Head of Asset Management - IPP - Solar - London

Green Recruitment Company is seeking a Head of Asset Management for a global renewable IPP expanding into the UK market. The role involves leading the Asset Management Team, optimizing asset performance, managing stakeholder reporting, and ensuring compliance. Candidates should have extensive solar asset management experience, strong leadership skills, and a relevant degree. This is a full-time position based in London, United Kingdom.
The Opportunity

A rare opportunity to join a very well known global renewable IPP in their expansion into the UK market.

The Role
• Lead and manage the Asset Management Team and manage the recruitment, development and retention of personnel
• Implement best practice asset management in the portfolio, working closely with functional teams across the business to optimise long-term commercial and technical performance.
• Establishing/refining systems and processes to improve commercial and technical oversight of projects, performance monitoring and stakeholder reporting (both internal and external)
• Management and creation of accurate and timely stakeholder reporting, including reporting to investors, lenders and internal stakeholders.
• Proactively identifying value accretive opportunities on existing assets and presenting proposals to the Investment Committee.
• Owning business plans, budgets, capital projects and other initiatives on existing assets.
• Responsible for ensuring the construction of new solar assets on time and to budget.
• Ensuring compliance across the portfolio with project contracts, HSE, regulation and policy.
• Feed into the quarterly valuations process by supporting in assumption methodologies and management as well as informative quarterly reporting.
• Working closely with investment team to feed technical and commercial input into the investment process.
• Take directorships for project companies as required.
• Monitor and report asset performance and implement strategies for improvement of performance and mitigation of risks.

The Person
• A relevant degree or equivalent financial / technical qualification. Masters’ degree or higher is beneficial.
• Extensive experience of solar asset management and operations in the wider renewable energy industry.
• A passion for HSE and a good awareness of HSE legislation and standards.
• Proven leader with the capability to build and manage a team, with the ability to build strong relationships with colleagues and external counterparties across all levels
• Experience of presenting, reporting to and working with investors and lenders.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Sound data management skills
• Sound working knowledge of project finance (e.g. asset reporting requirements, covenants, ratio tests) and financial reporting.
• Solid planning and organising skills to include effective prioritisation and resource management.
• Ability to work under pressure and to deliver high quality work to tight deadlines.
• Proactive and enthusiastic, with a positive attitude and a drive for high standards
• Project document and commercial experience to identify and understand identify risks and mitigants.