SENIOR FINANCIAL ADVISOR

The Role:

Newly created opportunity for a Senior Financial Advisor to join our growing Acquisitions, Investments and Financial Advisory (AIFA) team to support our growth ambitions.

The Senior Financial Advisor will develop investment project recommendations for existing and potential investments through developing complex unique quantitative models to analyse and forecast market developments, estimate risks, identify factors influencing investment decisions, and quantifying risks and rewards.

This role will report to the Head of AIFA ANZ and will have the opportunity to provide guidance to team members.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead M&A and Greenfield investment process
• Conduct and be at the forefront of project finance negotiations and documentation for both greenfield and brownfield opportunities
• Determine best investment structure, considering strategic, partnership, governance, value creation, and future flexibility (future disposal/restructuring) considerations
• Review and contribute to the drafting all transaction documents/contracts, including SPA, SHA, SFA, off-take and supply contracts from the point of view of economical robustness, financeability/bankability, risk allocation, accounting, consolidation, tax and partnership
• Build and maintain base case, relevant scenarios and sensitives to demonstrate key risks and opportunities of a project to guide the decision to acquire, invest or divest taking into account relevant economic, commercial and technical assumptions and outputs

About You:

To be successful in this role, you will have significant experience in infrastructure project development / investment in the energy sector and deep knowledge of valuation methodologies, financing, risk allocation and the management of foreign exchange and interest rate risks in relation to investments, acquisitions and divestment.  You have a solid understanding of project and corporate finance, equity and debt capital markets, deal structuring, M&A and valuation with experience in negotiating a wide range of financing contracts / agreements and advisory mandates.

The successful incumbent will be tertiary qualified in management, finance or applied economics.

CA or CFA qualifications will be well regarded.

Next Steps:

If you have the relevant experience and interested in the role, apply with a covering letter to address each of the key responsibilities and an up-to-date resume.

Only applicants with unlimited work rights in Australia will be considered.

Please note we consider applications on an ongoing basis and therefore encourage you to apply at your earliest opportunity.

About ENGIE Australia & New Zealand:

ENGIE Australia & New Zealand, a joint venture with Mitsui & Co Ltd, is accelerating the transition to a carbon-neutral economy by providing innovative, sustainable energy solutions to households, businesses, communities and cities.

Our mission is to accelerate and support the transition towards a carbon-neutral economy, through reduced energy consumption and more environmentally-friendly solutions.

We have 1,100MW of low-carbon generation capacity and more than 2,00MW of renewable energy under development. Our retail business, Simply Energy, has more than 750,000 customer accounts around Australia.

We’re also delivering sustainability solutions to cities, precincts and universities through our ENGIE Net Zero Energy Solutions team.

ENGIE’s trading arm, Global Energy Management (GEM) provides long-energy supply agreements, energy trading, risk management and asset management services to business customers across the ENGIE ANZ portfolio.

Our Business Units

Thermal & Supply

• Simply Energy is one of Australia’s fastest growing energy retailers, with more than 750,000 electricity and gas customer accounts in Victoria, South Australia, New South Wales, Western Australia, The Australian Capital Territory and Queensland.
• 1,000MW of low-carbon generation capacity located in South Australia
• The Hazelwood Rehabilitation Project is a dedicated business stream leading the safe, stable and sustainable rehabilitation of the former Hazelwood Power Station and Mine, which ceased operation in 2017

Renewables

• Development, operation and maintenance of large-scale assets – predominantly in wind, solar  and industrial-scale battery storage - as well as integrating hydrogen as an alternative energy source.

Energy Solutions

• ENGIE Net Zero Energy Solutions builds long-term partnerships that deliver net zero outcomes for communities.
• By integrating infrastructure, technology and services, we design, build and operate environmentally-friendly solutions, such as Green Mobility and energy storage, that support and accelerate the transition to a carbon-neutral economy.

Global Energy Management (GEM)

• GEM has 20 years’ presence in energy markets worldwide and offers services including risk management solutions, market access, asset management and optimisation, gas off-take, investment services, physical supply and logistics management, economic research, market analysis and M&A facilitation for energy producers. 
• GEM tailors solutions, such as PPAs, to the specific needs of corporate clients, with a strong focus on decarbonation and decentralisation, matching our clients’ growing needs to lower their carbon footprint and source greener energy with those of renewable asset owners. ​​​​​​​