Associate, Commercial Origination

Pattern Energy Group•Houston, TX

7d•Hybrid

About The Position

This role will be responsible for supporting customer relationships, as well as coordinating and supporting the negotiation and execution of structured power transactions for development and operating projects as assigned. The primary areas of focus for this role will be assisting with pricing and structuring of offtake arrangements, proposal drafting, assistance with market analysis, customer intelligence and tracking, customer meetings, as well as internal coordination across teams of subject matter experts required to originate new business, finalize bids, and bring transactions through the execution process. The role will seek input from and support several departments such as Fundamentals, Legal, Credit, Accounting, Development, EPC, and Energy Management groups.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Engineering, Economics or related discipline combined with at least 2 + years of work experience.
Ability to organize time well and set proper priorities.
Advanced knowledge of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and other applications.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to explain complex structures in a succinct manner to a wide audience.
Ability to work in a collaborative environment where teamwork and independent work ethic are essential.
Ability to work well with several different functional teams (e.g. development, finance, operations, accounting, and insurance).
Ability to work well as a team member and a team leader.
Take initiative to find answers and resources.
Driven, hard-working individual with high standards for self and others.
Solid understanding of economic, business and transactional concepts.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with offtake structures, utility scale customers, and key offtake contract concepts related to utility-scale renewable power plants.
Exposure to utility-scale, renewable energy development preferred.

Responsibilities

Support power origination team in the process of sourcing, structuring, negotiating and closing long term structured power purchase agreements and other revenue contracts.
Support the negotiation and lead the execution processes around initial customer contract initiatives, including but not limited to: memoranda of understanding, confidentiality agreements, and term sheets.
Support project marketing and proposal development.
Conduct research on new markets, understanding policy driven customer demand factors, offtake products, and risks.
Integrate input from a variety of internal functional areas into a cohesive and succinct product for internal approval processes and responses to negotiations.
Interface with customers, coordinate proposal timelines and responses, general tracking and intake, both internally and with counterparties.
Liaise with SME’s during negotiations.