Due Diligence Executive

A Renewable Energy client is looking for a Due Diligence Process Executive to work on an Offshore Wind farm project on a long-term freelance contract, based in the West Midlands.

This Due Diligence Executive will be working within the Development3 days per week minimum will be required however full time presence will be required during workload peaks.

Role:

To support the OFTO Manager and report to the EC&R lead in the transaction team.
To manage the interface between the Development/Construction project, its team members, legal team and Tenderers for projects undergoing a sale' process.
To ensure enquiries are managed, quickly, efficiently and comply with confidentiality requirements.

Responsibilities:

To understand the project and how/why it is underpinned by the multitude of documentation.
To manage and oversee the process of uploading project documents into the sale external data base, in conjunction with document controllers.
To interpret the due diligence questions from external parties and any possible sub-text and intelligently direct to team members to provide a response. Where a question is duplicated or inappropriate, provide a screening and response service.
To ensure a suitable response to enquiries is received and submitted within agreed timescales.
To evaluate responses to questions from external parties during the sale process and seek clarification and confirmation where needed, prior to approval to issue.

Qualifications and Skills:

Offshore wind project experience, ideally Round 2 projects.
Familiarity with engineering projects and ability to understand project organisation and responsibility areas. Ideally with experience of £100m+ asset sales and M&A activities.
Team player and ability to influence priorities of the team to achieve.
Familiar with document management systems and uploading documents onto an external database.
Business or Engineering graduate or equivalent with a minimum of 2 years' experience.
Ideally have a legal background.
Well organised and ability to manage enquiries and maintain records.
To be able to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines over an extended period of weeks
Be diplomatic when dealing with all parties both in written and spoken forms.
Be persuasive and persistent to ensure team members meet required deliverables
To be able to work confidentially and with integrity and discretion.