InfraLatinAmerica and InfraAmericas are seeking an M&A / Funds Reporter to join the NYC team. The reporter will be dedicated to ensuring that Inframation News is first with scoops on mergers and acquisitions within the North and Latin American infrastructure sectors. Reportage will include detailed information on the financing related to these deals, as well as activities of infrastructure funds in the market.
The position would be an ideal move for an enterprising reporter keen to establish himself or herself as a leading scoopster in one of the most exciting and fast-growing sectors in the financial service industry. The opportunity comes at a time of record-breaking capital raising by private equity infrastructure funds.
Key Responsibilities:
- Writing a minimum of ten or more news stories a week for the InfraLatinAmerica and InfraAmericas bulletins, around one third of which should be exclusive.
- Providing in depth coverage of M&A and fund activity such as fund raising, deployment, deals and institutional investors providing capital.
- Writing monthly analyses on a news-driven subject of interest to both InfraAmericas and InfraLatinAmerica.
- Assisting with production of content for planned InfraAmericas and InfraLatinAmerica events in consultation with Inframation Newsmanagement.
- Writing short and succinct M&A news stories to deadline.
- Helping with editing copy of the team and the Editor so that it is fit for publication.
- Supervising bulletin runs in the Editor’s absence.
- Liaising with commercial and events teams and industry participants for feedback for events content.
Qualifications:
- 1+ year experience reporting on the M&A market
- Must be fluent in Spanish
- Strong list of contacts among investment bankers and other advisors
- Knowledge of infrastructure market is preferred
- Proven track record of breaking big M&A stories before the competition
- Self-starter who is able to generate stories, while remaining flexible on fielding assignments from both editors
To apply for this position, use the following link: http://app.jobvite.com/CompanyJobs/Careers.aspx?nl=1&k=Job&j=ofRo5fwj&s=Internal
