Senior Manager, FBD

Role Overview

• Lead business development and project management activities for RNG and e-methane business opportunities
• Identify new business opportunities or market segments in which OGUSA can expect potential growth, including analysis of U.S. Japan, and European regulations and energy-related policy trends under the mid/long-term investment strategy for RNG and e-methane.
• Lead business development activities by sourcing potential investment opportunities and conducting due diligence on equity participation, asset acquisition(s), and/or corporate M&A, working closely and collectively with OG Headquarters.
• Lead contract evaluation, such as equity agreements, sales and purchase agreements for low-carbon fuels, and O&M agreements as needed.
• Lead financial model review to support investment decision-making.
• Lead progress management of existing investment portfolio and Pre-FEED/FEED staged projects toward final investment decision (FID).
• Lead communication between OGUSA and partner(s) to conduct project progress management and to achieve business development progress within the team.
• Investigate growth constraints, potential risk, and hidden opportunity loss in partner and defines key success factors in the investment opportunity of low-carbon fuels.
• Lead all aspects of due diligence and analysis of investment opportunities of low-carbon fuel business.
• Upon request, attend project progress meetings, or regular meetings with partner(s) and support the development of OGUSA internal reports.
• Communicate and coordinate with external advisors including but not limited to legal, tax, accounting, and/or technical advisors.
• Perform a key role in establishing OGUSA’s mid/long-term investment strategy and materializing specific action plans, contributing to DGG’s profit towards and beyond 2035, understanding and accommodating DGG-wide strategies.
• Supervise peer/junior staff in the analysis of the U.S. market outlook, including regulatory / policy trend research.
• Act as the liaison/facilitator among related business parties, not only with partner(s) but also banks, EPC companies, data subscription vendors and external consultants, and explains the concepts and needs of OGUSA.
• Find the best approach to create strategic, successful partnerships in the U.S.
• Keep meeting minutes, develop reports and support other internal reports and meetings as needed.
• Avid learner display intellectual curiosity to new business domains not limited to Energy Services, Geothermal or Carbon Credit.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Economics, Finance, or other Renewable Energy-related Finance or science field. MBA preferred
• At least 5 years of related energy industry experience
• Corporate level equity participation and due diligence on financial performance (including model review) in the US energy sector, preferably in the energy transition sector
• Experience in applying tax credits to energy projects in the U.S.
• Experience with EPC and O&M activities, working knowledge of associated agreements
• Experience negotiating definitive agreements relating to commodity sales & purchase, equity participation with legal support
• Experience working in an organization to achieve business results, especially in a multicultural environment
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Excellent management and team skills
• Ability to remain calm and courteous in demanding situations
• Eager to understand the culture/nuanced internal approval process of a Japanese company
• Willingness to attend occasional meetings with Japan-based colleagues before or after normal working hours.

Benefits

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