Senior Manager, Origination

ACCIONA Energía is the biggest 100% renewable energy company with no fossil legacy in the world. With more than 30 years of experience and operations in 20 countries on five continents, ACCIONA Energía offers a wide portfolio of tailored energy solutions so that its corporate and institutional clients can meet their decarbonisation goals. This includes the development, engineering, construction, operation and maintenance of renewable power plants -mainly wind and photovoltaic technologies-, energy sales and management and marketing, energy services, self-consumption, electric mobility and new technologies such as storage and green hydrogen. ACCIONA Energía is governed by the most demanding environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) criteria.

This role focuses on developing and optimising ACCIONA Energy’s Australian portfolio of energy projects – operational and in development - through innovative offtake arrangements and hedges.

Key Responsibilities

Health & Safety

• As a people leader, proactively ensure the health and safety of personnel by championing safety initiatives, actively engage in safety protocols, encourage employee participation, integrate Health & Safety into daily operations, and regularly review and improve safety performance.
• Actively engage in ACCIONA’s Health & Safety practices, take personal responsibility for maintaining a safe and secure workplace, and support the people around you in upholding these standards.

Role Responsibilities

General Management and leadership

• Participate actively in the development and delivery of the Company’s Strategic Power Plan.
• Build and sustain productive relationships with AEAG colleagues, market counterparties and counterparts in Spain (AE).

Portfolio Management

• Key responsibility for negotiating and executing offtake arrangements, focused on Wholesale PPA’s and PPA’s in the C&I sector (ie. Corporate PPAs) and structured alternative hedging.
• Lead origination of innovative offtake / hedging opportunities with wholesale participants to support the development and operational portfolio.
• Work with the Director Power Marketing to develop appropriate market strategies.

Business Development

• Work with the Development Team’s development and acquisition agenda by providing guidance on client/market needs, market conditions and prices to inform business case analysis and strategy more broadly.
• Preparation and presentation of business cases considerate of market conditions, client profile and corporate strategy.

Relationship Management and Communication

• Build and maintain relationships with key customer targets and market participants – both in the energy market and corporates more broadly
• Build and maintain relationships with internal stakeholders – in AEAG and AE.

Required

• Tertiary qualifications in commerce, economics, finance or engineering preferred.
• Must have previous experience in the National Electricity Market, particularly in origination and PPA negotiations.
• Demonstrated commercial acumen and strategic thinking.
• Strong skills in commercial negotiations.
• Demonstrated ability to motivate/manage teams.
• High level skills of presentation and communication and ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with counterparties and clients.
• Ability to travel as needed.
   

Desirable

• Experience in a similar role, operating at both a strategic level and at a tactical level.
• Experience in energy sales to large / C&I customers.
• Experience in environmental product markets.
• Experience in risk management.
• Post graduate qualifications.
• Experience in working across cultures.
• Self-starter with flexibility and willingness to grow with the organization

As a company that values diversity as a source of talent, we work to foster an inclusive environment that promotes respect, belonging and engagement so that all people can participate on an equal opportunity basis. We invite everyone to apply regardless of origin, circumstances, background or condition.