PRIMARY PURPOSE OF POSITION

As part of the Corporate Development Team, assists Manager, Director and Vice President in efforts to evaluate and execute corporate mergers, asset acquisitions and divestitures. Responsibilities include assisting with potential target identification, development and review of financial models, development of presentation materials and transaction execution. Assists in the coordination of all supporting resources, processes (legal, valuation and transaction evaluation, due diligence, corporate finance, etc.) and deal advisors.

PRIMARY DUTIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Research and evaluate appropriate Corporate, Business Unit M&A and Divestiture candidates to fit the Corporate strategy.
• For acquisitions, support the multi-functional team processes for transaction execution including evaluation and due diligence
• Carry out financial modeling and other analytics with relevant Corporate and Business Unit interdependencies including Corporate Planning, Treasury, Trading, Accounting and Tax.
• Prepare transaction materials for Board and senior management.
• For divestitures, help manage the multi-functional team and processes including transaction evaluation, offering memo preparation, data room development, and bid evaluation and selection.
• Provide support for post acquisition/merger integration
• Perform or support other ad-hoc development-related projects or analyses

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• BA/BS
• 8 years of relevant experience
• Financial experience with demonstrated project management skills
• Two to three years experience in the Energy (Electric or Gas) Industry
• Extremely strong financial modeling skills (ability to modify models to perform what-if analysis, simplify model to match available data, and perform thorough reviews of models developed by others)
• Enthusiastic attitude for getting into the details
• Strong communication/presentation skills