Associate Director, Clean Tech & Environment M&A

Standard Chartered; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Flexible working

Wellbeing programmes

Job summary

Standard Chartered in London is seeking an Associate Director for the Clean Tech & Environment M&A Advisory team. You will support origination and execution of transactions across power, utilities, and new energies, delivering financial analyses, modelling and client materials.

You will work within an integrated global M&A platform, collaborating with colleagues across the bank’s international network to deliver cross-border deals and strategic transactions.

Qualifications

• Relevant M&A experience in sell-side or buy-side.
• Sector exposure across power, utilities, infrastructure or clean tech.
• Experience with financial modelling, valuation, research and due diligence.
• Analytical skills with attention to detail and ability to manage multiple workstreams.
• Fluency in English; strong Excel/PowerPoint skills.
• CFA qualification is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support origination and execution of M&A transactions.
• Build and refine financial models, including discounted cash flow and leveraged buyout analyses.
• Conduct financial, valuation and scenario analyses across different operating conditions.
• Prepare client presentations covering strategic options, market positioning, and capital markets activity.
• Conduct company, country and industry research with benchmarking and competitive analysis.
• Support due diligence processes and preparation of marketing and transaction documentation.
• Coordinate transaction workstreams with internal teams and external advisers.
• Collaborate with Standard Chartered's global M&A network to deliver transactions.

Skills

M&A experience

Sector exposure

Financial modelling

Due diligence

Client materials

Analytical skills

Project coordination

English fluency

Excel

PowerPoint

Bloomberg / LSEG / Capital IQ

CFA

Education

CFA preferred

Tools

Bloomberg

LSEG

S&P Capital IQ

Mergermarket

Job description

Job Summary

Join our Clean Tech & Environment M&A Advisory team in London as an Associate Director, supporting senior team members in the origination and execution of transactions across power generation and transmission, utilities, and new energies.

You will contribute to mergers and acquisitions, capital raises and other strategic transactions by delivering financial analysis, valuation work, financial modelling, company and industry research, due diligence support and client materials.

As part of an integrated, global and sector-led M&A platform, you will work with colleagues across Standard Chartered’s international network and gain exposure to complex cross-border transactions.

Key Responsibilities

• Support senior team members in the origination and execution of M&A transactions.
• Build and refine financial models, including discounted cash flow and leveraged buyout analyses, to support transaction assessment and execution.
• Conduct financial, valuation and company analysis across different operating scenarios and transaction structures.
• Prepare client presentations covering strategic options, market positioning, M&A opportunities and broader capital markets activity.
• Conduct company, country and industry research, including benchmarking and competitive analysis across relevant Clean Tech & Environment subsectors.
• Support due diligence processes and the preparation of marketing and transaction documentation.
• Coordinate transaction workstreams and engagement with internal teams, clients and external advisers.
• Work with colleagues across the Bank’s global M&A network to support transaction delivery.

Qualifications

• Relevant M&A experience gained in either a sell-side or buy-side environment.
• Sector exposure across power, utilities, infrastructure or clean technology, including renewables and energy storage, conventional power generation, transmission and distribution, waste management, water, energy efficiency, e-mobility or the circular economy.
• Experience supporting transactions through financial modelling, valuation, research, due diligence and the preparation of client-facing and transaction materials.
• Analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple workstreams.
• Project coordination, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Fluency in English.
• Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills.
• Knowledge of an additional European language is advantageous.
• Familiarity with Bloomberg, LSEG, S&P Capital IQ or Mergermarket is considered a plus.
• CFA qualification is preferred.

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together We

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What We Offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.