Senior Business Manager

Requisition ID: 96223

NextEra Energy Resources is one of America's largest wholesale electricity generators, harnessing diverse energy sources to power progress. We deliver tailored energy solutions that fuel economic growth, strengthen communities, and help customers achieve their energy goals. Ready to make a lasting impact? Take the next step in your career with us!

Position Specific Description

Position is responsible for integrating new facilities within the NEER portfolio and will operate under general or limited supervision. Position with be primarily responsible for effectively collaborating across internal project teams and external stakeholders to successfully onboard and integrate new wind, solar and battery projects into the NEER portfolio. Position will review draft power purchase contract language and identify risks prior to execution, manage project integration planning with customers, service operators and internal stakeholders, support project financing due diligence, extract compliance obligations, analyze and communicate financial impacts to leadership, and coordinate internal and external project hand-off at commercial operations. Ad-hoc analysis may be required from time to time. The ideal candidate is a self-starter, demonstrate effective communication and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, and can prioritize and multitask effectively. Energy industry knowledge and project management experience preferred.

Position is responsible for leading the overall management of a portfolio of generating assets in North America. Related responsibilities include performing robust analytics, profit and loss management, building customer relationships, ensuring compliance with power purchase agreements as well as financing and regulatory requirements, maintaining close working relationship with internal/external stakeholders and presenting ideas to leadership.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Completes financial, operational, or technical project analysis
• Performs ad hoc projects, report development, modeling, and other miscellaneous projects
• Cultivates innovation to optimize work processes
• Ensure compliance with power purchase agreements, financings and regulatory requirements
• Conducts analysis on operational drivers impacting the business and proactively identify opportunities for improvement to present to management
• Manages and improves the optimization of asset interaction with energy markets
• Maintains close working relationships with customers and stakeholders
• Leads value-added projects such as the development of strategic plans, project development, asset optimization, restructurings, and building relationships with customers, state and local regulators, and other external stakeholders
• Trains and mentors Business Managers and Business Management Analysts

Position will have general supervision responsibilities to support junior members on the team. . Travel is expected to be up to 10% of the time.

Job Overview

Employees in this position support the overall P and L management of one or more NextEra generating assets or upstream/midstream assets that have achieved commercial operation. This role supports strategic decision-making with respect to such assets, including hedging, operations and maintenance. This role identifies opportunities and analyzes the impact on company financials to maximize P and L profitability.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Manages and improves the generating asset or upstream/midstream assets Profit and Loss including optimization of asset interaction with energy markets
• Completes budgets and monthly forecasting, financial analyses, ad hoc reports, and modeling
• Ensures compliance with power purchase agreements, land leases, financings and regulatory requirements
• Works with teams throughout the company in a coordinator capacity
• Maintains close working relationships with customers and stakeholders
• Monitors project operations
• Conducts analysis on issues impacting operations and proactively identifies opportunities for improvement
• Leads value-added projects such as supporting regional leadership in the development of strategic plans, mergers and acquisitions, project development, asset optimization, restructurings, and building relationships with off-takers, landowners, and state and local regulators
• Trains and mentors Business Management Analysts
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree
• Experience: 6+ years

Preferred Qualifications

• None

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Employee Group: Exempt

Employee Type: Full Time

Job Category: Finance, Accounting & Business Analytics

Organization: NextEra Energy Resources, LLC

Relocation Provided: No

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