Senior Origination Advisor — PPA & BESS for Renewables

Aurora Energy Research; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Parental Support

Salary-Exchange Pension

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Local Oxford Discounts

Cycle-to-work Scheme

Flu Jabs

Job summary

Aurora Energy Research is seeking an experienced Origination professional to join our Oxford team. You will support renewable energy and BESS developers, investors, IPPs, and asset owners in commercialising assets and securing bankable route-to-market arrangements.

You will work on PPA/FPA origination, tender processes, and commercial structuring, translating market dynamics into actionable recommendations while collaborating with advisory, research, and software teams to strengthen our

Qualifications

• At least 4 years of experience in the electricity sector, working with renewable developers, storage developers, utilities, IPPs, investors, lenders, traders or corporates.
• Strong understanding of European power markets and the commercial drivers affecting renewable generation, BESS and hybrid assets.

Responsibilities

• Support renewable energy and BESS developers, investors, IPPs and asset owners in evaluating route-to-market and offtake strategies for standalone and hybrid assets.
• Work closely with the Head of Origination to identify, develop, and convert client opportunities, including direct involvement in client discussions.
• Support PPA, FPA, tolling, floor and hybrid-contract processes, including tender preparation, bid evaluation, commercial structuring and negotiation support.
• Assess market revenues, risk allocation, capture prices, shape/profile risk, imbalance exposure, collateral requirements and bankability implications.
• Lead workstreams and smaller project teams to deliver rigorous commercial analysis and clear client recommendations.
• Prepare client-facing materials, proposal content, pitch decks, workshop materials and transaction-support deliverables.
• Contribute to the continued development of Aurora's origination toolkit, including playbooks, templates, benchmarks and repeatable approaches across BESS and renewable offtake.
• Work with advisory, research and software teams to bring Aurora's market intelligence and modelling capabilities into origination mandates.

Skills

Energy market knowledge

Stakeholder management

Quantitative analysis

Client facing

English fluency

Job description

Aurora Energy Research is seeking an experienced Origination professional to join our Oxford team. You will support renewable energy and BESS developers, investors, IPPs, and asset owners in commercialising assets and securing bankable route-to-market arrangements.

You will work on PPA/FPA origination, tender processes, and commercial structuring, translating market dynamics into actionable recommendations while collaborating with advisory, research, and software teams to strengthen our