Operations Manager - Aquila Clean Energy

31/08/2022 Madrid

Aquila Clean Energy in Spain develops, realises and operates clean energy assets - solar, wind, and battery storage. Through the development and management of clean energy assets, Aquila Clean Energy acts as an agent of change in the country´s energy transition and accelerates the achievement of a net-zero carbon economy. Due to the scale of its operation, Aquila Clean Energy is well positioned to make a significant impact.

Currently, Aquila Clean Energy manages around 60 projects in Spain with a total capacity of more than 3GW and aims to continue to build out its clean energy portfolio in the coming years, being committed to expanding the country’s renewable energy capacity.

Your responsibilities

Finance:

  • Monitor business plans and treasury forecasts, analyze potential deviations and their root causes, and provide action plans to mitigate them.
    Manage Projects Financials throughout the Development, Construction, and closing stages.
  • Support the project management from Investment stage to handover, ensuring the alignment and cooperation of all the involved areas (Investment, Development, Construction, and AM).
  • Perform ad-hoc business analysis and financial modeling.
  • Closely collaborate with the Corporate Financial area in payments approval, closings, pipeline, audits, budgeting, forecasting, etc.
  • Participate in the projects financing (relationships with banks, term sheets review, due diligences, etc.).
  • Manage the capital calls with Corporate Headquarters, Admin Agents or banks.
  • Support projects due diligences, audits, and investor reports.

Operations and reporting:

  • Contract management with developers to ensure projects are delivered according to terms.
  • Prepare the correspondent projects reports from the financial perspective.
  • Collaborate with the Legal and Investment Management on corporate agreements and negotiations.
  • Provide recommendations to improve the projects progress and procedures.

Your qualifications & requirements:

  • Degree in Business Administration or Engineering with Financial acumen.
    4-8 years experience in Finance/Business Development within the Renewable Energy industry – ideally in a multinational utility company.
  • Strong analytical skills. Accounting and Project Finance experience is a plus.
  • Great knowledge of MS Office – specially Excel – is required. Programming and automation in Excel is a plus.
  • Fluency in English and Spanish is required; second European language is a plus.
  • Structured, organised, and independent way of working.
  • Enjoying a dynamic environment, comfortable working simultaneously on various tasks.

 

If your profile fits with the description, please apply directly through our careers website: https://www.aquila-clean-energy.es/career

 

 

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