Commercial Asset Manager – BESS

City, London
Astute People

Astute’s Renewables Team is exclusively partnering with a leading climate-focused real assets investor in the battery storage sector to recruit a Commercial Asset Manager for its London office.

The Senior Technical Asset Manager role comes with a salary of 60,000 – 80,000 plus benefits.

If you’re an ambitious energy markets or commercial asset management professional looking to develop your career in the energy transition sector, then submit your CV to apply today.

Responsibilities and duties of the Commercial Asset Manager role

Reporting to the Head of Operations and Asset Management you will:

• Support and develop commercial dashboards and reporting tools
• Manage contract tracking, governance, and compliance processes
• Support Route-to-Market, Capacity Market, and ancillary service contracts
• Maintain contract registers, milestones, and performance trackers
• Support revenue reconciliation across multiple revenue streams
• Assist with bidding and participation in energy market auctions
• Support asset qualification for grid and market mechanisms
• Monitor KPIs and identify commercial performance risks and issues

Professional qualifications

We are looking for someone with the following:

• 3-6 years’ experience in UK power markets or regulated energy environments
• Understanding of energy revenue mechanisms (BESS desirable)
• Experience in contract management or commercial operations
• Strong analytical and data handling skills
• Degree in a numerical, technical, financial, or related discipline

Personal skills

The Commercial Asset Manager role would suit someone who is:

• Commercially minded with strong ownership mindset
• Analytical and structured in approach
• Proactive and improvement focused
• Strong communicator across teams and stakeholders
• Organised and able to manage multiple priorities

Salary and benefits of the Commercial Asset Manager role

• 60,000 – 80,000 basic salary
• Bonus driven by performance
• Pension
• Life Assurance
• Private Healthcare
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays

INDREN

Astute People are acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy. We do not discriminate on the grounds of age, race, gender, disability, creed or sexual orientation and comply with all relevant UK legislation. We encourage applications from individuals from all backgrounds but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Astute is also committed to the government’s Disability Confident Employer initiative. We endeavour to get back to everyone, however, if you have not heard anything after 7 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.