ABOUT AVANTUS
Avantus develops, owns, and operates utility-scale clean energy projects across California and the Desert Southwest. Our development pipeline represents one of the nation's largest portfolios of solar with integrated storage, capable of providing dispatchable power to 17 million Americans, day and night. With over a decade of industry leadership and strategic investment from KKR and EIG, Avantus delivers affordable, reliable clean energy solutions that meet America’s growing energy demand.
ABOUT THE POSITION
We are seeking a Manager, Insurance and Risk Management to join our finance team. This individual will be responsible for all aspects of the company insurance program, including Corporate and Project-level policies to properly manage company liquidity and risk needs, as well as identifying other risk potential in the company. This is a vital role where the right individual will work autonomously gathering required information from department SMEs and working with our brokers to ensure insurance coverage meets company goals and contractual requirements. This role reports to the Vice President, Treasury.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Annually update and Renew Corporate insurance policies to ensure Company is properly managing risk.
- Implement project-level builders’ risk, liability, pollution, and operational policies as-required by project schedules and contracts.
- Upfront contract review of all 3rd party insurance requirements prior to execution to ensure company compliance.
- Review insurance requirements on 3rd parties to ensure proper company coverage.
- Annually review and update standard contracts and insurance requirements as market conditions change.
- Assist project finance and FP&A teams with forecasting and budgeting expected insurance costs at the corporate and project level.
- Work with 3rd party brokers to process COI requests and track contractor COIs comply with agreement requirements.
- Coordinate brokers and independent insurance consultants to prepare reports as needed to support project financings.
- Key liaison/point of contact managing relationships between company and brokers.
REQUIRED SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Risk Management or related field
- 4+ years of experience in Insurance or Corporate risk management
- Experience with energy markets
- Understanding of energy project development lifecycles
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and effectively in a cross-functional environment with both technical and non-technical team members who are geographically dispersed
- Ability to identify continuous improvement opportunities and take initiative to drive solutions
- Ability to uphold standards of complete discretion and confidentiality and exercise good judgment on day-to-day decisions
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with diverse teams
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Avantus offers competitive compensation with an excellent benefits package, including 401(k) matching; comprehensive medical and dental plan options; and flexible PTO. We are an equal-opportunity employer.
The base salary range for this full-time position is listed below (plus bonus and benefits). Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position in California. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the applicable location during the hiring process. Please note that the compensation details listed reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus and benefits.
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What We Do
Our legacy of leadership in next generation solar energy includes developing the nation’s largest solar cluster and the first plant to beat fossil fuel prices. Today, we are expanding the boundaries of existing technologies to build one of the largest portfolios of smart power plants with integrated storage, capable of providing 30 million people with low-cost, zero-emission energy – day and night.
At Avantus, we have the scale, track record and expertise to transform our country’s energy generation to be as networked and responsive as the digital tools driving the rest of the world. Our data-driven, integrated approach to innovation propels us to continuously achieve new milestones in the renewable energy industry, delivering superior proprietary technologies and design optimization tools to lower the cost of energy for our customers. Through our industry-defining innovations and relentless pursuit of better, we are decarbonizing our planet at the gigaton level, and bringing the advantages of clean energy to all of us.
Why Work With Us
At Avantus, we know fighting climate change is too big for anyone to do alone. That’s why we bring the brightest, most ambitious minds together in one concerted effort to leave the world better than we found it. We’re dedicated to relentlessly pursuing better by investing in our team’s next great ideas and continuously learning from each other.
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