AIFA Senior Manager

About ENGIE

 

The Acquisitions, Investments and Financial Advisory (AIFA) team at ENGIE Group is a dynamic unit involved in significant transactions and strategic initiatives. The AIFA Senior Manager leads the valuation and risk analysis of new projects and manages M&A and project financing transactions. This role also supervises junior and financial advisors on the team.

The team works on various projects and technologies, including energy efficiency, power generation, PPPs, gas and power networks, and more. These projects can be greenfield or brownfield, financed, part of buy-side or sell-side M&As, negotiated deals, or public tenders. This provides a challenging and stimulating work environment with numerous professional development opportunities.

 

Your key Accountabilities:

Every day, you will lead several transactions, contribute to the decision-making, supervise the work of several team members, and manage interactions with internal project stakeholders and external counterparties.

 

In particular, you will:

• Lead the financial modeling and analysis supporting investment decisions for project development, acquisition, and divestment opportunities in line with ENGIE guidelines
• Provide valuation and structure guidance throughout the business development process, advise on commercial agreements, risk allocation, bankability of contracts, financing, and expected investment returns
• Coordinate valuation, tax, accounting, reporting, and financing matters across all aspects of the project
• Determine the best investment structure accordingly, taking into account strategy, governance, flexibility, and value creation matters and provide recommendations on the transaction terms and conditions
• Present investment opportunities to ENGIE leadership, defend project economics and risks in committees
• Undertake transversal assignments like impairment tests or look-back analyses
• Support or lead partnership/consortium discussions (assessment of partners, negotiation of partnership term sheet/contracts, governance, investment structure, value creation, return differentiation)
• Select and appoint required transaction advisors
• Review and contribute to the drafting of all transaction documents/contracts (SPA, SHA, off-take, and supply contracts) from the point of view of financial robustness, bankability, risk allocation, accounting, consolidation, tax, partnership
• Coach and mentor junior members of the team

 

 

Internal interfaces

• Group M&A
• Business development team
• Centers of expertise (IFRS, tax, legal, etc.)
• Corporate finance, treasury and insurance

 

 External interfaces

• Banks/financing institutions