Associate Manager Structure/Origination

Requisition ID:  84603 

 

NextEra Energy Marketing is one of the nation’s leading electricity and natural gas marketers. We are responsible for electricity and fuel management for all of NextEra Energy Resources’ generation fleet, which includes the largest renewable energy portfolio in North America. We also provide marketing and trading services to electric and gas utilities, municipalities, cooperatives and other load-serving entities, as well as to owners of electric generation facilities. Are you interested in customizing power and gas solutions to meet each client’s needs? Join our world-class team today!

 

Position Specific Description

Develop, coordinate, and facilitate the execution of complex structured power, and natural gas transactions, with
an emphasis on retail supply agreements.
Activities include:
Work closely with customers to understand customer needs and develop transactions/product structures to
meet those needs;

• Develop presentation materials as a foundation for customer decision making including load forecasting, hedge strategy, PnL attribution, and key operational metrics;
• Coordinate, review and assist in drafting transaction documents that accurately reflect deal structures and negotiate documents with customer;
• Structure transaction economic and valuation models; manage and provide direction to analysts on how to build models to price and analyze structured transactions and review them for completeness and accuracy;
• Develop risk mitigation solutions and ensure risks are appropriately reflected in pricing;
• Coordinate with Trading, Analytics, Legal, Credit, Accounting and Risk Management groups to ensure transactions are analyzed correctly and approved on a timely basis;
• Prepare presentations to support management approval of proposed transactions and obtain transaction approvals on a timely basis.
• The successful candidate can look forward to a role of increasing responsibility, and progression within the Origination group.
• At least three years of transaction development experience preferably in the energy industry. Project management skills and experience with wholesale power, natural gas or oil markets a strong plus.
• Bachelor's in Finance, Engineering, Economics or a similar field. MBA or graduate degree in Business,Economics or a technical field preferred.

Job Overview

This position negotiates and executes complex structured power and/or Oil and Gas transactions, with a particular emphasis on new products, customers and/or regions.  Employees in this role work closely with front-line originators and potential customers to understand their needs and develop product structures to meet them.  Individuals are responsible for developing the deal structure, working with the different desks to develop pricing.  Employees oversee, guide, and negotiate the contract to be signed between NextEra and the counterparty and are also responsible for selling the deal internally, navigating a rigorous vetting process, to gain approval.  This position finally executes the structured transaction by gaining input from several different departments such as Pricing, Legal, Credit, Accounting, Risk Management, and Trading Groups.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Communicates directly with potential customers and front-line originators to gain an understanding of customer needs in order to propose solutions, and/or negotiate deal structures and documents that meet those needs
• Analyzes and develops different structures for the customer including risk mitigation solutions to ensure risks are appropriately managed and quantified
• Oversees, guides, and negotiates the contract and related documents that will be signed between the Company and the counterparty
• Prepares presentations and other internal communications for senior leadership to guide and support the internal vetting process
• Coordinates with internal departments involved in the transaction such as Pricing, Legal, Credit, Accounting, Risk Management, and Trading Groups
• Presents deal to senior leadership, seeking approval of the proposed deal structure
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree
• Experience: 5+ years

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree
• Master's - Business Administration

 

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