Commercial Asset Manager

Are you a Commercial Asset Manager with experience in Solar PV or wider renewables including contract, finance and overall project management? Have you experience in both running and maintaining the success of Onshore Solar and Wind portfolio’s? Are you excited by the prospect of becoming a key figure in the management of a 1.5GW portfolio, distributed across the Onshore Solar, Wind and Battery Storage sectors? If so, please read on…..

The Company

A leading independent investor, developer and asset manager of European Solar PV parks (as well as wider technologies), this business sets the pace for the rest to follow in return-driven investments with a focus on longevity as partners in order to maximise the returns for their investors and the management teams who they support. Managing over 1000 renewables assets valuing over €2.5 billion, they have a three year goal of 5GW of renewable assets.

The Role

Your responsibility will be the portfolio of solar parks in Germany.

Your primary tasks:

• Commercial Asset Management services

• Management of relationship with institutional agencies

• Procuring, obtaining, and maintaining relevant insurances, including liaising with insurers as required

• Responsible for PPA Agreements

• Liaising with Technical Engineers who are responsible for the effective supervision and monitoring of the operation and maintenance services to maximise generated production

• Monitoring and commenting monthly/quarterly unaudited management reports in respect of the relevant projects (prepared by Financial Controller)

• Monitoring Forecasting and managing project cash flows, including approving any project related expenses (prepared by Financial Controller)

• Maintain and clean up master data to ensure a consistent overview of all relevant contracts

The Person

The successful candidate will likely have:

• Bachelor’s Degree required with a concentration in business, finance, legal, engineering, or other similar discipline

• Experience in Asset Management including stakeholder management

• Preferably, experienced within administration of solar parks or other renewable

assets

• Experience in negotiating contracts along with proven ability to liaise with and

manage/monitor contractors

• Experience in budget management; including monitoring and reporting

• German/English Language capabilities

Personal qualifications:

• Self-motivated with a can-do attitude and thriving with distance management.

• An energetic, committed and outgoing person

• Capable to keep focused under pressure and when new challenges occur

• Confident in an international context

If you are looking for a broad and challenging role with exciting progression prospects to match, make your application without delay.

Kris Gittings

Consultant – Executive Search

kris.gittings@hunterphilips.com