The Role
You would be joining the Transactions & Energy transition sub-team of P&U. The team counts 10 FTEs and has delivered strong growth in recent years.
The Transaction & Energy Transition Director will provide leadership to the team, working closely with the team’s Managing Director.
Roles & Responsibilities
1. Providing leadership to the Energy Transition part of the Transactions & Energy Transition team (target size of 10-12 consultants)Providing energy transition advice to regulated and other utilities in the UKProviding strategic, market and regulatory advice, to corporate and infrastructure fund clients, on energy transition segments such as energy efficiency, connections, metering, renewable generation etc.
2. Supporting the Transactions part of the Transactions & Energy Transition team:Providing strategic, commercial and regulatory due diligence advice on large and complex transactions, leveraging the specialist skills across the P&U team (strategy/market/regulation/cost benchmarking etc)Providing M&A and financial advice to clients on energy transition sectors, jointly with the KPMG Corporate Finance team
3. Building enduring client relationships and becoming the go to person for our clients on projects and relevant market opportunities.
4. Leading client engagements on a day-to-day basis
5. Maintaining a good understanding and expertise in energy networks, water, energy efficiency, connections, metering, renewable generation
6. Ensuring KPMG's quality and risk management procedures are completed to the appropriate standard.
7. Performance management, coaching and mentoring of team members.
8. Being a role model for staff and for the firm's values
The projects that you will advise on will be high profile and varied focusing on energy transition of large and medium-size corporations. For example, the team has recently provided:
9. commercial advice on a takeover of a major energy company in Europe,
10. advised on the gas market prospects and dynamics in the context of a takeover of a large gas distribution company in the UK,
11. advised on the business options for unregulated businesses of water companies,
12. advised gas network companies on the policy requirements for hydrogen,
13. advised a large utility on defining future energy scenarios in the UK and the impact on future totex and regulatory parameters, in the context of a transaction
14. completed a strategic review of an energy efficiency company in Europe
15. supported large regulated utilities on their strategies to deliver net zero and business plans more generally,
16. helped to consider business strategies on major nuclear projects.
The Person
Skills, Qualifications & Experience
17. You will already have demonstrable of experience in Consulting (strategy / management) in the energy sector, or M&A advisory in the Power & Utilities sector
18. Experience of working on energy transition sectors such as regulated utilities, energy efficiency, C&I solar, C&I decarbonisation, connections, metering, renewable generation
19. A strong track record of leading a team, and both winning and delivering advisory services to large energy companies
20. Understand how emerging Net zero technologies can impact businesses and how they can be successfully implemented
21. Have strong knowledge of business planning, strategic considerations, corporate decision making, scenario analysis, and investment appraisal;
Strong academic background
22. Have experience and understanding of key elements of energy policy and economic regulation of utilities Ability to work at pace and during intense periods of live transactions
23. Excellent presentation and communications skills
24. Strong commercial awareness
25. Have a go get attitude and a will to succeed, with experience of opening up opportunities
26. Be an independent thinker with the ability to identify and solve problems
27. Excellent presentation and communications skills