The Role
The associate director role is a senior part of our team, with day-to-day responsibility for leading our client engagements and business development activity. The role offers progression to director subject to building an appropriate business case.
1. Leading the delivery of client engagements on a day-to-day basis;
2. Building enduring client relationships including post engagement;
3. Providing robust financial and commercial advice on financial aspects of a project;
4. Managing input from internal teams and external project advisers;
5. Identifying client needs and introducing new ideas and propositions to meet these needs;
6. Producing and overseeing development of high quality documentation and presentations;
7. Developing, supervising and review of financial models;
8. Leading business development and owning a proposition;
9. Leading proposals and pitch development for new business;
10. Building sector specific market intelligence, thought leadership and insight;
11. Leveraging industry expertise and network to create opportunities;
12. Managing engagement risk, compliance and following procedures;
13. Performance management, coaching and mentoring of junior team members; and
14. Any other duties commensurate with the senior nature of the role.
The Person
The person will:
15. Have a financial qualification of ACA, CFA or of equivalent;
16. Be assured and experienced in a client and market facing role;
17. Have significant experience of infrastructure projects relating to PPPs / PFIs from working with private and/or public sector clients;
18. Have experience of and understanding of the renewable energy sector and emerging Net Zero asset classes such as District Heat, Carbon Capture and Hydrogen;
19. Have deep working knowledge of financing structures and commercial considerations, with a focus on public private partnerships, project finance and / or joint venture models;
20. Have strong report and business case writing skills and be conversant Microsoft office;
21. Have strong experience of financial modelling and ability to effectively interpret outcomes;
22. Be comfortable and/or experienced in presenting to a variety of stakeholders;
23. Be an independent thinker with the ability to identify and solve problems;
24. Have demonstrable experience of opening up and converting opportunities;
25. Have a strong network and brand within the sector; and
26. Have a go get attitude and a will to succeed.