About The Role
The individual will play a critical role in winning and delivering Financial Advisory / transaction mandates ranging from greenfield financings to refinancings alongside Buyside & Sellside M&A on Infrastructure, Renewable Energy and Energy Transition assets.
This individual will be responsible for leading our day-to-day Financial Advisory support to clients on transactions.
The role will include initial client screening, drafting Teasers, Information Memorandums, performing Funding Competitions, co-ordinating advisors and closing both Debt and Equity transactions.
Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:
* Managing several complex client engagements or components independently
* Managing commercial aspects of an individual engagement to achieve desired levels of quality and profitability
* Executing projects and maintaining a review process to ensure projects are completed to a level that meets the high-quality standards of Amberside Advisors
* Business development to grow new sectors, clients and markets
* Progressing to specialise and contribute to a practice area - developing and maintaining industry knowledge and demonstrating sound knowledge of economic, political and market trends
* Providing commercial/pertinent sector knowledge on projects specifics to junior staff and feeding back any perceived knowledge gaps to senior management to deal with
* Ensuring relevant project team members are accurately charging time to proposal / engagement codes as part of assessing profitability of individual projects
* Passing on pertinent market/client knowledge to senior management and colleagues/ teams to aid the development of knowledge
* Ability to understand clients' needs and translate that into a scope
* Deliver timely and quality outputs. Communicating risk and issue early to appropriate colleagues
* Holding/attending reviews on completion of projects to identify lessons learned and enhance future quality of performance
* Working on Continuing Professional Development (CPD) to maintain any relevant professional status/ accreditation
* Meeting deadlines throughout the Amberside Advisors Performance Development Cycle for self, including seeking good quality feedback goal setting, providing input into engagement/ project reviews
* Taking action to ensure employee wellbeing is being actively managed in the office
* Exhibiting role model behaviour in line with Amberside Advisors values
* Building constructive working relationships across the team and our colleagues within Steer
* Participate in team meetings to support with resource allocation
* Takes ownership of complex projects
* Being able to step back, see the bigger picture and ability to translate datasets and models into a value-add analysis, including financial models where relevant to project
* Ensure projects are "closed down" will all potential marketing opportunities exploited
* Ensures where applicable, that team meets client expectations, budget and profit requirements
* Uses resources effectively and efficiently on project/task
* Effectively manages director expectations of project outcomes
* Developing the team through continuous mentoring
* The role requires working to deadlines, prioritising workload supporting wider team members, while providing a high level of conscientious service at all times to be our clients' trusted advisor
Requirements
What we'd like from you
* Ambitious and passionate about infrastructure and decarbonisation investment
* Belief that solving the world's energy and climate challenges is something to which we should all respond
* Knowledge of the Lender market and investor sphere in the UK
* Exceptional commercial acumen
* Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey complex financial concepts to non-financial stakeholders
* Practiced at communicating complex information in a clear and concise manner
* Exceptional attention to detail and an ability to translate this to/from an Excel model
* Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with attention to detail and accuracy
* Ability to work and communicate as part of a team, and in an effective manner
* Skilled at coping well when under pressure from competing priorities and interruptions
* Driving curiosity to solve client problems and respond to a challenge
* Able to apply research skills to solve new issues and make improvements
What You May Also Have To Offer
* Degree in business administration or relevant field such as economics, law, finance, sciences, engineering. MBA/MSc/MA desirable
* Experienced in corporate finance, project finance, or a related role in the Infrastructure, Renewables or Energy Transition sectors
* Experience of Leading Financial Advisory transactions, drafting Teasers, Information Memorandums, performing Funding Competitions, co-ordinating advisors and closing transactions
* In-depth knowledge of financial principles, investment analysis, and risk management
* Working in a commercial/investment or advisory/consulting role in infrastructure services for major projects, in a financial/commercial focussed environment
* Experience in delivery of large-scale infrastructure projects, preferably the low carbon energy sector, including the commercial development and financing of assets
* Experience of project management, business case development, report writing, due diligence, risk and opportunity analysis
* Client-facing experience in providing technical knowledge and expertise to maximise the value of the project for stakeholders
* Expert user of Microsoft Office products, including Word, Excel, Teams, Outlook & PowerPoint
Benefits
Why join us
We believe in empowering our people and giving them the opportunities to shine. As an employee-owned company means that our team are dedicated and passionate about what they do, and that's the reason why we are at the forefront of our industry.
Steer/Amberside is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all candidates regardless of race, color, ancestry, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, Veteran status, or any other legally protected status. Any other human expressions and experiences not mentioned here are equally welcome. If you require an accommodation, now or throughout your employment, please let us know.
We offer a competitive benefits package including:
* Private medical insurance and health screening
* Life assurance and group income protection
* Company pension scheme
* EAP and mental health first aiders
* 25 days annual leave and ability to buy and sell annual leave days,
* Season Ticket Loan/ Cycle to Work,
* Group Share Incentive Plan,
* Up to 5 days for volunteering activities
* Discretionary bonus scheme based on annual compensation (dependent upon individual and company performance)
Compensation
Steer/Amberside is committed to ensuring that all its employees are compensated a fair, liveable wage. All initial compensation, regardless of location, may be subject to change as skills, abilities, internal equity and geographic location are taken into account.
In addition to base salary, all employees will be eligible for an annual discretionary performance bonus. Please review the benefits section for more information on total reward.
Steer/Amberside reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional compensation.
Work Environment
All Steer/Amberside employees seeking a full-time opportunity are encouraged to spend 40% of their time either in office or on-site with clients. An employee's typical work week consists of 40 hours (Hours, expectations, and exemption status will be adjusted for any applicant seeking a part-time opportunity.)
We understand that some may be dissuaded to apply based off their compatibility with the job description. That being said, we understand that not everyone is a perfect match on paper and encourage anyone to apply regardless of how much their work experience directly relates to the job description.
Part-time and flexible working applications will be considered.
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* Just complete our brief online application form and attach your CV and covering letter
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