Investment & Valuation Manager (m/f/d)

To start as soon as possible, full time, permanent
Functional area:

About the department
The Investment & Valuation department conducts economic evaluations and provides high quality decision support for RWE’s profitable growth in Renewables. This includes providing commercial guidance to our business units on investment, divestment, bid and partnering decisions and guiding our investment approval process.

About the role
Based in Germany, you will evaluate M&A transactions and development projects, support auctions, check the quality of business cases by scrutinising the plausibility and consistency of the data used and the robustness of the results, and provide independent and unbiased recommendations to enable smooth and transparent decision-making.

Your tasks

• Carry out quantitative and qualitative analyses of development and M&A renewable projects that are located within various countries and support in making independent holistic recommendations to the management. Technology focus may include onshore wind, photovoltaic (PV) and battery storage
• Build, develop and maintain financial valuation models to assess project economics
• Take over a governance role including the business case challenge of valuation relevant assumptions as well as the standardization and enhancement of our investment approval process and papers
• Support the RWE Renewables’ investment approval process and coordinate relevant stakeholders
• Ensure accuracy and clarity of Board papers
• Provide commercial guidance to our business units for investment, divestment, bid and partnering decisions
• Support financial due diligence processes
• Support the evaluation of new strategic initiatives, financial workstreams and other internal ad hoc project

Your profile

• First professional valuation experience (e.g. respective internships)
• Knowledge of theoretical investment topics, with a focus on valuation methods, in particular DCF modelling within Excel
• A degree in business administration, economics, industrial engineering, mathematical economics or similar
• Preferably first experience in the presentation of decision-relevant information
• A commercial mindset with strong quantitative and qualitative analytical skills
• The ability to bring a critical mindset to projects in a constructive way to enable value creation
• Communication and presentation skills with the ability to assure high quality and accuracy under time constraints with an awareness of deadlines
• Fluency in spoken and written English is essential in our international team and environment
• And last but not least: a positive attitude and fun in working in a multicultural team, a sense of humor and a enthusiasm for renewable energy

Our offer

• An exciting and ever evolving environment with the opportunity to work across a variety of renewable energy projects in global markets
• Support in gaining additional levels of industry and valuation experience, motivated by a management team who encourage their employee’s personal development plans
• A workplace culture that values openness, trust, and provides visibility and recognition of your work
• The ability to work flexibly, including some days from home and also with the potential to work reduced hours to fit around family and personal life
• The chance to become part of a company that cares about their employees, with a range of benefit options
• A friendly, motivated, international team with a thorough onboarding process to enable a smooth transition into your new working environment