at ENGIE North America Inc. in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
What You Can Expect
As our Senior Acquisitions Investment Financial Advisory (AIFA) Associate, you can work a hybrid schedule from our Houston, TX or Chicago, IL office. You will develop business cases and provide supporting project financial analyses to guide the investment for greenfield investment, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) projects.
Every day you will be responsible for leading the valuation, structuring guidance, advise on commercial agreements, risk allocation, bankability of contracts, financing alternatives, and expected investment returns throughout the business development process of investments, mergers and acquisition, and project financing plans. You will present investment opportunities to ENGIE leadership, defend project economics, and risks for the review committees.
Develop, analyze, evaluate and recommend financial options and proposals as they relate to business development projects or other funding needs
Advise internal stakeholders in understanding appropriate risk allocation, bankability of terms and conditions of various project contracts and provide general structuring advice and optimization of returns throughout the business development process
Structure, negotiate and execute financing documents (internal or project finance) for medium to large size transactions
Identify main project economic and financial risks and advise on the appropriate mitigation factors and definition of appropriate contingencies
Develop and maintain financial models to support investment decisions, following group guidelines. Maintain responsibility for the accuracy and correct incorporation of relevant inputs to such models. Propose and implement relevant sensitivity analysis for investment files
Assist the business development decision making process and manage internal approvals process for new economic commitments and associated financing arrangements
Create and lead presentations for lender and management updates and discussions
Coach and mentor more junior members of the AIFA team
What You'll Bring
Bachelor's degree in one of the following fields: Finance, Business, Economics, Accounting, Engineering, Math, or a STEM-focused degree program where you have learned project management, project financing, investments, equity, mergers, acquisitions, power, energy, or renewable market skills
Minimum of seven (7) years of relevant experience in all aspects of project finance and M&A transactions where you lead the modeling/analysis, drive the structuring, negotiating legal documentation, execution of transactions and detailed financial modeling for each project from start of the development process to the successful closing of an investment or acquisition
Broad power industry expertise, including working in retail, energy services, renewables and / or generation markets
Investment analysis experience in the clean energy sector at a developer, fund, bank, or consultant
Detailed financial modeling, including a project finance and accounting component, with a strong proficiency working in EXCEL
You have worked in environments where you have worked alone or in a team structuring and closing M&A and/or financing transactions, including reviewing, and negotiating legal documentation
Knowledge of US merchant power markets drivers,... For full info follow application link.
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