Associate Director of Clean Power Procurement, Power and Renewables Europe

Posted 8 May by eFinancialCareers
Competitive salary
London , South East England
Permanent, full-time
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About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use):
12
S&P Global Commodity Insights - Energy Advisory Services

TheRole: Associate Director of Clean Power Procurement, Power and Renewables (Europe)

The Team: This position would be on the fast-growing European team of the Global Power Consulting Practice in S&P Global Commodities Insights division. We advise clients on power markets and custom scenarios, asset transactions (primarily renewables assets due diligence), power business strategy, power economics, retail power markets and procurement, and supporting our clients' understanding of the increasing interdependence between power markets and adjacent value chains such as mobility/transportation, hydrogen production, fuels consumption, energy storage, etc.

Our clients range from leading power developers, utilities, integrated energy companies, technology companies, regulators, governments, energy-intensive industrials, and investors. We will continue leveraging our extensive regional experience, capabilities, and synergies with other S&P Global teams, including electric power and fuels research teams, to deliver an aggressive growth plan over the next three years.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work with a dynamic and fast-growing team of consultants and experts across the world, while focusing on Europe, with wide-ranging backgrounds in energy and the energy transition. The varied and changing nature of our projects leads to the development of a diverse set of skills and exposure to different industries and clients, including senior industry leaders and policy makers.

Responsibilities:
  • Actively develop the team's power procurement business primarily in European markets (but potentially also in other jurisdictions) by actively reaching out to potential clients, preparing pitch decks and leading Business Development meetings
  • Participate in client or industry events and share key takeaways that will shape the consulting team's work and priorities
  • Manage entire consulting projects or significant workstreams within small and medium-sized projects, initially. Manage project resources and progress against the project plan to ensure on-time delivery of a quality set of products
  • Lead client meetings, attend to all client needs, and deliver final consulting reports/presentations
  • Closely coordinate with our world class research service in Europe to understand current research themes that will resonate with consulting clients interested in power procurement, risk management, and power supply decarbonization. Liaise with the Energy Transition and S&P Global Sustainability-1 teams to offer integrated procurement/climate solutions
  • Work within the Power Consulting team to identify and focus on consulting engagements that build capabilities, qualifications, brand, and interest internally with the team
  • Build consensus across groups with competing priorities within the project team
  • Efficiently review analysis and modelling efforts done by other Teams or project team members and provide feedback for improvement as it relates to industry power procurement processes and buying decisions
  • Understand when learnings in consulting projects are relevant for the European power research service
  • Support positioning S&P Global and our team as the go-to consultancy for power, energy transition and key transactional projects in the region
  • Some travel is required on average around 20% of the time (but could occasionally be more)
What We're Looking For:
  • 6-8 years of experience, preferably in consulting and necessarily in industry (e.g., tech, heavy industry, retail), with several years of experience buying power, managing procurements risks, and contributing to company decarbonization strategies / scope 2 emissions reductions
  • The candidate should be able to demonstrate expertise in the power and renewables industry
  • Having a professional network with European clean energy buyers (e.g., through activities in a professional association) would be highly desirable
  • Knowledge of instruments such as power purchases agreements and clean certificates is required
  • Demonstrated, basic project management and business development skills are required
  • Minimum qualifications are Bachelor's degree in business, economics, engineering, mathematics, or related field
  • Candidates with a Master's degree in one of the above fields will be given preference
  • Strong written and oral presentation skills in English and knowledge/capabilities in several European languages preferred
  • Must have an analytical frame of mind and be prepared to use data to back up opinions
  • Understanding of power dispatch and demand modelling, including understanding of third-party power dispatch software, such as Plexos and Aurora is preferred
  • Ability to work well in a team-oriented environment, influencing stakeholders, providing ideas and open feedback
The Location: Paris, London, or Madrid preferred

About S&P Global Commodity Insights
At S&P Global Commodity Insights, our complete view of global energy and commodities markets enables our customers to make decisions with conviction and create long-term, sustainable value.

We're a trusted connector that brings together thought leaders, market participants, governments, and regulators to co-create solutions that lead to progress. Vital to navigating Energy Transition, S&P Global Commodity Insights' coverage includes oil and gas, power, chemicals, metals, agriculture and shipping.

S&P Global Commodity Insights is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI). S&P Global is the world's foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity and automotive markets. With every one of our offerings, we help many of the world's leading organizations navigate the economic landscape so they can plan for tomorrow, today.

For more information, visit http://commodity-insights .

What's In It For You?

Our Purpose:

Progress is not a self-starter. It requires a catalyst to be set in motion. Information, imagination, people, technology-the right combination can unlock possibility and change the world.

Our world is in transition and getting more complex by the day. We push past expected observations and seek out new levels of understanding so that we can help companies, governments and individuals make an impact on tomorrow. At S&P Global

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