Commercial Ops Associate I - RNG Growth & Strategy

Summit Utilities; Fayetteville (AR); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Medical/dental/vision

Job summary

Summit Utilities’ Peaks Renewables seeks a Commercial Operations Associate I to lead financial Modeling, KPI dashboards, and cross‑functional initiatives across RNG assets. You will support FP&A, M&A, and commercial teams while scaling the platform and integrating acquired assets.

You will develop dashboards, model revenue streams, and coordinate cross‑functional projects, tackling complex analyses for leadership and board materials. A strong finance background is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, engineering, or a related field.
• 4+ years in management consulting, investment banking, commercial operations, energy marketing or trading, corporate or project finance, infrastructure, or private equity investing
• Experience in RNG, renewable fuels, environmental commodities, natural gas, or power markets preferred.
• Demonstrated experience building and owning financial models and analytical deliverables and presenting to leadership and functional teams

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain financial and operating models for portfolio projects, KPI dashboards to track budget, financial, and operational performance and carbon intensity scoring models; work with data engineers to automate repeatable processes
• Run the monthly operating and financial review cadence: coordinate project‑level operating and financial content, prepare and deliver presentations with the team, and utilize outputs to identify and execute on value‑added projects in the portfolio
• Oversee analysts managing environmental credit monetization for the operating portfolio, including credit generation, transacting, and revenue compliance for state and federal programs (RFS, LCFS)
• Support strategy development for the Peaks platform through market and competitive analyses, business cases, and scenario analyses
• Support the development and execution of bolt‑on projects for the existing portfolio including CO2 liquefaction facilities, fertilizer production facilities, and others
• Opportunistically support the buildout and institutionalization of a dedicated Peaks commercial function as well as offtake strategy development
• Support the M&A team with commercial diligence on acquisitions, including offtake contracts, attribute revenue assumptions, program eligibility, and lead the commercial integration of acquired assets into the Peaks’ portfolio
• Serve as a workstream lead on cross‑functional initiatives, including the ERP implementation, representing commercial and operational functions
• Coordinate and review analyst‑level work on shared deliverables and help develop junior team members

Skills

Financial modeling

Project management

Communication

Cross-functional

Excel

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance, economics, engineering, or related field

MBA or CFA a plus

Tools

MS Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Teams

Job description

Summit Utilities’ Peaks Renewables seeks a Commercial Operations Associate I to lead financial Modeling, KPI dashboards, and cross‑functional initiatives across RNG assets. You will support FP&A, M&A, and commercial teams while scaling the platform and integrating acquired assets.

You will develop dashboards, model revenue streams, and coordinate cross‑functional projects, tackling complex analyses for leadership and board materials. A strong finance background is required.