Senior Analyst, Business Development (M&A) Job at Lightsource BP
Lightsource bp is a global leader in the development and management of solar energy projects. We are a 50:50 joint venture with bp with a mission to help drive the world’s transition to low carbon energy.
With solar set to increase tenfold in the next 20 years, we are well-positioned to capitalize on this growth. By joining the Lightsource bp team, you will ‘be the change’ on the world’s energy transition to a more sustainable future.
We pride ourselves on our entrepreneurial spirit as we continue to push the boundaries of an ever-changing energy landscape. By choosing a career with us, you can expect a challenging and fulfilling role surrounded by people who are passionate about sustainable technology, innovation, and execution.
Summary
Responsible for supporting all M&A activities, including sourcing, evaluating, managing the diligence process, and closing solar and storage M&A transactions ranging from single asset purchase agreements to pipeline and platform acquisitions. This role features significant cross-functional collaboration with teams leading origination, development, engineering, construction, legal, finance, and corporate strategy.
Duties and Responsibilities
With solar set to increase tenfold in the next 20 years, we are well-positioned to capitalize on this growth. By joining the Lightsource bp team, you will ‘be the change’ on the world’s energy transition to a more sustainable future.
We pride ourselves on our entrepreneurial spirit as we continue to push the boundaries of an ever-changing energy landscape. By choosing a career with us, you can expect a challenging and fulfilling role surrounded by people who are passionate about sustainable technology, innovation, and execution.
Summary
Responsible for supporting all M&A activities, including sourcing, evaluating, managing the diligence process, and closing solar and storage M&A transactions ranging from single asset purchase agreements to pipeline and platform acquisitions. This role features significant cross-functional collaboration with teams leading origination, development, engineering, construction, legal, finance, and corporate strategy.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Source new M&A opportunities by leveraging your existing network and cultivating a new network within the utility-scale solar industry
- Evaluate and screen M&A opportunities to determine fit and interest
- Lead financial modeling of M&A opportunities to support bidding strategy
- Prepare bid packages for competitive asset and/or pipeline sale processes
- Support customer meetings and contract negotiations
- Manage due diligence of M&A assets including cross-functional collaboration with various internal teams and external consultants
- Closely follow industry trends, pricing, and developer activities
- Develop and maintain activity trackers to accurately capture discussions with developers and brokers and to coordinate with team members on all inbound and outbound deal sourcing activities
- Demonstrate effective communication skills, both orally and written, when sharing work product and when communicating with relevant stakeholders
- 3+ years of experience in renewable energy M&A and/or investment banking
- Understanding of solar and storage project valuation fundamentals and experience running renewable energy financial models
- Experience with renewable energy project development, business development, and project finance processes
- Familiarity with US regional energy market structures and opportunities
- Advanced project management skills with comfort working in fast-paced environments and against frequent deadlines
- Bachelor’s degree required, Master’s degree a plus
- Excellent attention to detail
- High performance standards
- Strong project management skills
- High EQ with a focus on relationship development and management
- Ability to work independently and to engage additional resources as necessary
- Ability to task manage and prioritize individual and team work based on required deliverables and due dates
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Self-starter and highly motivated to be a team contributor
- Flexibility in addressing opportunities and challenges in a fast-paced business environment
Why you’ll want to work for us
Our company is a place where you can be yourself and grow – a place where your ideas and opinions matter.
Be you: We pride ourselves on being an inclusive community, where every individual is valued and treated with respect.
Be responsible: Our culture is driven by our core values. From operating safely to ensuring our solar projects are responsible and promote biodiversity.
Be recognized: Alongside a competitive salary, we offer a variety of benefits including annual bonus, retention bank, health insurance, pension, and other local benefits.
Be inspired: Join an agile, international team working across 15 countries to power the future and positively impact people, communities, ecosystems and biodiversity across the world.
Our core values: Lightsource bp truly cares about creating a sustainable future through safe, responsible and meaningful low-carbon energy projects. Our core values of Safety, Integrity, Respect, Sustainability and Drive are the guiding principles for everything we do.
We offer:
Our company is a place where you can be yourself and grow – a place where your ideas and opinions matter.
Be you: We pride ourselves on being an inclusive community, where every individual is valued and treated with respect.
Be responsible: Our culture is driven by our core values. From operating safely to ensuring our solar projects are responsible and promote biodiversity.
Be recognized: Alongside a competitive salary, we offer a variety of benefits including annual bonus, retention bank, health insurance, pension, and other local benefits.
Be inspired: Join an agile, international team working across 15 countries to power the future and positively impact people, communities, ecosystems and biodiversity across the world.
Our core values: Lightsource bp truly cares about creating a sustainable future through safe, responsible and meaningful low-carbon energy projects. Our core values of Safety, Integrity, Respect, Sustainability and Drive are the guiding principles for everything we do.
We offer:
- US team members are entitled to medical benefits, life insurance, dental benefits, vision benefits and short- and long-term disability benefits. Lightsource bp pays for the first $800 of the monthly insurance premium. For staff members with dependents, Lightsource will cover 50% of the costs of covering dependents. The team member contributes the remainder of the premium, if any, through pre-tax payroll deduction.
- Lightsource bp offers US team members immediate eligibility for a 401(k) plan, with a 3% nonelective employer contribution.
- Our team members are eligible for a discretionary annual bonus, calculated based on corporate, team and individual objectives. Team members in the US may receive an additional 50% of their annual bonus in a “retention bank” as well, available for withdrawal after three years of bonus awards have accrued.
- Lightsource bp currently observes the following 11 holidays in the US: New Years Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Presidents’ Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
- US team members accrue 20 days of vacation and 15 days of sick leave annually. All team members are also eligible for COVID-19 leave.
- Team members in the US enjoy a hybrid work environment.
- US team members receive a monthly personal phone bill reimbursement of up to $100 and a monthly commuter benefit of up to $150. Team members also receive one-time wellness and remote work allowances.
Lightsource bp is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.
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