About the Company
Since its establishment in 2008, Mulilo has grown into one of the leading Independent Power Producers (IPP) in Southern Africa. Mulilo is majority owned by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, the world’s leading private equity investor in renewable energy assets, through its New Markets Fund I. Mulilo has concluded numerous PPA’s in both the Department of Mineral Energy’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Programme (REIPPP) and with several large corporate energy users. Mulilo currently operates 450MW of wind and solar PV projects and has a further 500MW of projects under financial close. Having adopted a strategy that aligns with the company’s long-term vision, Mulilo has accumulated a pipeline of projects exceeding 25GW, and is now positioned as a key player in the renewable energy sector.
Mulilo places strong emphasis on its human capital and prides itself in providing a world class working environment for all its employees, thereby placing huge value on career progression and personal growth.
Mulilo is guided by strong ethical principles and adheres to its environmental, social and governance responsibilities.
About Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP)
Founded in 2012, CIP is the world’s largest dedicated renewable energy fund manager and a global leader in offshore wind. CIP currently manages over 20 billion Euro’s, with a target of having 100 billion Euros under management by 2030. The funds managed by CIP focus on investments in offshore and onshore wind, solar PV, biomass and energy-from-waste, transmission and distribution, reserve capacity, storage, advanced bioenergy, and Power-to-X.
About this role
The Asset Analyst will be responsible to support the Asset Manager. The focus will be on financial modelling and forecasting. The Asset Analyst will support the Asset Manager in the daily management of all commercial, contractual, technical, regulatory, and reporting obligations across the operational projects within Mulilo’s portfolio.
Duties and responsibilities
- Financial model updating and analysis – Update financial models to assess trends, forecast performance & analyse project performance
- Use tools like Excel, Tableau, and PowerBI to analyze to visualize data and provide management recommendations
- Manage dashboards to track real-time financial and operational performance
- Make recommendations to the Asset Management Team using data analytics
- Create presentations and perform ad-hoc analysis
- Lenders Relationship Management – Calculate and Monitor debt covenants and other key financial metrics per financial forecasts
- Prepare and submit monthly, quarterly and annual reports using data analytics and dashboards
- Day to day operations- Understand and ensure all project activities are aligned to all project financing agreements including the monitoring, analysis and assessment of all payments of the plant against the financial model and approved budgets
- Manage the delivery tracker for projects, board Pack Collation for board meetings
- Assisting with coordinating Board meetings and and following up on action items
- Accounting & Revenue Management
Required skills and education background.
- University Degree in Finance, Business science or similar
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Power BI will be beneficial)
- 3 years working experience in related fields such as Finance, Financial Planning & Analysis, Financial Modelling, Project finance
- Experience in the renewable energy industry
- Knowledge and experience on the operations of utility scale PV and wind facilities.
- Strong analytical skills, strategic and problem solving ability
- Contract management experience
Desirable attributes
The ideal candidate would have a passion for the Renewable Energy sector and personality traits would include a high level of diligence, determination, resilience, and agility.
Mulilo is an employer of choice and is offering an extremely competitive total remuneration package for this position.
Additional Information
Able to work overtime according to operational needs.
The position is based at the offices of the company, but travel may be required occasionally.
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