Elgin-energy·4 days ago
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Commercial Manager
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What you'll do
- Lead commercial workstreams across Elgin's renewable energy portfolio from project development through to Financial Close.
- Develop commercial strategies to maximise value across solar, storage and hybrid projects in the UK, Ireland and Italy.
- Lead the commercial workstream for government support schemes including UK CfD, Irish RESS, Capacity Markets, MACSE and future market mechanisms.
- Prepare commercial business cases, ELT papers, Investment Committee papers and Board approvals.
- Coordinate the commercial inputs required from Development, Finance, Procurement, Engineering, Construction, Legal and Transactions to support investment decisions.
- Assess project economics, challenge financial modelling assumptions and undertake commercial sensitivity analysis in collaboration with the Finance and Modelling teams.
- Develop and assess project route-to-market strategies, working alongside the PPA Manager during commercial negotiations and contract execution where appropriate.
- Lead commercial evaluation of strategic opportunities including new markets, emerging revenue structures, acquisitions and portfolio optimisation initiatives.
- Maintain constant engagement with internal stakeholders to ensure commercial risks and opportunities are identified throughout the project lifecycle.
- Monitor power markets, government policy, competitor activity and regulatory developments to provide recommendations on commercial strategy.
- Support lender due diligence and financing processes to ensure commercial structures remain bankable.
- Develop innovative commercial structures and continuously improve Elgin's commercial strategy, governance and investment processes.
What they're looking for
- Significant experience in renewable energy, utilities, electricity markets or commercial management.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business, Economics, Engineering or a related discipline.
- Strong commercial mindset with the ability to evaluate complex commercial opportunities.
- Excellent analytical skills with advanced Microsoft Excel capability.
- Comfortable interrogating financial models, assessing project economics and undertaking commercial sensitivity analysis.
- Experience leading cross-functional projects involving multiple internal and external stakeholders.
- Strong understanding of UK and/or Irish electricity markets, renewable support schemes and route-to-market structures.
- Excellent communication, presentation and stakeholder management skills.
- Self-motivated with strong problem-solving ability and the capacity to manage multiple commercial workstreams simultaneously.
Nice to have
- Financial modelling experience is desirable but not essential.
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