Associate, Energy Management

Do you want to join a global leader in Private Equity and Renewable Energy Infrastructure investments? If so, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) is the place for you. We are currently looking for a motivated Associate to join our Energy Management Team, based in our headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The team

Our team brings deep knowledge across both mature and emerging renewable energy markets and technologies. The team plays an important role in supporting CIP throughout the full lifecycle of renewable energy investments, including contributing insights and analytics during key transaction processes and supporting the commercial offtake and risk exposure of the Funds and their projects.

Our work helps ensure that energy market dynamics are well reflected in investment decisions, supporting value creation and effective risk management across the portfolio.

The role

Based in Copenhagen and as part of the Energy Management team at CIP, you will contribute to the development and maintenance of our capabilities in energy pricing and forecasting, as well as support input to CIP’s asset valuations. Your work will help ensure that CIP continues to build strong market intelligence, insights, and pricing analysis to support our position in the renewable energy sector.

In this role, you will collaborate closely with colleagues in the Energy Management team as well as a broad range of stakeholders across CIP. You will be involved in a range of processes, tools, and tasks related to energy pricing and forecasting, contributing to the delivery of consistent and high-quality inputs across CIP’s projects.

We are looking for someone with a genuine interest in energy markets, who is comfortable managing processes and moving tasks forward in a structured way. You are motivated by delivering results and enjoy working at the intersection of market insights, data analysis, and translating those into actionable recommendations.

Responsibilities will consist of, but are not limited to:

• Energy Market Analysis: Contribute to the analysis of energy markets and price dynamics, supporting investment decisions and the optimization of revenue across CIP’s portfolio.
• Forecasting: Contribute to the development and application of energy price and revenue forecasts, ensuring relevant and timely input to investment cases and asset valuations.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Collaborate with internal stakeholders to communicate insights on price forecasts, explain key assumptions, and support commercially sound decision-making.
• External Collaboration: Engage with external forecasters and market data providers to understand their methodologies and assumptions, and reflect these in CIP’s internal perspectives.
• Commercial & Strategic Insights: Contribute to the assessment of market trends, regulatory developments, and commercial opportunities, supporting both project-level decisions and broader strategic discussions.

Main Interfaces / stakeholders:

• Market Data Vendors & Forecasters - Assist with vendor relationships, collaborate with them to understand their methodologies and assumptions, and support the timely delivery of forecasts within CIP platform. Stay informed on market offerings through vendor webinars and industry events.
• Energy Management Team - Collaborate closely with colleagues to contribute to energy market analysis, forecasting, and pricing insights that support commercial strategies.
• Investment, Investment Management & Investor Relations Teams - Work closely with several teams across CIP to provide market insights, energy price and revenue inputs, and other relevant information that support investment decisions, project-level considerations and investor requests.
• Finance, FP&A, and Valuation Committees - Support the preparation of long-term forecasts and maintain alignment of vendor assumptions, ensuring consistency of data used for financial modelling, asset valuations, and investor reporting.

You

You come with 1-5 years of experience in energy markets, data analysis, or financial modelling, supported by a bachelor’s or master’s degree in mathematics, economics, finance, engineering, energy systems, or a related field. Solid analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage your workload effectively are essential.

The role involves stakeholder engagement and cross-functional collaboration, so comfort in these areas is key. Familiarity with long-term energy price forecasting, energy system modelling, data analysis, Power BI, and modelling skills (Excel or programming experience) is highly desirable.  

We look for the following in a candidate:

• Well-developed problem-solving and comprehensive analytical skills with close attention to detail and a high level of accuracy
• A structured approach towards complex tasks
• Effective presentation and communication skills with the ability to distil complex topics into clear insights for diverse stakeholders
• The flexibility to work independently and collaborate across teams
• Willingness to work in an international, efficient, and highly varied environment
• Advanced written and verbal English skills

The process

Please apply online as soon as possible as applications will be processed on an ongoing basis. For questions related to the role, please reach out to our Talent Acquisition team at talent@cipfs.com. We do not include CV's and Cover Letters sent by email.

As we continue to improve our candidate experience, diversity and avoid unconscious bias, please avoid having a photo in your CV. We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality for all applicants.

Please be aware that we will not accept speculative CV submissions for any of our roles from recruitment agencies, and any unsolicited candidate submissions will be exempt from any payment expectations and ownership.

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Building value that matters 
Founded in 2012, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners P/S (CIP) today is the world’s largest dedicated fund manager within greenfield renewable energy investments and a global leader in offshore wind. To date, CIP has developed and constructed more than +50 greenfield renewable projects around the world. CIP is developing a greenfield project portfolio of ~160GW total, and ~16 GW is in operation or under construction. CIP manages 13 funds and has to date raised approximately EUR ~35 billion for investments in energy and associated infrastructure from more than ~200 international institutional investors. 
 
CIP has a multinational team of ~500 full-time employees with extensive experience and knowledge within the fields of renewable energy project development and regulated infrastructure. In addition, CIP has a broad range of competencies within corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions, engineering, construction, project development, and project management.  

CIP has built a prominent investment team capable of originating proprietary investment opportunities and executing projects and investments based on the team’s industrial background, large industrial network, and extensive experience in structuring, executing, and managing investments within energy infrastructure. Headquartered in Copenhagen, CIP also operates from key locations across the globe, including offices in Hamburg, Munich, London, Utrecht, New York, Tokyo, Melbourne, Luxembourg, Kuala Lumpur, Seoul and Singapore. In addition, CIP has 17 local project offices globally. 
 
For more information, visit www.cip.com.