Power Origination Senior I – San Diego, CA

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Primary Purpose
Identifies and originates large, complex, long-term power commodity, asset and energy transactions. Oversees all aspects of the deal-making process, including analysis, due diligence, negotiation and closing. Leads smaller or welldefined deals from assessment through close, adapting structures to meet customer needs while protecting value. Improves existing approaches with insight from multiple information sources.

Team and Role Context

Identifies and originates complex, medium to long-term power commodity, asset and energy transactions. Oversees all aspects of the deal-making process, including networking, origination, analysis, due diligence, contracting and closing.

Leads smaller complex negotiation or wellto defined deals from assessment through close, adapting commercial structures to meet customer needs while adding value to SI’s portfolio. Improves existing approaches with insight from multiple information sources.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Develops evaluation models and recommendation summaries for shortlisting proposals.
• Participates in negotiations for standard power and capacity agreements.
• Coordinates diligence across legal, finance, and operations to verify deliverability and risk.
• Prepares decision materials for internal review committees.
• Facilitates alignment among internal stakeholders by translating technical details into business implications.
• Leads small workstreams with defined deliverables and manageable risk.
• Researches public information about potential customers and/or competitors, analyzes data, and formulates recommendations to present to the management team.
• Keeps abreast of renewable energy opportunities and market trends impacting the future of clean power development opportunities and their competitiveness as they relate to customers.
• Leads defined portions of solicitations and solicitation responses. Coordinates communications for assigned products across working teams.
• Monitors market trends and provides synthesized insights from fundamental analytics to inform procurement strategies, identify trade / acquisition targets and guide strategy.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

*Can be hired in either Houston, TX or San Diego, CA

Required Qualifications
education

• Required: Typically requires a 4 year degree in a relevant field, or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• Preferred: Master’s in Business Administration

Experience

• Required: Typically requires 5 years of related work experience in Origination or Trading.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Energy Transaction Management – Managing the purchase or sale of a specified quantity of energy at a known transaction point or through an organized market.
• Commercial Negotiation – The planning, reviewing, analysis and other activities that a buyer and seller conduct to reach an agreement.
• Risk Management – Identifies, evaluates and manages risks by developing and implementing risk management strategies, frameworks, policies, procedures and practices.
• Regulatory Compliance – Ensuring an organization’s adherence to laws, regulations, guidelines and specifications relevant to its business processes.
• Portfolio Management – An integrated, multi-disciplinary, customer-first, approach to help organize and present brands and help them perform.
• Data Analysis – Measuring and managing organization data, identifying methodological best practices and conducting statistical analyses.
• Project/Program Management – The process of leading the work of a team to achieve goals and meet success criteria at a specified time.
• Deal Structuring – Prioritizing the objectives of a merger or acquisition and ensuring that the top-priority objectives of all parties involved are satisfied, along with considering the weight of risk each party must bear.
• Deal Origination – The process by which firms identify investment opportunities.
• Financial Modeling – Develop financial models and valuation models to arrive at a valuation conclusion.
• Strong desire to network – Willingness to identify and originate deals from scratch.
• Participates in the execution of various strategies on RFP submissions and collaborates with other internal teams to achieve success.
• Travel to conference and customer headquarters to facilitate networking and deal execution.

Note: The Company strives to ensure that employees are paid equitably and competitively. Starting salaries may vary based on factors such as relevant experience, qualifications, and education.

Sempra Infrastructure offers a competitive total rewards package that goes beyond base salary. This position is eligible for an annual performance-based incentive (bonus) as well as merit-based recognition. Company benefits include health and welfare (medical, dental, vision), employer contributions to retirement benefits, life insurance, paid time off, as well as other company offerings such as tuition reimbursement, paid parental leave, and employee assistance programs.