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The Global Energy and Utilities practice at ADL has continued to grow the Clean Energy offering over time and is focused on supporting the energy transition and all technologies including wind, solar, storage, aggregation, hydro, biomass, hydrogen, clean transportation, natural gas/LNG, nuclear, transmission/networks, smart cities, smart grids, as well as Mobility-as-a-service and Energy-as-a-service business models.
The Role
Business Analyst Interns are outstanding students in their final year of studies, who are approaching graduation, or who have recently graduated from a leading school or university. Arthur D. Little is looking for highly analytical, credible and charismatic candidates with strong presentation skills and a professional demeanor.
The role will include a number of facets relating to the Energy market, with a core focus on clean energy in the realm of strategy, business model evolution, corporate finance, M&A, transaction support, litigation, sustainability, performance improvement and business Intelligence.
A good understanding of Clean Energy technologies, markets and stakeholders across the whole value chain is desirable but not essential. A passion for understanding environmental and climate drivers and helping to drive change is though. Clients include all parts of the value chain including OEMs, Developers, Utilities, IPPs, Investors and Capital Providers.
Increasingly, we also serve non-traditional high intensity and high integrity energy users looking to decarbonise from heavy industry, manufacturing, transportation, technology, data centres and even retail. The role will be directly reporting to the UK partners of the Global ADL Energy and Utilities team, with responsibilities and likely tasks including:
- Management & Strategic Advisory Consulting
- Corporate Finance/M&A - sale mandate, capital raising and due diligence
- Execution and project management of client engagements
- Financial Analysis/Financial modelling
- Energy policy development and impact assessment
- Qualitative and Quantitative Research - Macro-economic, Industry, Climate Change
- Research writing & production
- Policy Research
- Assistance in engagement origination and business development
- Assistance in building of relationship with clients and investors
- Preparation and presentation of documentation and analysis
- Supporting relevant industry litigation and arbitration cases.
Who we're looking for
- Strong academics – 2:1 at degree level or above, strong school-level results
- Relevant degree - e.g. in Mathematics, Engineering, Environmental Science, Sustainable finance, Climate management and Finance etc desirable
- Proven excellent written and spoken English language skills - additional language skills are desirable
- Experience in a fast-paced environment would help – Investment Banking/Venture Capital/Private Equity/Accounting firm/Management Consultancy/Renewable Energy Advisory
- Financial modelling – advanced Excel required with VBA/Python capability desirable but not essential
- Strong PowerPoint skills desirable
- Strong communicator – relating to pitch books, client materials, articles and presentations
- Excellent attention to detail with proactive, practical and commercial approach
- Highly organised, logical, with corporate experience
- Sufficient relevant professional experience to demonstrate the ability to be an effective professional and alignment with our firm’s values of integrity, creativity, achievement, respect and empathy
- Highly motivated self-starter and a strong team player
