M&A Associate

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POSITION: M&A Associate (full-time)

DEPARTMENT: Mergers & Acquisitions

REPORTS TO: Director, M&A

LOCATION: Louisville, CO or NYC, NY or Conshohocken, PA. Candidates must commit to a hybrid schedule. The specific frequency and on-site expectations will be discussed during the recruitment process.

KEY INTERACTIONS: This role will be part of a high-performing team that leads M&A in the US for utility-scale wind, solar and battery storage. This role will provide a wholistic view of deal origination, project diligence and valuation, and transaction negotiation and execution. As such, it is an opportunity to be a core contributor to AES' MW and financial goals and have exposure to senior leaders. It will broaden the Associate's network to a range of developers and IPPs in the U.S. and provide the Associate exposure to AES Clean Energy's investment opportunities that enable it to deliver and expand its industry-leading renewable energy solutions to decarbonize the power sector.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Originate and analyze potential M&A transactions to filter and prioritize projects and portfolios that can achieve annual goals established by senior leadership.

• Coordinate and support all aspects of M&A due diligence, including organization and project management of teams of specialists identifying and quantifying sources of value and risk.

• Work with deal leads and specialists to create deal-specific quantitative analyses

• Prepare presentations with deal lead to communicate deal status to senior leadership and support deal lead in approval requests throughout the transaction process.

• Develop and maintain internal tools and processes for tracking all active, inactive, and closed deal activities

• Work collaboratively with M&A team and cross-functional teams to develop and drive process improvement.

Desired Experience and Skills:

Approach to Work

• Lives AES values: safety, highest standards, and an "all together" approach
• Growth mindset: curiosity, desire to learn, and a drive to improve skills
• Utility player: owns outcomes and supports where needed, on short notice, and occasionally outside of normal business hours
• Motivation to work in renewables/infrastructure

Skills

• Comfortable managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Strong presentation, written and speaking skills
• Highly organized; attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines
• Strong Microsoft Office application skills
• Financial modeling experience is preferred
• Interpersonal communications acumen, including ability to handle sensitive topics
• Experience utilizing CRM systems and developing metrics is preferred

Qualifications

• 2-3 years of transaction, development, finance/investment banking or business consulting experience, strongly preferred in the renewable industry.
• Undergraduate degree in energy, business or finance.
• Willing to work outside of normal business hours as intermittently required for deal deadlines
• As-needed travel no more than 10% of time.