The Role
You would be joining the Transactions & Energy transition sub-team of P&U. The team has delivered strong growth in recent years, and is over-delivering on its recent budgets. It counts 11 FTEs currently, and has the ambition of doubling its revenues and size over the next five years.
The Transaction & Energy Transition Associate Director (AD) role will comprise:
1. Providing regulatory due diligence on transactions in the regulated utility sector, leveraging the specialist skills across the P&U team (regulation/finance/cost assessment etc)
2. Providing financial advice to clients on energy transition sectors (such as energy efficiency, connections, metering, nuclear and renewable generation etc.), jointly with KPMG Corporate Finance team
3. Providing strategic, regulatory and market advice, to corporate and infra fund clients, on energy transition sub-segments
4. Supporting the general origination effort of the Transaction & Energy transition and the wider Power & Utilities team
5. Managing delivery of several engagements of different size on a day-to-day basis. Being responsible for the quality of deliverables produced for clients
6. Working closely with our colleagues in other parts of KPMG Deal Advisory to develop and maintain business relationships with clients, in particular infrastructure investors
7. Ensuring KPMG's quality and risk management procedures are adhered to
8. Providing effective management, coaching and mentoring of junior staff on specific engagements
9. Developing, inspiring and empowering team members in line with the firm’s values
The projects that you will advise on will be high profile and varied focusing on regulated utilities in the UK and energy transition in Europe. For example, the team has recently provided:
10. Completed regulatory due diligence on large UK water utility
11. Regulatory & commercial due diligence on a large OFTO
12. Completed a sell-side M&A advisory on a C&I solar platform in Eastern Europe
13. Completed a strategic review of an energy efficiency company in Europe
14. Regulatory & commercial due diligence for the acquisition of an electricity distribution network
15. Advised on the gas market prospects in the context of a takeover of a large gas distribution company in the UK
The Person
16. You will either have developed regulatory expertise on UK regulated utilities (water, electricity, gas, etc.) in a consulting firm, or M&A advisory experience in the Power & Utilities sector
17. Have experience and understanding of key elements of energy policy and economic regulation of utilities
18. Experience of working on and managing transactions in utilities and infrastructure
19. Good understanding of transaction process and execution
20. Experience of working in regulated utilities, and / or energy transition sectors such as energy efficiency, C&I solar, C&I decarbonisation, connections, metering, renewable generation
21. Ability to work at pace and during intense periods of live transactions
22. Excellent presentation and communications skills
23. Strong commercial awareness
24. Have a go get attitude and a will to succeed, with experience of opening up opportunities
25. Be an independent thinker with the ability to identify and solve problems