Analyst Power & Utilities Finance

Job description

The Team

KPMG’s Infrastructure Group in the UK consists of c.400 professionals and is widely recognised as one of the world’s leading independent business, financial and regulatory advisers in infrastructure. 

We provide in-depth advice on strategic, financial, regulatory and commercial issues driving investments in infrastructure across Transport, Power & Utilities, and Social Infrastructure in the UK and globally. Our work includes market and policy design, economic and regulatory analysis, deal structuring and execution, as well as strategic and transaction advice to enable private and public capital to fund infrastructure. We work closely with other functions within KPMG to advise clients on mergers and acquisitions, valuations, tax, accounting, and due diligence.

The utilities sector is the largest business area for the Infrastructure Group and encompasses work for large clients in the sector, including all of the leading UK energy and water companies as well as some of the largest utilities in Europe and beyond. We provide in-depth strategic and technical advice on corporate finance and corporate financial management, regulatory finance, regulatory policy, business and financial planning, cost assessment and benchmarking as well as other drivers affecting value. Our work combines elements of policy, finance, strategy and economics to assist our clients in structuring investments, securing financing, supporting regulatory regimes and maximising shareholder value. We are widely recognised by many industry stakeholders as market leaders influencing the future of the utilities sector.

Our business is continuously expanding and we are looking for high quality candidates to support our Power & Utilities business with a particular focus on financial and economic analysis, including cost of capital estimation, financeability assessments, risk and scenario analysis, financial modelling, investment appraisal and valuation, and assessment of required rates of return.

The Role

• Contributing to the delivery of multiple simultaneous engagements on a day to day basis;
• Contributing to the effective planning, delivery and closure of projects;
• Producing and evaluating financial models;
• Contributing to specific business development initiatives, particularly proposals and pitches;
• Building and maintaining relationships with clients and target clients and key market constituents;
• Developing a good working understanding of the regulatory frameworks and financial implications in key sectors such as water and energy.

The Person

• An analytical approach to problem solving and intellectual curiosity