Business Development Specialist - Project Management

Company: American Water
Location: Chattanooga
Posted on: April 19, 2024

Job Description:

Share Our Purpose. Be Yourself. Feel Valued.

People are the heart of our business. As an American Water employee, you will be offered a competitive salary and health benefits package, along with opportunities to develop, grow, and evolve your career. Our benefits packages focus on key areas such as health & wellness, emotional & well-being, and savings for current & future goals.

We are Beautifully Different . We strongly believe having diversity across our company makes us more successful and helps us provide essential services to our customers. We are stronger because we embrace different ideas, viewpoints, experiences, and backgrounds. American Water is the best choice for your next role! Click here for more information on our inclusion, diversity, and equity journey.

About American Water
American Water (NYSE: AWK) is the largest regulated water and wastewater utility company in the United States. With a history dating back to 1886, We Keep Life Flowing - by providing safe, clean, reliable and affordable drinking water and wastewater services to more than 14 million people across 14 regulated jurisdictions and 18 military installations. American Water's 6,500 talented professionals leverage their significant expertise and the company's national size and scale to achieve excellent outcomes for the benefit of customers, employees, investors and other stakeholders.

As one of the fastest growing utilities in the U.S., American Water expects to invest $30 to $34 billion in infrastructure repairs and replacement, system resiliency and regulated acquisitions over the next 10 years. The company has a long-standing history of executing its core operations, aligned with sustainable best practices, through its commitments to safety, affordability, customer service, protecting the environment, an inclusive workforce and strengthening communities.

American Water has been recognized on the 2023 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Indexfor the fifth consecutive year, ranked 18th on Barron's 100 Most Sustainable U.S. Companies 2023 List, earned the U.S. Department of Homeland Security SAFETY Act designation and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's WaterSense - Excellence Award, among additional state, local and national recognitions.

For more information, visit amwater.com and join American Water on LinkedIn , Facebook , Twitter and Instagram .

Primary Role

Responsible for developing and maintaining models to depict projected financial results and values for corporate and asset acquisitions; including financial, credit, and operational analysis on active opportunities and recently completed acquisitions. --- This role supports the business development process, financial and operational analysis and participates in strategic planning and budgeting sessions.

Key Accountabilities

• Work closely with senior advisors to prepare presentations and other due diligence materials for investment committee decisions.
• Participate in meetings, due diligence visits, and other stakeholder interactions to gain exposure to the dynamic water sector.
• Facilitates activities to support successful integration of newly acquired businesses with existing operational and financial platforms.
• Evaluate potential growth opportunities in collaboration with operational business partners on an ongoing basis.
• Screen for investment opportunities using in-house and publicly available information.
• Performs Salesforce database maintenance tasks and reports.
• Documents processes including duplicate entry cleansing and error reports. Provides support on reporting and dashboards.
• Complete in-depth research on competitors and the water industry and communicate findings to executive leadership and throughout the organization.
• Oversee and update company-wide business development collateral.
• Draft communications and responses to RFPs in support of growth opportunities and other strategic initiatives that help to promote the delivery of corporate growth targets.
• Provide general support for day-to-day departmental needs and special projects, which may include but are not limited to processing invoices, preparing meeting agendas and distributing company correspondences.
  
  Knowledge/Skills
  
  
  • Interest in finance and valuation and are keen to learn the ropes from former investment bankers
  • Critical thinking, adaptability, have a strong work ethic, possess leadership skills yet are a collaborative team player
  • Ability to quickly adapt to professional collaborative environments, deal with ambiguity, take initiative, and achieve results
    
    Experience/Education
    
    
    • Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, management, or related field.
    • Equivalent experience required in lieu of relevant degree
    • 1-2 years of relevant experience
      
      Work Environment
      
      
      • Standard office environment
        
        Competencies
        
        Champions safety
        
        Collaborates
        
        Cultivates innovation
        
        Customer obsessed
        
        Drives Results
        
        Nimble learning
        
        Join American Water... We Keep Life Flowing ---
        
        American Water is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and prohibits employment discrimination for employees and applicants based on his or her age, race, color, pregnancy, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, marital status, citizenship, or because they are an individual with a disability, protected veteran or other status protected by federal, state, and local laws.
        
        Nearest Major Market: Chattanooga

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