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About the Role

This senior role will report to the Group’s Director, Energy Transition and will drive growth in pure-play renewables as part of the wider Energy Transition strategy. The successful candidate will bring deep commercial expertise in grid-connected, utility-scale renewable power and will originate and deliver commercially led financial, commercial and technical advisory and due diligence mandates. This role will strengthen our capability across solar, battery energy storage systems (BESS), onshore wind, hydro, biogas, CATO, OFTO, power distribution and other electricity storage and network infrastructure opportunities, while supporting wider Net Zero and Decarbonisation initiatives across the Steer Group globally. The role has potential line-management responsibilities and a strong emphasis on independent business development.

Responsibilities

Manage several complex client engagements or components independently.
Manage commercial aspects of an individual engagement to achieve desired levels of quality and profitability.
Execute projects and maintain a review process to ensure projects are completed to a high-quality standard.
Originate and win renewable power advisory and due diligence mandates, growing the practice through existing client relationships, senior market contacts and new business development.
Lead commercially focused financial, commercial and technical due diligence assignments for grid-connected and utility-scale renewable power projects.
Build independent relationships with investors, developers, private equity firms, infrastructure funds, corporates and external delivery partners across target international markets.
Work collaboratively across Amberside and Steer to combine commercial, financial modelling, financial advisory and technical due diligence expertise into integrated client propositions and high-quality deliverables.
Provide commercial/technical knowledge on projects specifics to junior staff and feed back perceived knowledge gaps to senior management.
Specialize and contribute to a practice area, developing and maintaining industry knowledge and demonstrating sound knowledge of economic, political and market trends.
Ensure relevant project team members accurately charge time to proposal/engagement codes to assess profitability.
Contribute towards creating innovative and repeatable solutions which strengthen business performance.
Pass on pertinent market/client knowledge to senior management and colleagues/teams to aid knowledge development.
Understand clients’ needs and translate that into a scope.
Deliver timely and quality outputs.
Communicate risk and issue early to appropriate colleagues.
Hold/attend reviews on completion of projects to identify lessons learned and enhance future quality of performance.
Work on Continuing Professional Development (CPD) to maintain professional status/accreditation.
Meet deadlines throughout the AAL Performance Development Cycle for self, including seeking good quality feedback, goal setting, and providing input into engagement/project reviews.
Take action to ensure employee wellbeing is actively managed in the office.
Exhibit role model behaviour in line with Amberside Advisors values.
Build constructive working relationships across different teams.
Participate in team meetings to support resource allocation.
Take ownership of complex projects.
Step back, see the bigger picture and translate datasets and models into value-add analysis, including financial models where relevant.
Ensure projects are closed down with all potential marketing opportunities exploited.
Ensure team meets client expectations, budget, and profit requirements.
Use resources effectively and efficiently on projects/tasks.
Effectively manage director expectations of project outcomes.
Develop the team through continuous mentoring.
Be comfortable with working in ambiguity.

Requirements

Deep commercial expertise in grid-connected, utility-scale renewable power and energy infrastructure, with relevant experience across technologies such as solar, BESS, onshore wind, hydro, biogas, CATO, OFTO, power distribution or electricity storage.
Private and Public sector experience desirable.
Significant experience originating and delivering commercial, financial and/or technical advisory and due diligence mandates across debt and equity transactions.
Line management experience for high performance environment.
Exceptional business development and client relationship management skills, with a demonstrable ability to build an advisory pipeline from existing senior relationships and new market contacts.
Strong Project (and resource) and bid Management for tenders (and likely Project Directing).
Working in a commercial/investment or advisory/consulting role in infrastructure services for major projects, in a financial/commercial focussed environment.
Experience in delivery of large-scale infrastructure projects, preferably the low carbon energy sector, including the commercial development and financing of assets.
Experience of project management, business case development, report writing, due diligence, risk and opportunity analysis.
Client-facing experience in providing technical knowledge and expertise to maximise the value of the project for stakeholders.
Driving curiosity to solve client problems and respond to a challenge.
Belief that solving the world’s energy and climate challenges is important.
Passion for understanding the commercial drivers for a project, combined with the intellectual and communication skills to help clients understand the impact of those drivers.
Confidence in using own initiative and making decisions at pace.
Exceptional attention to detail and ability to translate this to/from an Excel model.
Practiced at communicating complex information in a clear and concise manner.
Confidence in exhibiting role model behaviour in line with Amberside Advisors values.
Exceptional commercial acumen.
Knowledge of the investor sphere in the UK.
Managing complexity; ambitious and passionate about decarbonisation and infrastructure investment.
Self-motivated, a team player and adaptable to the working environment.
Ability to work and communicate as part of a team effectively.
Skilled at coping well under pressure from competing priorities and interruptions.
Able to apply research skills to solve new issues and make improvements.
Working to deadlines, prioritizing workload, supporting wider team members, while providing a high level of conscientious service at all times.

Skills

Financial modelling
Financial and commercial advisory
Project finance expertise
Model development
Model audit
Training
Commercial expertise in grid-connected, utility-scale renewable power
Financial, commercial and technical advisory
Due diligence
Business development
Client relationship management
Project management
Resource management
Bid management
Report writing
Risk and opportunity analysis
Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Teams, Outlook & PowerPoint)

Location

UK
Southern Europe
Central and Eastern Europe
India
Middle East

Work Type

Full-time
Flexible working hours

Experience Level

Senior role
Potential line-management responsibilities

Education Level

Degree in business administration or relevant field such as economics, law, finance, sciences, engineering.
MBA/MSc/MA desirable.
ACA/CIMA/CFA/IACCM/CMI/MEI or equivalent membership (optional)

Benefits

Steer’s employee ownership profit share bonus (discretionary)
Share voting right
Ability to invest in further shares through salary sacrifice
25 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
Ability to buy and sell leave
Up to 5 optional volunteering days (2 paid)
Pension
Life assurance
Permanent health insurance (salary protection)
Employee assistance programme
Private medical cover after probation period of 6 months
Health screening taxable benefits (optional)
Season ticket loan (optional)
Cycle to work scheme (optional)
Gym discount (optional)
Eye care (optional)
Language lessons (optional)
Weekly lunch in-person paid for by the company
Team building and sports and social club events and activities
Work-life balance

About the Company

Amberside Advisors Ltd (‘AAL’) specialise in providing project finance consultancy and financial and commercial advisory services to public and private sector organisations.
AAL combines market-leading financial modelling capability with experienced project finance expertise.
AAL has worked on more than 2,500 projects to date across a wide range of sectors and global locations.
AAL’s clients are well-known companies with billions of pounds of investments.
Part of the Steer Group since July 2022.
Serves a global client base through 22 offices across four continents.
Core industry sectors are low carbon, transport, decentralised energy, large scale energy and infrastructure.
Regularly advises on major projects ranging across heat networks, wind, solar and biomass, road and rail, schools and hospitals, as well as public service delivery contracts in sectors such as local authorities, healthcare, education and justice.

Equal Opportunity

AAL are an equal opportunities employer.
We are committed to eliminating discrimination and encouraging diversity across our employees.
Staff wellbeing is a key focus for AAL, and annual events are dedicated to reconnecting with colleagues, welcoming new joiners and having fun together as a team.
Weekly social events provide an easy and enjoyable way to get to know your peers.