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(Senior) Renewables Originator

Vattenfall
Germanyfull_timeVerifiedPosted 12 Feb 2025

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<h3>Company Description</h3><p>Vattenfall is a European energy company with approximately 20 000 employees. For more than 100 years we have electrified industries, supplied energy to people’s homes and modernized our way of living through innovation and cooperation. We now want to make fossil-free living possible within one generation. To be able to reach this ambitious goal we are looking for talented individuals who, in addition to their passion for their own role, also have strong team spirit and want to contribute to supporting a meaningful corporate mission. </p><h3>Job Description</h3><p>Do you want to shape the future?</p><p>The energy landscape is changing. We are shaping the future and with that also shaping our organization. In accordance with our vision to meet our customers more effectively within changing market trends, we are currently looking to reorganize the way in which we work to be more efficient and competitive.</p><p>Therefore, we are looking for the right person as </p><p><strong>(Senior) Renewables Originator</strong></p><p>You will report to the Director Renewables Origination.</p><p><strong>Business Area (BA) Markets</strong> maximizes the value of Vattenfall’s portfolio by optimizing and dispatching, hedging and sourcing for Vattenfall's assets and customers. We serve as Vattenfall’s single market access to energy commodity markets trading in electricity, emissions, fuels, freight, and renewable certificates. We are active across Europe with around 500 professionals working from Sweden, Germany, The Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Denmark.</p><p><strong>BU Customers</strong> is enabling both Vattenfall and our customers to become fossil free. We do this by offering power purchase agreements to operators of wind or solar parks and by connecting customers to fossil free electricity. We provide market access services to large customers and (regional) energy suppliers and connect demand-side flexibility of industry to stabilize the electricity grid. We furthermore source electricity for Vattenfall’s consumer- and business customers with a strong focus to increase renewable sources of electricity.</p><p><br/>  <strong>What will you do? </strong></p><ul><li>Originate new business in renewable energy markets according to the needs of Vattenfall’s portfolio and in line with Vattenfall’s strategy and purpose</li><li>Identify deal opportunities, with strong focus on mid and long term Renewable Energy Solutions, PPAs, Corporate PPAs, Hydrogen offtake</li><li>Originate, negotiate &amp; structure complex transactions with external</li><li>Support and work on large M&amp;A Transactions and Divestment Cases</li><li>Build and maintain relationships in the german and / or nordic energy market particularly focused of renewable generators and customers</li><li>Lead the deal process from beginning to end, including liaison with all internal stakeholders, plan and carry out negotiations</li><li>Grow renewables business and execute asset strategy with Business Area Wind</li></ul><p><strong>Location  </strong></p><ul><li>Stockholm</li><li>Hamburg</li></ul><h3>Qualifications</h3><p><strong>Who are you? </strong></p><ul><li>&gt;5 years experience in the relevant power market, ideally in Renewables Origination</li><li>Academic degree – technical or economical, Master of Science or higher</li><li>Proper understanding of the power energy market</li><li>Proven track record of deal initiation to deal closing</li><li>Good understanding of the hydrogen value chain</li><li>Ideally understanding of investment banking and M&amp;A transactions</li><li>Resilient and determined to execute the Vattenfall’s strategy and to reach our goals</li><li>Strong networker and able to build trust and engagement, both within the company and externally</li><li>Strong commercial sense and a good understanding of trading, risk management, credit risk, back office and finance functions</li><li>Willing communicator, able to co-ordinate the deal approvals process within Vattenfall</li><li>Able to work independently to originate and close deals, but nevertheless comfortable in a team environment</li></ul><h3>Additional Information</h3><p><strong>Our offer </strong></p><p><strong>Your development </strong>is a priority at Vattenfall BA Markets. Your professional journey will benefit from working in the exciting industry of energy trading, and in interdisciplinary teams. To support your career, we offer opportunities to grow through training, job rotations, talent programs and a working environment that stimulates learning.</p><p><strong>Our work culture </strong>at Vattenfall is excellent. We have an open corporate culture with flat hierarchies. Modern and flexible working conditions, including mobile work, promote wellbeing. In Germany, our work week consists of 37.5 hours with, in many cases, the possibility to work part-time. Up to 49% of your working time can be mobile work, and you are entitled to 30 days of vacation per year.</p

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