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THE OPPORTUNITY

Our award-winning Business and Investor Advisory (BIA) team, recognised as the European Technical Advisor of the Year for the last four years is recruiting! We are looking for a Transaction Associate Director to help shape our growing renewables focused energy transition advisory business, collaborating with clients both in the UK and Internationally. With teams in both London or Manchester you can choose which office you want to work from on a hybrid basis.
We are looking for an individual with leadership, coaching, team working and commercial skills who can take responsibility for leading complex assignments. This involves collaborating with the BIA team and other departments within Arup to deliver high-quality, value-driven transaction and strategic advisory services. Our market leading team advises on transactions across a broad spectrum of energy infrastructure assets harnessing a diverse range of analytical, technical, commercial, economic and business skills and experience. We deliver concise, insightful and value driven advice for our clients. Our team recognised as an award-winning technical advisor across energy infrastructure globally with expertise in regulated utilities, renewable energy, hydrogen and decarbonisation.
This role sits in the Renewable Energy team within Business Investor Advisory and will focus on offshore wind and other complex renewable portfolio transactions. In addition to transaction advisory, this role will lead strategic renewable energy assignments with strategic clients such as government bodies, development banks, utilities and investors. As a Transaction Associate Director in the team, you will be responsible both for your own continuing professional development and the development of others around you to support the continued growth and development of our award-winning team. You will be involved in both business development and managing client relationships as well as delivering the highest quality work products in a transaction advisory context.
At Arup, you belong to an extraordinary collective – in which we encourage individuality to thrive. Our strength comes from how we respect, share and connect our diverse experiences, perspectives and ideas. You will have the opportunity do socially useful work that has meaning – to Arup, to your career, to our members and to the clients and communities we serve.

REQUIREMENTS:

• A well established background within the renewable energy sector, with a preference for those with experience in offshore and onshore wind sector.
• Masters level Degree in Engineering, Finance or Economics or similar with infrastructure investment experience.
• Attained chartered status or equivalent qualification with a recognised professional institution.
• Prior experience of due diligence on renewable energy infrastructure assets (offshore and onshore wind projects ideally).
• A high level of commercial acumen, with a track record of successful project delivery.
  Not ready to apply just yet or have some questions? Contact Rachel Connolly at rachel.connolly@arup.com - Please note, to ensure we remain GDPR compliant do not send your CV directly to us via this email.

As a Transaction Associate Director you will be considered a “safe pair of hands” to manage complex and challenging technical and commercial due diligence assignments in the renewable energy sector, with limited support from the senior leadership of the team. You will be responsible for managing the quality of our work and ensuring that our work products delight our clients and meet their expectations. You will also be responsible for agreeing the scope and budget of assignments and managing these accordingly to deliver projects profitably, on time and in line with agreed targets.
You will have developed both broad and deep sectoral knowledge in renewable energy projects and will be prepared to contribute this to enhance the performance of our team.