Senior Associate, Investment Analysis & Financing

To deliver high-quality financial insights, financial modelling support and in-depth financial analysis to guide management and support strategic decision-making, enhance deal execution and optimize value creation across investment initiatives for BESS and OFSW portfolio. To support debt raising financial processes (typically with non-recourse project finance) and portfolio management for battery storage and offshore wind assets in the UK and Europe.

To build, manage and optimise complex financial models to evaluate transactions and assess financial performance of portfolio of assets under development, construction and operations.

Please note: Applicants should be based in the UK and already have the right to work here.

Responsibilities

Financial modelling and valuation

• Evaluate investment opportunities across BESS and OFSW, both in relation to M&A opportunities, projects under development and operating assets, by producing valuations and other required quantitative analysis.
• Create, update and review financial models relating to the assigned opportunities to support valuation.
• Ensure that valuations for assigned assets are up to date and accurate and that best practice modelling is followed
• Develop appropriate analysis and presentations used for decision making, including identification of key risks and sensitivity analysis
• Coordinate changes and updates to financial models of the operating assets with the Asset Performance & Operational Excellence team.

Investment Support

• Provide analysis to support investment decisions in relation to M&A opportunities or assets under development in Masdar’s portfolio.
• Assist in the preparation of investment committee papers and stakeholder engagement.
• Assist in the negotiation of transaction agreements such as Share Purchase and Shareholders’ Agreements in relation to M&A opportunities
• Identify relevant risks at early stage and put forward mitigation proposals.

Structured Finance 

• Assist in development of a fit-for-purpose financing solutions for BESS and offshore wind assets, involving in particular non-recourse Project Finance debt.
• Support the financing process from beginning to financial close, which includes advisors’ selection, market sounding, term sheet negotiation, lenders’ due diligence and credit committee process, legal documentation and hedging.
• Assist in the negotiations and reviews of financing agreements, including hedging/guarantee structures.
• Build, update and review financial models as required by lenders.

Coordination with stakeholders

• Closely cooperate and coordinate with other teams (Technical, Commercial, Development, Operations, etc.) to validate, challenge and optimise the assumptions in the financial models (whether it’s for new opportunities or existing assets in the portfolio).
• Provider regular updates to the FP&A team are on a regular basis with the latest view on inputs, assumptions and logic, to be included in our monthly FRE.
• Provide modelling and valuation support to the Strategy and FP&A teams in relation to the existing portfolio (e.g. routine forecasting processes).
• Manage handovers of operational asset models to the Asset Performance & Operational Excellence function.
• Support Commercial function in designing route to market strategies for the relevant assets.
• Design the modelling framework to facilitate seamless collaboration between key stakeholders, ensuring consistency in inputs and assumptions, and application of appropriate controls and approval processes governing any updates to assumptions.

Reporting and preparation of investment decision materials

• Work closely with the Finance function to ensure any relevant reporting and budgeting is in line with the latest investment / business case financial model for any relevant asset.
• Prepare required material and analysis for presentations to Senior Leadership Team on M&A and portfolio related matters.

Management of stakeholders and third party service providers

• As and when required by management, personally manage key relationships/negotiations with relevant internal and external stakeholders in order to ensure the negotiation and agreement of favourable deals and agreements that safeguard Masdar’s best interests while ensuring the delivery of necessary needs/goals.

Reporting to stakeholders

• Complete all relevant reports in a comprehensive, accurate and timely manner, and comply with international principles of corporate governance and standards, and shareholder requirements.