Business Development- Structuring Advisor (REC Specialist)
Engie
General information
What You Can Expect
As our Structuring Advisor (REC Specialist) will collaborate with front, mid, and back-office stakeholders to develop the valuation and integration framework for complex retail power transactions, with a focus on integrated renewable and flexible generation structures. In addition to deep knowledge of retail cost components, product structures, wholesale power markets, ISO operations, grid-scale renewables, battery storage, and distributed generation, the successful candidate will bring expertise in Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) markets, trading, and compliance. You will support creative products to meet customer needs—including those involving RECs and other environmental attributes—while advancing solutions through the organization with tact and discipline. This position is based in Houston, TX, and reports to the Head of Structuring.
FRONT OFFICE COLLABORTATION: Customer Engagement, Product Structure Refinement, New Product Development
- Partner with Sales, Origination, and Marketing to support customer-facing discussions and proposal development, including structuring renewable energy and REC-backed products.
- Present opportunities to Supply leadership while stewarding transactions through approval protocols
- Support new product development initiatives
MID OFFICE COLLABORATION: Valuation and Booking
- Lead solutions structuring activities across multiple opportunities, integrating REC trading and compliance considerations into transaction design.
- Monitor REC market trends, pricing, and regulatory developments to inform structuring and trading strategies.
- Maintain relationships with brokers, counterparties, and market participants in the environmental commodities space.
- Engage with internal stakeholders to obtain relevant inputs for valuation frameworks, including REC market pricing, regulatory requirements, and portfolio impacts.
- Collaborate with Portfolio Management to ensure transactions adhere to risk guidelines, can be booked into enterprise risk systems, and can be integrated into ongoing operational activities.
- Collaborate with Wholesale Origination to ensure upstream wholesale supply—including RECs and other environmental attributes—meets the requirements of downstream retail products.
- Engage with Risk, Credit, and Legal functions to ensure that upstream and downstream transactions, including REC trades, have been vetted and that required risk premiums, credit, and legal provisions are reflected in contract documents.
BACK-OFFICE COLLABORATION: Product Delivery and Customer Experience
- Collaborate with back-office stakeholders to ensure that transactions can be successfully booked, enrolled and billed
- Ensure that unique reporting requirements have been socialized among stakeholders and a willing owner is identified
What You Will Bring
- You hold a Bachelor’s degree with a preference for technically oriented disciplines such as Accounting, Finance, Economics, Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science. In lieu of a degree, a combination of relevant years of hands-on experience in retail portfolio management or a related field will be considered
- You have a minimum of seven (7) years of relevant power experience in REC trading and other wholesale power market activities, retail portfolio management, retail pricing, structuring and settlements
- You have proficiency with REC tracking systems (e.g., WREGIS, PJM GATS, M-RETS, NEPOOL GIS) and an understanding of renewable energy policy and compliance frameworks
- You have knowledge of ISO operations and settlement protocols across multiple ISOs (ERCOT, PJM, MISO, NYISO, ISO-NE)
- You have strong quantitative and analytical skills, with expertise in developing and deploying complex Excel-based costing and structuring models
- You are adept at challenging organizational inertia and aligning cross functional teams
- People enjoy working with you and want to see you succeed
- You have comfort in presenting and defending transactions to Supply leadership
Additional Details
- This role is eligible under our hybrid work policy. Business Development is a highly collaborative function, and the successful candidate will be motivated to work in the office beyond the company’s established threshold, actively participating in ad-hoc ideation sessions and leveraging internal networks to drive success.
- Must be available to travel domestically 5-10% of the time with the need for some overnight trips
- Must be willing and able to comply with all ENGIE ethics and safety policies
Compensation
Salary Range: $113,900 – $174,570 USD annually
This represents the average expected pay range for a qualified candidate.
Actual offered salary may depend on geography, experience, industry knowledge, education, internal pay alignment, or other bona fide factors.
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In addition to base pay, this position is eligible for a competitive bonus / incentive plan.
Your Talent Acquisition Partner can share more specific information regarding the benefits or the salary for the position based on the work location
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