[Hiring] PPA Originator @Inspired

Role Description

Inspired is a market leading, technology-enabled provider of energy and sustainability solutions in the UK - supporting businesses to transition to net zero carbon and manage their response to climate change.

We are looking for a PPA Originator to join our successful PPA team. This role is home based with occasional travel to our offices required.

The role is core value-creation leaver within a growth strategy focused on delivering long-term recurring revenue and improving earnings quality and predictability.

• Lead the origination, structuring and placement of short-term PPA hedges for Inspired's generation clients.
• Act as the team's primary point of reference on PPA trading and placement matters.
• Carry interim responsibility for the data, settlement and regulatory oversight functions of the PPA Markets team.
• Work closely with internal risk, optimisation, and account management teams to ensure PPAs are commercially robust, drive value, and align with client objectives.

The successful candidate will be required to:

• Build and maintain a commercially credible and viable PP pipeline aligned to annual and long-term growth targets.
• Support the structuring and placement of short-term PPA hedges for generation clients.
• Support flexible trading activity and the development of new PPA products.
• Support half-hourly matching, placement and settlement of short-term PPA volumes.
• Oversee generation data, metering and regulatory submission processes across the PPA portfolio.
• Maintain oversight of monthly PPA statement validations and resolve escalated data or metering queries.
• Support process and systems improvement, including the move away from spreadsheet-based workflows.
• Act as the primary point of reference for the Account Management community at Inspired on PPA queries and the placement of short-term PPAs.
• Provide guidance to Account Managers on hedge structuring, pricing and placement options.
• Meet challenging financial KPI’s.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with renewable generators and developers, clients, and energy suppliers / firming and sleeving counterparties.
• Identify emerging market opportunities linked to net zero strategies, long-term price hedging, and renewable additionality.
• Lead commercial discussions with clients to understand energy demand profiles, risk appetite price objectives, and sustainability goals.
• Manage PPA tendering and competitive sourcing processes in line with internal frameworks.
• Coordinate with internal commercial services, and external counterparties.
• Progress opportunities through exclusivity to full PPA contract execution.
• Read and comply with the company Health & Safety Policy; taking reasonable care for the Health & Safety of themselves and others; co-operate with managers and other employees in fulfilling our objectives and statutory duties.

Qualifications

• Experience of commercial contracts (selling and management) including understanding legal structure.
• Track record influencing leading cross‑functional delivery (Risk, AM, Analytics, Legal, Ops).
• Proven record of delivering challenging financial targets, highly commercial and opportunity driven.
• Knowledge of REGO’s and certification.
• Understanding of shaping and balancing risks.
• Confident, credible communicator, comfortable as a technical point of reference for internal teams and clients.
• Strong Excel skills, including handling large datasets.
• Able to prioritise effectively across origination and operational demands.
• Decisive, calm under pressure, with excellent judgement on when to act vs escalate.
• Communicates complex topics in plain English for clients and internal stakeholders.
• Lateral thinker who can operate autonomously in a high-pressured environment and comfortable in an evolving and complex market.

Requirements

• Proven experience in PPA origination.
• Good understanding of sleeving and firming options.
• Renewables development.
• Understanding of structured energy products.
• Degree in Finance/Economics/Engineering/Maths (or equivalent experience).

Benefits

• Training and development opportunities.
• Company pension.
• Life insurance.
• Enhanced maternity and paternity.
• Benefits portal, with a wide range of benefits.
• 4pm finish on Friday.