Project M&A Utility Scale Director

RWE Americas, LLC
To start as soon as possible, full time, permanent

Functional area: Finance / Controlling
Remuneration: Exempt

The Project M&A team at RWE Americas supports the company’s growth strategy by leading both the acquisition and monetization of utility-scale onshore wind, solar, and storage assets and portfolios across the U.S. and Canada. The team is responsible for sourcing and executing M&A transactions, as well as structuring and leading cash-equity partnerships, divestments, and other strategic capital-recycling initiatives for the company’s development, in-construction, and operating portfolio.

The ideal candidate has experience modeling renewable energy project financials, a creative problem-solving mindset, and the ability to efficiently manage multiple priorities, all while keeping the "big picture" of RWE's best interests in mind. 

The Project M&A Utility Scale Director reports directly to the Head of Project M&A Utility Scale, North America for RWE Americas.

Role Responsibilities:

• Actively lead the identification and origination of potential project acquisition opportunities across wind, solar and storage by establishing and maintaining relationships with early-stage developers to source new growth opportunities
• Represent the company externally at conferences and industry events. Use industry relationships to source opportunities, corroborate market intel, and gather perspectives
• Rely on experience as well as collaboration with expert functions across RWE to develop quantitative and qualitative analyses of prospective acquisition or divestment opportunities, highlighting the inherent risks and opportunities of the opportunity and the transaction structure
• Lead the negotiation, approval, execution, and closing of select M&A opportunities, managing transaction documentation, financial valuation, and internal approval processes, while being accountable for transaction timeline and budgets.
• Lead the divestment activities for development-stage, in-construction, or operating assets to cash equity investors, including management of competitive M&A processes, evaluation of offers, management of investor due diligence, and preparation and negotiation of transaction documentation
• Coordinate with both internal and external stakeholders and external advisors to effectively structure and negotiate JV partnership agreements with cash equity investors
• Formulate recommendations and craft narratives for executives that articulate the strategic rationale and describe a transaction structure in detail
• Ensure consistency and quality of team processes and also ​identify, encourage, and steer process improvements by team
• Coach and develop of junior team members: supervise & mentor, provide real-time feedback, sharpen structuring and negotiation skills, and improve their overall transaction manggement skills
• Serve as expert resource, drawing on broad deal experience​ to ask probing questions, draw conclusions, and steer negotiations to appropriate risk v reward outcomes

Job Requirements and Experiences:

• Bachelor’s Degree (required) with background in business, finance, accounting, tax or an analytical/quantitative field strongly preferred
• MBA, CFA or similar postgraduate degree preferred
• Minimum 11 years of experience overall, with at least 5 years of direct experience managing or leading M&A and/or financing transactions for power generation projects required
• Minimum 5 years of relevant M&A or finance experience in the US renewable energy industry required
• Proven track record of structuring, negotiating, and closing asset acquisitions and JV partnerships 
• Previous transaction experience with financial, utility or IPP investors strongly preferred
• Knowledge of renewable energy project economics and various valuation approaches relevant for M&A required
• Strong negotiation skills
• Proficient communicator able to foster cross-functional collaboration. Strong written and presentation skills, including the ability to tailor messages for different types of stakeholders
• Strong financial skills coupled with conceptual, strategic and analytical thinking skills. Ability to extrapolate past knowledge to solve new problems
• Adept at grasping big picture risk v reward in complex scenarios and developing creative and innovative solutions informed by deep experience in “conventional solutions”
• Proven commercial judgement and structuring skills. Uses them to anticipate and mitigate issues, guide transactions, and apply conceptual lessons learned to new tranasctions
• Team player with the capability to steer “deal work” and “team work” simultaneously
• Affinity and high motivation to work in an international business environment. Interpersonal skills, acting comfortably in various cultural environments with a sense for diversity and inclusion

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. RWE Americas is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas at this time.

Pay range: The annual base salary range for this position in Illinois is $190,000 - $240,000. The listed salary range represents our good faith estimate for this position and represents the range for new hire salaries across all U.S locations. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. RWE considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate’s education & work experience, training & certifications, and key skills as well as market and business considerations at the time of the offer.

Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays. Eligible employees also participate in short-term incentives, in addition to salary.

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.

RWE Americas, a subsidiary of RWE, is a US-based energy company that is helping to meet the growing demand for energy across the United States. Backed by RWE’s 125-year global legacy of managing diverse power assets, RWE Americas operates approximately 13 GW of power projects across 27 states. With a talented workforce of 2,000 employees, RWE Americas develops, constructs and operates wind, solar and battery storage projects, along with natural gas-powered generation, that safely deliver affordable, reliable electricity to our customers. Committed to responsible development, RWE Americas invests in local and rural communities, creating jobs and partnering with stakeholders to support and strengthen the places where we live and work. Learn more about how RWE Americas is generating impact at americas.rwe.com.