Senior Deal Structurer – BESS & Energy Financing

Polymer; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Home office options

Laptop/telephone provided

Performance-based compensation

Job summary

Return is a leading independent flexibility provider headquartered in Amsterdam, driving the energy transition through battery energy storage solutions (BESS). The Senior Deal Structurer will own end-to-end structuring of complex, high-value transactions, spanning origination, project finance, and occasional M&A.

You will collaborate with origination, finance and project teams to ensure bankable, well-risk-balanced deals and support growth across Europe.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in deal structuring, commercial/legal transactions or M&A.
• Strong commercial acumen with attention to contractual detail.
• Experience structuring deals and assessing risk in complex transactions including offtake, M&A and project financings.
• Experience with infrastructure or renewable energy, especially BESS.
• English fluency with excellent negotiation and, preferably, drafting skills.
• Willingness to travel within Europe.
• Natural leadership and stakeholder management; can own transactions from start to close.

Responsibilities

• Structure and negotiate BESS offtake agreements translating objectives into bankable deals.
• Identify, allocate and mitigate risks across deals with cross-functional teams.
• Ensure deals meet project finance and equity funding requirements and are bankable.
• Support occasional M&A transactions with structuring input for acquisitions.
• Act as a link between business development, legal, finance and projects through the deal lifecycle.
• Contribute to template and playbook improvements as the pipeline scales.

Skills

Deal structuring

M&A experience

Negotiation

Risk assessment

Leadership

English fluency

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in a relevant field

Job description

Return is a leading independent flexibility provider headquartered in Amsterdam, driving the energy transition through battery energy storage solutions (BESS). The Senior Deal Structurer will own end-to-end structuring of complex, high-value transactions, spanning origination, project finance, and occasional M&A.

You will collaborate with origination, finance and project teams to ensure bankable, well-risk-balanced deals and support growth across Europe.