Senior Analyst, Development Operations

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Senior Analyst, Development Operations

Location: Louisville, Colorado

The Senior Analyst will serve as a key member of the Development Operations (DevOps) team. DevOps sits within AES Clean Energy's Development organization with the goal of supporting project developers, Development leadership, and decision-makers within AES Clean Energy. The role is situated in a dynamic team, company, and industry, providing high potential for advancement.

DevOps involves coordinating between regional development teams and collaborating with other entities within AES Clean Energy. The team's responsibility includes building and managing the Development budget, Project Prioritization, forecasting the Development pipeline, process improvement, and team coordination.

The Senior Analyst will gain unparalleled experience into how a renewable energy company operates, grows, and makes decisions in a changing and uncertain environment. The position includes a high degree of exposure to senior decision-makers in AES Clean Energy and involves providing high quality inputs and context for decisions surrounding the Development budget and strategic direction.

Primary Responsibilities

Finance and Budget

• Coordinate with regional Development teams for inputs and work with Finance to refine budget within necessary constraints. The Senior Analyst (along with other team members) will also prepare materials with context and analysis for budget meetings and decision-makers.
• Collect, conduct quality control analysis, and collate individual project budgets from developers throughout the budget process. Provide guidance to developers on budget content and build market level understanding of portfolio status.
• Run key budget analysis including but not limited to scenario analysis related to 5+ year budget horizons, acquisition vs greenfield comparisons, and contingency planning.
• Serve as key contributor to Project Prioritization workstream. Contribute insights towards improvement and efficiency of the workstream.
• Complete ad hoc budget requests and analysis as needed.

Pipeline Forecasting

• Serve as key contributor to Development's Pipeline Forecast. This will include organizing and facilitating meetings with market leadership and validating and maintaining data. Contributions to forecasting also include highlighting key changes and flagging characteristics of pipeline that may point toward shifts in strategy.
• Analyze key pipeline data including Placed in Service timing and probabilities, project categories, and equipment delivery needs. Produce periodic forecast for internal use.

Process Improvement, Team Development, and Ad Hoc Workstreams

• Provide input on key systems and processes, lead process change workstreams with input from other team leaders.
• Contribute to Team events (ex. All Hands, Dev Leaders, etc.) including preparing slides and key data at request as well as generating ideas for content.
• Support other ad hoc requests when necessary.

Position Requirements

Approach to Work

• Lives AES values: safety, highest standards, and an "all together" approach
• Growth mindset: curiosity, desire to learn, self-driven, desire to improve skills
• Ability to work from AES's Louisville, CO office multiple days per week
• Willingness to travel as needed; anticipated travel is 5-10% of time

Skills

• Excellent presentation and communication skills, including with senior leaders
• Able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Creative approach to problem-solving, including in ambiguous and/or dynamic environments
• Excellent quantitative and analytical skills, especially in MS Excel
• Ability to quickly learn new tools and systems

Qualifications

• Demonstrated motivation and interest to work in renewable energy
• 2-5 years of work experience in energy, finance, or related field
• Undergraduate degree, ideally with coursework or work experience in renewable energy sector or other exposure to the energy industry
• Proficient in MS Office suite, including PowerPoint and Excel, and ability to create and design visually compelling presentations