PPA Originator

Inspired PLC; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training and development opportunities

Company pension

Life insurance

Enhanced maternity and paternity

Benefits portal

Job summary

Inspired PLC is a market-leading, tech-enabled energy and sustainability solutions provider in the UK. We are seeking a PPAOriginator for a home-based role with occasional travel to offices.

Join a growing PPA team and lead origination, structuring and placement of short-term PPA hedges for generation clients. The role partners with risk, optimisation and account management to ensure commercially robust PPAs, delivering value and aligning with client objectives.

Qualifications

• Experience of commercial contracts (selling and management).
• Track record influencing cross-functional delivery (Risk, AM, Analytics, Legal, Ops).
• Proven record of delivering challenging financial targets, highly commercial and opportunity driven.
• Knowledge of REGO's and certification.
• Understanding of shaping and balancing risks.
• Confident, credible communicator, technical reference for internal teams and clients.

Responsibilities

• Origination & Trading: support structuring and placement of short-term PPA hedges.
• Data & Process Oversight: oversee generation data, metering and regulatory submissions.
• Account Management Support: act as reference for Account Managers on PPA queries and placements.
• Lead commercial discussions with clients to understand energy demand, risk appetite and sustainability goals.
• Manage PPA tendering and competitive sourcing within internal frameworks.

Skills

Commercial Contracts

Cross-functional delivery

PPA origination

Client relationships

KPI targeting

Communication (English)

Risk awareness

Decision making under pressure

Job description

Inspired is a market leading, technology-enabled provider of energy and sustainability solutions in the UK - supporting businesses to transition to net zero carbon and manage their response to climate change.

Established in 2000, we became the first publicly quoted advisor following a successful AIM debut in 2011. We are now the UK’s number one destination for businesses seeking expert insight and advisory services to help them manage their energy costs, reduce their carbon emissions and prove their net zero carbon and ESG strategies to their investors and customers

We are looking for a PPAOriginator to join our successful PPA team. This role is home based with occasional travel to our offices required.

Role and Responsibilities

The role is core value-creation leaver within a growth strategy focused on delivering long-term recurring revenue and improving earnings quality and predictability.

The Originator / PPA Markets role leads the origination, structuring and placement of short-term PPA hedges for Inspired's generation clients, and acts as the team's primary point of reference on PPA trading and placement matters. The the role also carries interim responsibility for the data, settlement and regulatory oversight functions of the PPA Markets team.

The role will work closes with the internal risk, optimisation, and account management teams to ensure PPAs are commercial robust, drive value, and align with client objectives.

The successful candidate will be required to:

Build and maintain a commercially credible and viable PP pipeline aligned to annual and long-term growth targets.

Origination & Trading

• Support the structuring and placement of short-term PPA hedges for generation clients
• Support flexible trading activity and the development of new PPA products
• Support half-hourly matching, placement and settlement of short-term PPA volumes

Data & Process Oversight

• Oversee generation data, metering and regulatory submission processes across the PPA portfolio
• Maintain oversight of monthly PPA statement validations and resolve escalated data or metering queries
• Support process and systems improvement, including the move away from spreadsheet-based workflows

Account Management Support

• Support the structuring and placement of short-term PPA hedges for generation clients
• Support flexible trading activity and the development of new PPA products
• Act as the primary point of reference for the Account Management community at Inspired on PPA queries and the placement of short-term PPAs
• Provide guidance to Account Managers on hedge structuring, pricing and placement options
• Meet challenging financial KPI's.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with renewable generators and developers, clients, and energy suppliers / firming and sleeving counterparties.
• Identify emerging market opportunities linked to net zero strategies, long-term price hedging, and renewable additionality.
• Lead commercial discussions with clients to understand energy demand profiles, risk appetite price objectives, and sustainability goals.
• Manage PPA tendering and competitive sourcing processes in line with internal frameworks.
• Coordinate with internal commercial services, and external counterparties.
• Progress opportunities through exclusivity to full PPA contract execution.

Read and comply with the company Health & Safety Policy; taking reasonable care for the Health & Safety of themselves and others; co-operate with managers and other employees in fulfilling our objectives and statutory duties.

Qualifications and Experience Requirements

• Experience of commercial contracts (selling and management) including understanding legal structure.
• Track record influencing leading cross-functional delivery (Risk, AM, Analytics, Legal, Ops.
• Proven record of delivering challenging financial targets, highly commercial and opportunity driven.
• Knowledge of REGO's and certification.
• Understanding of shaping and balancing risks.
• Confident, credible communicator, comfortable as a technical point of reference for internal teams and clients
• Able to prioritise effectively across origination and operational demands
• Decisive, calm under pressure, with excellent judgement on when to act vs escape.
• Communicates complex topics in plain English for clients and internal stakeholders.
• Lateral thinker who can operate autonomously in a high-pressured environment and comfortable in an evolving and complex market.
• Proven experience in PPA origination.
• Good understanding of sleeving and firming options.
• Understanding of structured energy products.
• Experience of commercial contracts (selling and management) including understanding legal structure.

What we offer

• Training and development opportunities
• Company pension
• Life insurance
• Enhanced maternity and paternity
• Benefits portal, with a wide range of benefits
• 4pm finish on Friday

If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.