2026 Early Talent Rotational Program: Nuveen Private Infrastructure

Rotational Program - Nuveen Real Estate Real Assets
The Rotational Program - Nuveen Real Estate Real Assets participates in a comprehensive rotational program that combines senior leadership interaction and cross-business experience with real life situations and projects. This job work with financial services technology platforms and tools and will learn the techniques, disciplines and processes that deliver the highest quality results to our customers. Each rotation is designed to improve business knowledge and build an overall understanding of the company. This job is assigned a mentor who provides ongoing coaching and feedback.
Key Responsibilities and Duties

• Gains knowledge across various business functions to help discover which role fits best.
• Develops skills and gains experience to ensure a successful career at TIAA.
• Executes project activities by understanding objectives, meeting timelines and communicating results.
• Assists in preparing information and research materials, including Powerpoint presentations.
• Takes notes during meetings and provides to team members.
• Researches and gathers documentation as directed by the colleagues.
• Attends required trainings.
• Shadows multiple office jobs and trains in a variety of function-related tasks.
• Utilizes academic knowledge, skills and experience to apply tactics and strategies to solve real business challenges for a mission driven asset management organization.

Educational Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree Preferred

Work Experience

• No Experience Required

Physical Requirements

• Physical Requirements: Sedentary Work

Career Level
5IC

COMPANY BACKGROUND

Nuveen is the investment management arm of TIAA. It is one of the largest global asset managers with specialist knowledge across a wide array of asset classes, including fixed income, equities and alternatives. Nuveen is driven not only by the independent investment processes across the firm, but also the insights, risk management, analytics and other tools and resources a truly world-class platform provides. As a global asset manager, our mission is to work in partnership with our clients to create outcome-focused solutions to help them secure their financial future. For more information about the firm please visit our website at www.Nuveen.com

POSITION

As an Analyst for Nuveen’s Infrastructure private equity team focused on private equity infrastructure investments, your role will include supporting origination of new investments as well as portfolio management and surveillance activities across the firm’s existing private equity investment portfolios such as infrastructure private equity funds, co-investments, direct equity, and preferred security investments.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist in underwriting and management of direct equity and equity-like investments by working with senior deal team members to execute on due diligence including modeling and preparing investment committee materials. 
• Work with the team to assist in responding to external and internal business partners’ request, preparing portfolio materials and presentations, assist various quantitative and qualitative analysis including sector and investment research and analysis.
• Assist in screening and underwriting limited partnership commitments with external infrastructure fund managers; Underwriting include sector analysis, fund manager comparisons, track record assessment to ensure investments meet investment strategy criteria; Assist in underwriting co-investments across all infrastructure subsectors.
• Perform quantitative and qualitative analysis on existing infrastructure portfolio.
• Assist in portfolio activities including portfolio reviews, market research, rating agency analysis, sponsor evaluation, and investment modifications.
• Assist in researching and analyzing both macro and portfolio trends to help drive investment goals and portfolio construction. This portfolio’s multi-sector infrastructure strategy includes investments in transportation, transmission, renewable energy, storage, social infrastructure (campus energy, student housing, healthcare, etc.) and digital infrastructure (data centers, fiber optic networks, towers, DNS, etc.)
• Work with senior team members to be responsive to internal business partners’ requests to ensure all legal, compliance, and accounting requirements are met.
• Prepare memoranda and other materials used to support investment and portfolio recommendations and to communicate with internal business partners and external clients.
• Maintain investment performance databases and files.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required Experience

• Bachelor’s degree
• One to two years of institutional investment and/or private equity infrastructure/project finance and valuation preferred

Desired Experience

• Strong MS Excel modeling skills
• Knowledge and ongoing interest in, current trends, success factors, participants and industry terms in infrastructure and energy investment markets
• Demonstrated aptitude for developing and using financial statement analysis and financial modeling
• Strong knowledge of accounting and finance
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Willingness to work hard in a team-oriented, performance-based environments

Related Skills

Accountability, Adaptability, Business Acumen, Collaboration, Communication, Consultative Communication, Data Analysis, Influence, Market/Industry Dynamics, Problem Solving, Relationship Management

Anticipated Posting End Date:

2026-01-20

Actual base salary may vary based upon, but not limited to, relevant experience, time in role, base salary of internal peers, prior performance, business sector, and geographic location.  In addition to base salary, the competitive compensation package may include, depending on the role, participation in an incentive program linked to performance (for example, annual discretionary incentive programs, non-annual sales incentive plans, or other non-annual incentive plans). 

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Company Overview

Every worker deserves a secure retirement. For more than 100 years, TIAA has delivered it for millions of people. Founded to help educators retire with dignity, today weʼre a market-leading retirement company fueled by world-class asset management. But weʼre not just another legacy financial services firm. Weʼre fighting harder than ever before for our clients and the many Americans who need us.

Our Culture of Impact

At TIAA, we're on a mission to build on our 100+ year legacy of delivering for our clients while evolving to meet tomorrow's challenges. We equip our associates with future-focused skills and AI tools that enable us to advance our mission. Together, we are fighting to ensure a more secure financial future for all and for generations to come. We are guided by our values: Champion Our People, Be Client Obsessed, Lead with Integrity, Own It, and Win As One. They influence every decision we make and how we work together to serve our clients every day. We thrive in a collaborative in-office environment where teams work across organizational boundaries with shared purpose, accelerating innovation and delivering meaningful results. Our workplace brings together TIAA and Nuveen's entrepreneurial spirit, where we work hard and work together to create lasting impact. Here, every associate can grow through meaningful learning experiences and development pathways—because when our people succeed, our impact on clients' lives grows stronger.

Benefits and Total Rewards

The organization is committed to making financial well-being possible for its clients, and is equally committed to the well-being of our associates. That’s why we offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package designed to make a positive difference in the lives of our associates and their loved ones. Our benefits include a superior retirement program and highly competitive health, wellness and work life offerings that can help you achieve and maintain your best possible physical, emotional and financial well-being. To learn more about your benefits, please review our Benefits Summary.

Equal Opportunity

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. TIAA does not discriminate against any candidate or employee on the basis of age, race, color, national origin, sex, religion, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other legally protected status.

Our full EEO & Non-Discrimination statement is on our careers home page, and you can read more about your rights and view government notices here.

Accessibility Support

TIAA offers support for those who need assistance with our online application process to provide an equal employment opportunity to all job seekers, including individuals with disabilities. 

If you are a U.S. applicant and desire a reasonable accommodation to complete a job application please use one of the below options to contact our accessibility support team: 

Phone: (800) 842-2755

Email: [email protected]

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TIAA maintains a drug-free and smoke/free workplace.

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