Strategy & Business Development - Associate / Manager

Job Description:

• Drive or support execution and performance management of the company’s portfolio of strategic initiatives
• Establish annual and long-term KPIs, monitor performance, coordinate cross-functional stakeholders and identify areas requiring management action
• Partner with Finance and other functions to translate strategic priorities, market outlook and competitive positioning into fact-based analyses
• Conduct scenario, sensitivity, valuation and investment analyses supporting executive decision-making and capital-markets readiness
• Develop recommendations on the strategic and economic implications of growth opportunities, investments and commercial decisions
• Develop concise, executive-ready analyses and recommendations for senior leadership
• Conduct market research, market sizing and industry trend analysis across technologies, customers, competitors and potential growth markets
• Analyze public companies using financial statements, SEC filings, earnings materials, investor presentations and valuation frameworks
• Perform comparable-company and competitive benchmarking analyses
• Develop investment-style perspectives on competitors and relevant public-market peers
• Translate market and competitive intelligence into implications and recommendations for company strategy
• Support or lead early-stage engagement with prospective customers and strategic partners
• Develop financial and commercial models to evaluate opportunities and partnerships
• Assess customer economics, project economics, pricing structures and alternative commercial models
• Support the structuring, negotiation and evaluation of strategic partnerships and other growth opportunities
• Prepare customer and partner presentations, proposals and other commercial materials

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Engineering, Business or another quantitative discipline
• Associate: typically, ~3-5 years of relevant experience
• Manager: typically, ~5-8 years of relevant experience
• Relevant experience in investment banking, investment management, private equity, management consulting, corporate strategy, corporate development or a similarly rigorous analytical environment
• Strong financial modeling, valuation and financial statement analysis skills
• Ability to analyze public companies and synthesize financial, strategic and market information into an investment or strategic point of view
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• Ability to structure and solve complex, ambiguous business problems
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to synthesize complex analyses into concise, executive-ready insights
• High level of ownership, attention to detail and execution discipline
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively across functions
• Investment banking or investing experience, particularly within Power & Utilities, Energy, Industrials, Infrastructure, Technology or related sectors
• Strong familiarity with public markets, capital markets, public-company financial reporting and investor perspectives
• Exposure to IPOs, equity capital markets transactions, investor-facing work or public-company readiness initiatives
• Experience conducting company, industry and investment analysis and developing comparable company / valuation frameworks
• Familiarity with Capital IQ, AlphaSense, FactSet, Bloomberg or similar platforms
• Interest in energy, power infrastructure, data centers and emerging energy technologies

Benefits:

• Approximately 10-20% travel, including occasional trips to HyAxiom’s headquarters in Connecticut and conferences
• Opportunity for broad exposure to corporate strategy, public markets, business development, capital markets, customers and partnerships
• Opportunity to shape and execute strategy within a high-growth energy technology company