Associate
Center on Economics & Foreign Affairs · United States
full timehybridAssociate
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Supports financial modeling, due diligence, market research, project documentation, funding analysis, and development planning across CEFA's portfolio.
Responsibilities
- Maintain financial models, diligence trackers, market research, data rooms, and project documentation. - Research funding programs, lenders, investors, comparable projects, incentives, and relevant market evidence. - Prepare meeting materials, analyses, summaries, and follow-up for capital and project-development workstreams. - Check calculations, sources, assumptions, and document versions before senior review or external circulation. - Handle confidential information carefully and escalate potential conflicts or regulated-activity concerns. Reporting & working relationships Reports to a principal, manager, or director in investment and project development. Supports senior staff and interacts with approved sponsors, advisers, public programs, funders, and capital providers. Authority & limits No independent authority to bind CEFA, commit funds, approve investments, solicit securities, or make public institutional commitments. External engagement and materials must follow assigned supervision and approval protocols.
Required qualifications
- Bachelor's or graduate degree in finance, economics, public policy, business, engineering, or a related field. - Early professional experience in investment, consulting, development finance, infrastructure, industry, or economic development. - Strong Excel, research, writing, organization, and quality-control skills.
Preferred qualifications
What success looks like: - Accurate models and organized diligence materials available when decisions are needed. - Timely, well-sourced research that improves project and funding analysis. - Reliable follow-through on requests, meetings, and external data needs. - Demonstrated growth toward independent ownership of analytical workstreams.
Benefits
Employment classification: Paid professional staff position. Status: Full-time. Term: Ongoing employment, subject to applicable law and CEFA policies. Compensation: Salary and benefits commensurate with experience and CEFA's approved compensation framework. Performance cycle: Annual objectives with regular check-ins and a formal performance review. Work arrangement: Location, travel, schedule, and exempt/nonexempt status determined for the final role and jurisdiction.
Equal opportunity
CEFA is an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration without regard to any legally protected characteristic.
About Center on Economics & Foreign Affairs
CEFA is a mission-driven nonprofit institution connecting research, policy, capital, and public- and private-sector partners to advance economic development and foreign-affairs priorities at national scale.