Credit Specialist - Energy Transition, Europe

The Energy Transition allows us to move away from CO2-emitting fossil fuels towards energy supplied from clean and green sources. Through decarbonization, the Energy Transition will create a cleaner, healthier and more affordable future for everyone. DLL’s Energy Transition strategy aims to play a leading role in the financing of clean energy assets that produce or consume clean energy.

The Energy Transition Team Credit Specialist is a new role within DLL. As the Credit Specialist (“CS”) for Energy Transition (“ET”), you will help to contribute to the transformation of society and industry to achieve a more productive, sustainable future. You will underwrite the credit risk of the counterparty while also taking into consideration the overall Risk-Reward-Sustainability components of the transaction. It is crucial that the specialist has a sharp eye for the relevant legislation and regulations (compliance) and acts in accordance with them across the full scope of the discipline. You are able to set up (credit / financing) structures for complex, non-standard and high-risk transactions, working closely with other functions, including commercial, legal, and compliance. In terms of difficulty, the subject matter explicitly requires the ability to create clarity and structure in the large diversity of strategic, business and financial-economic aspects that influence it. The issue is characterized by impact and a high difficulty: to come to a solution and quality advice, extensive specialist discipline-specific practical experience is required apart from ample expertise. You will act as a sparring partner for the business, characterized as a senior advisor towards the Credit Decisioning Bodies and relevant GBU’s. You will provide discipline specific coaching to underwriters in the Region and are a recognized specialist. You will work closely with the Industry Specialist related to Vendor / Partner programs to safeguard industry and asset knowledge.

Find out more hereabout how you can unleash your full potential at DLL

• Provide powerful functional guidance to the countries
• Take Risks: Propose risk appetite in alignment with the ET business:

• Manage and liaise with all DLL parties including Group Risk Management departments, internal stakeholders and external customers/partners within the dedicated countries with respect to risk management matters and representation of DLL Group.
• Take Risks: Execute business strategy and maintain risk profile within the risk appetite and underwriting criteria
• Underwrite and decision nonstandard structured complex application and end-user/dealer/local vendor applications that exceed the authority level of the Country and that are within the own delegated authority; recommend applications towards Regional CRO
• Ensure timely and quality submission of material to the Regional and Global Credit Committees
• Credit and risk management activities concerning highly complex deal structures (highly customized payment conditions, agreements, proposals) with knowledge of all business units and customer sectors,
• Takes Risks: Provide clear, substantiation for new business and product proposals and material changes
• Owns Risks: Embrace effective forward looking risk management by identifying, assessing, managing, monitoring and reporting on risks incurred in business activities
• Owns Risks: Act consistent with the DLL values and supporting policies and standards
  • Provide coaching, guidance, training, and coordination for the dedicated countries
  • Educate and advise country risk members and business partners in reviewing and organizing their own Country Risk capacity and capabilities for all risk areas as well as industry specialization, in line with the business objectives.
  • Direct responsibility for coaching the (performance and development) of the Country credit underwriters in the dedicated countries
• Owns Risks: Demonstrate adequate oversight of the relevant portfolio
• Manages Risks: Implement supporting systems, models, processes, procedures, and deliver training in order to adhere to policies

All members enjoy

• Two working days per year volunteering for a local charity.
• Health and Wellness program including healthy food, free health checks, fun health & vitality activities.
• Flexible hours with possibility to work from home
• Career development opportunities: online learning, member development programs.
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“We not only live up to the expectations of our customers for today, but also anticipate their market needs of tomorrow.”

• Academic level of thinking
• Highly experienced Credit /Risk Professional with significant experience in complex transaction structuring including utilizing significant levels of credit authority, preferably in an asset finance environment
• Strong understanding of and risk experience in financing clean and green energy assets
• Superior Credit Application writing skills.
• Strong development, support and application of Risk / Reward / Sustainability
• Quality driven and results orientated.
• Highly adaptable.
• Proactive and a self-starter.
• Strongly collaborative. Displays excellent ability to build internal and external relationships across a variety of levels, countries, and cultures.
• A natural Developer /Coach – creating and delivering high quality training across a number of functions and countries.
• Strong leadership and influencing skills
• Proven implementation power
• Familiar with multi-cultural and international environment
• Excellent communication skills (speaking and writing) in English

If this role excites you, and you feel you match most but not all the above criteria, we would still love to hear about your experience and how your skills could transfer to this role. Tell us why in your cover letter.

DLL’s wellbeing ambition is to educate, equip and empower members to build connections, manage their mental, emotional, physical and financial wellness and maintain balance between work and the other priorities that make up their lives.

Our four wellbeing categories are as follows:

• Connection – Build meaningful connections with other DLL members
• Health – Manage mental, emotional and physical health
• Finance – Provide learning opportunities to help members achieve personal financial health
• Lifestyle – Maintain balance between work and life priorities

These are the things that matter to our members and the wellbeing of our members matters to DLL

At DLL, we are many things. We are team members, family members, community member. We are members of society, members of different cultures and nationalities. Members of change. We each have different beliefs, different passions, different viewpoints, talents and interests. We become from different backgrounds, cultures, nationalities and histories.

But for all of our differences, we share one thing in common: each of us are members of DLL.

Our company was founded in the Netherlands. But today we are truly a multinational business. Our unique culture is rooted in higher collaboration, less hierarchy and a honest directness that enable us to integrate, ideate and innovate across country lines.

Many companies say they are European, American, Asian or Australian, at DLL we are all these places and more.

We are a cross-culture collaborative – an interconnected network – that comes together every single day with one goal in mind: Partnering for a better world.

• Deadline for application:March 31st
• The selection process may involve an assessment.
• Applications via email will not be reviewed. Please apply online via our career website.
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• For more information, please contact our Talent Acquisition Partner Dennis van Hoof via dennis.vanhoof@dllgroup.com

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