Junior Financial Advisor Ai&fa Europe

Requisition ID: 8920- Location: Paris, Other/Not Applicable, France**JUNIOR Financial Advisor AI&FA EUROPE (M/F/X)**

**Positions to be filled either in FRANCE** (Paris) - **BELGIUM** (Brussels) -** GERMANY - ITALY** - SPAIN**

Welcome to **ENGIE ** Join us to accelerate the energy transition and to meet the challenges of our century together. We will make the transition happen

To support and accelerate our sustainable growth and enable ENGIE with his commitment towards the energy transition, we are looking for several **AIFA Financial Advisors **(acquisitions, investments and financial advisory) to join the various **AIFA teams in Europe**.

The AIFA team is dedicated in support of ENGIE’s operations in European perimeter to any of the 5 Global Business Units (Renewables, Energy Solutions, Network, Nuclear, Flexible Generation and Retail). Although the main responsibility and focus is covering Europe, flexibility is required to be able to support the work (as and when required) in other countries within Europe. You can manage several deals (3 to 5 for aggregate value of 1 GEUR) at the same time.

**Your mission as Junior Financial Advisor AIFA**

The Junior AIFA Financial Advisor will report to Senior AIFA and job cover any activity of the group GBU depending on the work load and other staff assignments but limited to European countries. The Acquisitions, Investments and Financial Advisory (“AIFA”) is a global and fast-paced group that is closely involved in major or structural transactions and strategic initiatives.
- you provide direct decision support and financial analysis for investment projects such as acquisitions, disposals, restructurings, financings and responses to calls for tender
- you ensure the valuation methodology and investment criteria are consistently applied across all projects (including installation and maintenance contracts)
- you support corporate initiatives such as the annual impairment review and look-back exercises
- you develop complex financial models that are used for decision making from inputs from detailed operational assumption to key financial indicators required at investment decision

**Your key Accountabilities as Junior Financial Advisor AIFA**
- you develop robust project models in line with AIFA best practices and ensure all relevant investment guidelines have been considered. You ensure accurate and consistent financial information across all projects, with great attention to detail
- you identify and thoroughly analyse key valuation drivers. You liaise directly with business development, finance and tax to understand the business plans and relevant assumptions and their associated impact on the project model as well as the accounting and tax treatment as appropriate
- you calculate both the valuation as well the accounting impacts (net debt, COI, ROCE, Net Results, profit on disposal) of investment decisions. Contributing to quality and uniformity of valuation methods
- you fully prepare investment files in anticipation of submission to investment committee. All key issues should have been clearly identified and succinctly communicated in presentations
- you support to structuring, financial modelling, negotiation, and execution of non-recourse project financings with the support of AIFA corporate for PPP projects if relevant
- Maintain market intelligence, screen opportunities, monitor and assess competitors’ approach to financing/funding projects;
- you establish and maintain strong working relationships, with the finance, tax, legal and business development teams to ensure effective information flow. You ensure a deep understanding of regional performance
- you perform annual impairment test valuations and ad-hoc transversal studies on key areas for the business units. You engage directly with the external auditors to defend the ENGIE position where appropriate
- you manage the external relations with the project financing and M&A banks and advisors, financing Institutions, investment funds...

**Internal interfaces**
- group M&A
- business development manager at project level
- centers of expertise (IFRS, tax, legal, etc.)
- corporate finance, treasury and insurance

**External interfaces**
- banks/financing institutions/financial advisors
- legal, technical, tax and accounting advisors
- auditors and Big4 advisors

**Reporting Line**
- You will report to a Senior Financial Advisor.

**Your profile as Junior Financial Advisor AIFA**
- master’s degree from reputable engineering, business school or university. Chartered Accountant and/or CFA is a plus
- 1 to 3+ years of experience in similar fields (business development, project financing, M&A, strategy consulting, Big 4) or with identified transferable skills
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills (results-oriented but still looking at issues in a very detailed manner);
- Knowledge of finance, accounting, tax and company structures;
- Knowledge of valuation methodologies, financial models, b