Senior Manager - Energy Lead Advisory role in Melbourne

Senior Manager – Energy Lead Advisory

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• Join a globally connected advisory firm committed to shaping your future with confidence.
• Work with diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go

The Opportunity

This role sits within a strategy and transactions team that combines transformative thinking, transaction leadership, tax expertise, and corporate finance capabilities to deliver practical, real-world solutions. As a Senior Manager in the Energy Lead Advisory team, you’ll collaborate with developers, investors, financiers, innovators, and public sector stakeholders to unlock capital and deliver impactful M&A solutions that accelerate Australia’s transition to a sustainable, green future.

You’ll be instrumental in:

• Originating new opportunities and developing client relationships
• Identifying key value drivers and risk mitigation strategies, challenging assumptions around pricing, asset performance, and portfolio construction
• Leading transaction execution across the lifecycle, including financial modelling, diligence, financing, and negotiation
• Delivering seamless, integrated client experiences across service lines throughout the M&A journey

The team’s focus spans renewable generation, storage, transmission, and optimisation strategies for infrastructure investors, developers, and utilities across both mid-market and major segments.

Note: This role requires candidates to be based in Sydney or Melbourne.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement innovative M&A strategies tailored to client objectives and evolving market conditions
• Lead acquisition and disposal engagements for energy projects, portfolios, and businesses, working with developers, infrastructure and private equity investors, financiers, and strategic buyers
• Manage execution across origination, bid strategy, due diligence, valuation, capital structuring, and negotiation
• Advise on regulatory compliance in the energy sector, with a strong understanding of public-private intersections in energy transition projects
• Oversee preparation of investment materials, financial analyses, and models to support client decision-making
• Identify critical issues impacting deal structuring and pricing, with a strong grasp of risk and value
• Effectively manage teams and stakeholder communications
• Contribute to business development initiatives and build strong client relationships
• Leverage global renewables platforms to deliver exceptional insights and transaction expertise

Skills and Attributes for Success

• Proven experience in transaction advisory, with the ability to work independently and collaboratively across multiple engagements
• Deep expertise in M&A, project and corporate finance structuring, and a strong understanding of energy market fundamentals, technologies, supply chains, and policy
• Passion for the energy sector and a commitment to decarbonisation
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, Engineering, or Law preferred
• Strong work ethic, adaptability, and creative problem-solving skills
• High-quality delivery and presentation skills
• Competence in risk management and quality assurance

What’s Offered

• Career development: Shape your career with future-focused skills and world-class experiences
• Flexible work arrangements: Empowering you to balance professional and personal life
• Comprehensive benefits: Wellness incentives, 8 weeks of flex leave, and 26 weeks of gender-neutral paid parental leave
• Competitive