Company
Our client is a rapidly growing, grid-scale energy storage developer, owner and operator backed by a major bank and led by experienced clean energy industry professionals. The company acquires, develops, and operates stand-alone battery storage projects in markets across North America with offices in LA and Portland.
Role
- Work knowledge of US renewable energy and storage markets
- Demonstrated commitment and participation in developing an accident-free work environment
- Strong analytical skills and preferable experience in budget preparation and management
- Technical understanding of energy storage (other technologies okay)
- Strong business acumen and commercial and financial mindset
- Proven ability to work well within a multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to understand financial models and the potential impact of operations on investments
- Ability to define issues, analyze problems, evaluate alternatives and develop sound conclusions
- Exceptional influence and communication skills both verbally and in writing with superiors, peers, partners and other stakeholders
- 3+ years' experience in renewables asset management
Responsibilities
- The Asset Manager will monitor assigned utility-scale and distributed generation projects across the US to ensure optimal generation performance of the company's energy storage business.
- Overall responsibilities will include management of third-party O&M service providers, relationship management of key stakeholders (ie PPA off-takers, landowners, local government and permitting agencies, etc.), project reporting, performance analysis, preparation of capital and O&M budgets, and collaborating with the internal financial group to support their external and internal analysis and reporting requirements
- The Asset Manager will work closely with the Solar Operations Technical Services and Operations groups to achieve overall performance goals
- Ensure the portfolio is performing at or above forecasted production
- Maximize the total returns for each asset through the analysis of system efficiency and identifying opportunities for improved performance
- Create detailed comprehensive reports on assigned solar projects
- Review performance reports and project-specific performance data; Investigate issues and initiate actions to improve performance
- Develop & manage project budgets, models, contracts, and stakeholder & customer relations
- Work closely with numerous internal departments including Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Power Marketing, Accounting, Tax, and Legal
- Assist FP&A in preparing investor reports, and budgets for investors and lenders and resolve any issues or questions
- Review, track and approve expenses incurred by assets and their agents, including external and internal charges
- Manage relationships with stakeholders in projects e.g. property owners, local governments, and permitting agencies
- Provide timely work products to support management and reporting of operating assets
- Collaborate with FP&A and Accounting to ensure the accuracy of billing to customers and resolve issues if needed
- Contribute to the development of policies and procedures to ensure all procedural, legislative and contract requirements are fulfilled
- Participate in the development of an asset compliance calendar
- Where specified, manage and monitor compliance in all contracts and activities
- Maintain knowledge of the political and energy market trends within the regions
- Identify, assess and support the execution of Asset Optimization initiatives by preparing cost/benefit analysis for each optimization initiative, considering terms of the contracts associated with the asset, asset performance, engineering cost estimates, and implementation schedules from the various subject matter experts
- Ensure to flesh out the true value of each identified initiative and package it into a commercial value proposition for review and approval by senior management