JPMorgan Chase
Asset Management - JP Morgan Natural Capital - Valuations Associate
Portland, OR · Full-time · Posted Sep 10, 2026
- Experience
- Minimum of three years in a related field; equivalent combination of education, training, and experience accepted.
- Education
- Advanced degree in Forestry, Natural Resources, or a closely related field; equivalent combination of education, training, and experience accepted.
About the job
Performs timberland valuation, acquisition and disposition analysis, forest planning, and investment reporting for natural capital assets.
What you'll do
- Develop discounted cash flow models and maintain valuation models for acquisitions, dispositions, and financial reporting.
- Review regional operating assumptions and third-party appraisals; provide acquisition underwriting and forest planning analyses.
- Prepare investment analytics and support improvements to planning and valuation tools and reporting systems.
What they ask for
- Advanced degree in Forestry, Natural Resources, or a closely related field, and at least three years of related experience, or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
- Demonstrated experience in timberland financial analysis and modeling.
- Knowledge and experience in forest product markets, inventory, forest growth and yield, forest operations, and silvicultural management regimes.
- Strong collaboration, communication, interpersonal, organizational, time-management, and prioritization skills.
Nice to have
- Experience developing discounted cash flow models for timberland assets or using harvest scheduling software and methods.
- Knowledge of a structured programming language such as R or Python; carbon-focused measurements and protocols are also a plus.
Tools
Timber Investment Model, harvest scheduling software, R, Python
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