Director of Investment and Finance

Join Great British Energy and be part of powering the UK's Clean Energy Future. At GBE, we're not just building an energy company - we're shaping the future of the UK's energy landscape. Our mission is clear:

• Drive clean energy deployment across the UK as a strategic developer, investor, and owner of renewable projects.
• Deliver benefits for communities and taxpayers, ensuring the clean energy transition creates jobs, boosts local economies, and increases public ownership.

We focus on innovation, sustainability, and impact, working on projects that matter - from large-scale national renewable investments to empowering local and community energy initiatives.

Joining GBE means:

• Purpose-driven work: Be part of a national effort to accelerate the clean energy transition.
• Career growth: Opportunities to develop expertise in cutting-edge energy technologies and strategic investment.
• Collaboration and flexibility: Work with passionate professionals in a dynamic, forward-thinking environment.

About the Role

Great British Energy is looking for a Director of Investment and Finance to join our GBE Local Directorate Team. This role will play a key part in contributing to projects, objectives, and wider organisational goals.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain the GBE Local finance and funding strategy, ensuring it is aligned to the GBE company strategy and Local Power Plan objectives and is deliverable within agreed constraints.
• Translate strategy into clear annual plans, spend profiles and performance metrics; monitor delivery against targets and lead corrective action where required.
• Lead portfolio level financial planning, modelling and structuring for distributed/local energy portfolios, including approach to capital stacks, risk-sharing, revenue stabilisation and crowding-in private finance.
• Oversee project and portfolio underwriting to investment grade standards, ensuring robust governance, documentation and assurance for investment decisions, including stage gate submissions.
• Lead financial transaction design and delivery (including engagement with HM Treasury and other stakeholders) and ensure compliance with public finance requirements (including RDEL/CDEL treatment and concessionality considerations where relevant).
• Ensure the Local and Community Portfolio Model and associated tools (including the Project Assessment Tool (PAT) and portfolio aggregation methods) are fit-for-purpose, quality assured, and maintain a clear golden thread from inputs to decision outputs.
• Commission and integrate market intelligence (e.g., forward curves, PPA benchmarks and policy/regulatory monitoring) to ensure modelling assumptions remain market-reflective and risk analysis is robust.
• Provide leadership on value for money, financial controls and performance reporting for GBE Locals investment activity, working with central finance to ensure appropriate budgeting, forecasting and reporting.
• Build and lead a high-performing team in line with the interim finance team structure, including senior project finance (portfolio structuring and deal execution), PAT/data modelling, and market analysis capability; set clear objectives, develop capability and foster a strong culture of delivery, integrity and continuous improvement.
• Act as a key senior stakeholder for finance and funding across the Local directorate, advising the Local MD and fellow Directors and representing GBE Local with external partners, investors, lenders, Combined Authorities and advisers.

Qualifications and Experience

Essential:

• Experience in energy markets and low-carbon infrastructure investment, including revenue models (e.g., PPAs, CfD/merchant exposure), and/or financing distributed energy portfolios.
• Senior leadership experience in investment, corporate finance, project finance, treasury, structured finance and/or public finance, with accountability for strategy, budgets and delivery outcomes.
• Demonstrable track record of developing and executing finance and funding strategies, including translating objectives into spend profiles, performance metrics and delivery plans.
• Expertise in investment appraisal, financial modelling and assurance, including risk analysis, sensitivities/scenarios and producing investment papers for senior governance.
• Experience structuring portfolios and transactions (e.g., senior/junior debt and equity, credit enhancement, revenue stabilisation mechanisms) and engaging credibly with investors and lenders.
• Strong understanding of public sector financial frameworks and governance (or ability to acquire quickly), including working with HM Treasury and applying value-for-money, assurance and compliance requirements.
• Strong analytical and performance management skills, able to define and monitor KPIs, manage budgets/forecasts, and drive delivery against time, cost and quality constraints.
• Excellent stakeholder management and people leadership: able to build, motivate and develop specialist teams and suppliers, and influence senior leaders and partners to deliver shared objectives.

Desirable:

• Experience designing and operationalising blended finance or public-private funding mechanisms, including managing concessionality and state-aid/subsidy control considerations where relevant.
• Experience establishing modelling governance, data/assumption management and market intelligence processes to support investment decision-making at scale.

Qualifications

Relevant degree or equivalent experience in finance, economics, business, mathematics, engineering or a related field. Investment qualification (e.g., ACA/ACCA/CIMA/CFA Charterholder) is desirable.

Personal Qualities:

• Takes ownership, shows confidence in decision-making, and is willing to challenge constructively.
• Focuses on delivering meaningful outcomes and making a positive, lasting impact.
• Works collaboratively, valuing different perspectives and building inclusive relationships.
• Proactive and adaptable, with a curiosity to explore new ideas and improve ways of working.
• Resilient and resourceful in a fast-paced environment.

What We Offer:

• Competitive base salary.
• Performance-related bonus scheme.
• Excellent pension scheme.
• 4x salary life assurance.
• Group income protection.
• 38 days annual leave.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Ongoing professional development and training.
• Supportive, inclusive working environment.