Development Analyst Intern

Tenaska; Omaha (NE); Hybrid; USD 25,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Tenaska is seeking a collaborative and self-motivated Development Analyst Intern to support the energy project development process across siting, origination and advanced development. You will work with interdisciplinary teams including engineers, environmental scientists and financial analysts in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.

Responsibilities include preparing schedules and budgets, proforma models, market research and economic projections, and assisting senior staff with

Qualifications

• Significant progress toward a Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance, Accounting or equivalent.
• Strong interest in the energy industry.
• Excellent Excel and PowerPoint ability.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong market analysis and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Prepare development plans, including detailed schedules, budgets and major decision points.
• Prepare detailed economic proforma and valuation models.
• Prepare and review financial information for completeness and accuracy.
• Prepare analysis, reports and research for senior management and customers.
• Support pricing analysis and bidding strategy for contracts in various energy projects.
• Identify issues that may impede development and propose solutions to management.
• Engage with landowners, regulators and other stakeholders to garner support and minimize opposition.
• Communicate results of activities and analyses to senior management.
• Travel domestically on short notice for overnight business.

Skills

Strong communication

Interpersonal skills

Analytical skills

Market analysis

Education

Progress toward Bachelor's degree in Business/Finance/Accounting

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Energy project development is foundational to Tenaska and central to our future. We are seeking a collaborative and self-motivated individual to help us advance existing and planned energy project development opportunities. This position is designed to provide an intern exposure to work within interdisciplinary energy project development teams comprised of project and business development professionals, engineers, environmental scientists and financial and market analysts. This work occurs in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment where creativity and a thorough understanding of complex energy project development challenges are required to provide innovative solutions for the company’s stakeholders.

The Development Analyst Intern is responsible for supporting all facets of the energy project development process from siting and origination to advanced project development. Successful candidates will have the opportunity to work on a variety of technologies critical to meeting global energy demand, including natural gas-fueled generation, battery storage, solar and wind projects. In this role, the Development Analyst Intern will be expected to assist with the preparation and completion of detailed project schedules and budgets, presentations, market/industry research and trend analysis, complex financial models and economic projections, as well as various other tasks to support developers and senior leadership. To be successful in this role, a candidate must possess an exceptional degree of intellectual curiosity and willingness to navigate challenging environments with a steep learning curve.

Essential Job Functions:

• Preparation of development plans, including detailed schedules, budgets and major decision points
• Preparation of detailed economic proforma and valuation models
• Preparation and review of financial information for completeness and accuracy for use in analyzing complex development opportunities
• Preparation of analysis, reports and research for distribution/presentation to senior management and/or customers
• Support pricing analysis and bidding strategy to originate revenue contracts for natural gas-fueled generation, battery storage, solar and wind projects under development
• Identification of issues which may impede successful development, identification of potential solutions and reporting of issues and solutions to management
• Work with other development team members to foster relationships with local landowners, politicians, regulators and other project constituents to garner support for and minimize opposition to development projects
• Communication with senior management on the results of activities and analyses
• Ability to work with internal and external professionals, such as developers, engineers, legal counsel, third party consultants and customers to successfully complete project development activities and, when appropriate, to reflect technical aspects of complex projects in an economic proforma
• Ability to read and understand wide variety of development project-related documents
• Research and due diligence of market trends and opportunities using publicly available information
• Ability to travel domestically on short notice for overnight business
• Reliable, predictable and dependable attendance is a requirement

Basic Requirements:

• Significant progress toward a Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance, Accounting or equivalent
• Strong interest in the energy industry
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong market analysis and analytical skills
• Excellent Excel and PowerPoint ability

Preferred Requirements:

• Knowledge of financial and business information systems
• High level of assertiveness, initiative and flexibility to perform a wide variety of projects with unpredictable schedules and periodic short deadlines
• Ability to effectively navigate complex environments with limited guidance
• Ability to handle extremely confidential and sensitive company information
• Excellent PC/Windows, Word and database ability

Tenaska is an equal opportunity employer.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. The Company is not able to take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time for this position or commit to doing so in the future for individuals with current authorization to work via, for example, CPT or OPT, and would need sponsorship in the future.

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