Senior Reporter, Infrastructure Finance

Overview

The North American Infrastructure Finance Senior Reporter will be a vital member of the IJGlobal team, driving a busy news beat. This role will see the successful candidate take over coverage of the greenfield infrastructure finance market in North America. This is an exciting opportunity to write about the financing of important infrastructure projects across this region.
As a journalist on IJGlobal you will be required to write business news articles with rolling deadlines throughout the day, building a network of high-level market contacts through daily telephone calls (including investors, developers, bankers, lawyers and regulators). IJGlobal has an established reputation in the region and a contacts book that is constantly evolving.
This is one of the most active news beats for greenfield and brownfield infrastructure, driven by some of the biggest companies in the world and financed by the largest institutions. These are impactful deals with massive significance on the ground.
In addition to daily news reporting responsibilities, the journalist will produce regular analysis content. Other responsibilities include writing case studies and supporting the data team as well.
Responsibilities

Pitching and writing at least 3-5 exclusives per week and/or 6-8 other proprietary content per week
Write news stories leveraging IJGlobal data
Maintaining broad and high-level contact with the market through daily telephone calls and frequent face-to-face/virtual meetings
Collaborating with other team members and other functions
Qualifications

Excellent written English
Min. 2-3 years of experience as a financial journalist
Strong reporting and interviewing skills
Infrastructure project finance knowledge/experience is advantageous but would also consider experience in debt capital markets, structured finance or asset-backed finance
Able to network well and build a strong book of contacts
Willing to make cold calls
Efficient, organised and able to meet deadlines
Team player
Strong communicator