Overview

Associate Director Regulatory Finance for a global consultancy in London. You will be:

Responsibilities

• Building relationships with clients and developing wider networks with clients and other advisors
• Running coverage of clients, supporting our reputation as a leading advisor in the utilities sector
• Developing market intelligence and sector knowledge
• Maintaining a good understanding of regulatory finance issues in the regulated sectors e.g. on setting the cost of capital or assessing financeability, as well as how regulatory mechanisms interact with or impact the actual financing of regulated businesses
• Proactive business development to identify new opportunities
• Leading the development of proposals and supporting pitching for new business with ideas
• Managing delivery of several medium to large size engagements on a day to day basis
• Ensuring quality of economic and financial analysis as well as written and verbal advice

The Successful Applicant

• Have significant experience in the utilities sector, as a regulatory policy maker (gained at a regulatory office or industry) or as a consultant specialising in regulatory or corporate finance
• Educated to a degree level in a quantitative field such as Finance, Economics, Mathematics or similar will be preferred, although candidates with highly relevant, equivalent experience, will also be considered
• Have a detailed knowledge of the current UK regulatory regimes and regulatory finance mechanics for utilities, their application and impact on notional and actual capital structures and business performance
• Demonstrate strong working knowledge of economic and financial theory and its application, preferably with experience in applying corporate finance concepts in the regulated networks space
• Be highly skilled in quantitative economic and financial analysis. The ideal candidate will have experience leading projects with extensive financial modelling elements, and /or have detailed knowledge and experience of financial econometrics and statistics, ideally applied in the utilities sectors
• Have a sound knowledge of finances and financial structures of regulated utilities (we will consider candidates with deep expertise in financial analysis even if they do not have econometrics experience)
• Provide compelling and well-thought out solutions to complex economic and financial problems, being able to provide persuasive and self-assured responses in a credible manner
• Have experience of managing medium size project teams, with a focus on mentoring and coaching junior staff (with or without a finance background)

What’s on Offer

£90,000 - £120,000 PA DOE plus excellent benefits