Planum Partners – 2 x Associate, Investment Banking (Energy/Infrastructure/Real Estate)
Planum is a leading real assets investment bank with offices in Melbourne and Sydney. We have raised over $8bn of capital, completing ~3GW of renewable energy projects and 50+ mandates. We are an advisor and an investor.
My client is a leading owner and operator of institutional-grade, energy infrastructure and proprietary data centers powered by 100% renewable energy. The Company is uniquely positioned as a sustainable real asset, cash flow exposure to the digital assets space, with a global portfolio of operating and development sites (>1GW). The company has exciting future options to expand further into the traditional data centre space and needs assistance making decisions and oversight of the roll out.
The focus of the role is to assess and oversee delivery of data centre/renewable energy projects, assist the executive leadership team to assess and oversee growth strategies and business development. Key responsibilities will include:
· Identification of business growth and project opportunities and conducting feasibility analysis for the technical, commercial, and regulatory aspects of those opportunities
· Evaluate different power markets with respect to power prices and grid connection opportunities
· Manage the due diligence and commercial negotiations for new business development opportunities and M&A activities
· Financial evaluation of strategic growth initiatives through ground-up analysis, to assist the Executive Leadership Team in understanding key strategic opportunities and operating and financial metrics
· Coordinate with internal and external technical, financial, and legal teams and other stakeholders to implement and accelerate all project related work leading to investment decisions
· Manage the commercial negotiations and development activities for identified projects, with a focus on securing land, permitting and connection activities
· Oversee relationships with project stakeholders during the development phase, including landowners, transmission service operators, and local councils
· Procure and negotiate power supply contracts for projects
· Assist with the development of construction/equipment supply tenders and associated commercial discussions
· Perform financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting and reporting, including analysis and production of regular business development and financial reports for the board/senior management
· Prepare research pieces, presentations and analysis on key issues facing the business
· Assist the business in analysing commercial metrics on various transactions, across digital assets (bitcoin mining), electricity supply contracts, potential future renewable energy asset acquisition and development projects, and M&A opportunities
· Input, as required, into relevant documents including investor presentations, monthly and quarterly reports, and website content
· Input, as required, into the company’s Annual Report and related filings
· Manage a team of personnel to achieve the above activities
Ideal candidate experience:
10-15 years of corporate finance including exposure to investment banking (M&A, equity / debt capital markets, valuations) and/or infrastructure funds management; valuations, financial modelling and advisory (incl. transaction execution and project management); infrastructure / energy (renewables) experience ideal but not essential.
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