Summary

Spire is seeking a Director, Strategy and Corporate Development with broad responsibilities to support initiatives that will contribute to long term earnings growth. This position will propose, plan and manage all aspects of potential projects and other strategic initiatives as well as assist with corporate strategic planning and development execution across Spire.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Participate in and provide meaningful contributions to the strategic planning process and execution of strategic initiatives for Spire, its business units and emerging businesses.
• Lead or assist in identifying, analyzing, and assessing investment and business opportunities per Spire's strategic plans, including a wide variety of corporate development initiatives. This includes detailed analysis of value drivers for multiple gas industry businesses, creation or review of business cases, and preparation or review of various financial analyses, in particular detailed asset/entity valuation models.
• Lead or assist in gas supply related initiatives, including various commodity and transportation/storage contract and asset analyses and valuations. This includes financial analysis and cost-of-service support for relevant FERC pipeline rate cases.
• Lead or assist in long-term financial analysis to support optimization of capital structure for regulated utilities and the consolidated Group, credit rating agency presentations and financing activities (both debt and equity).
• Lead or assist in preparing recommendations and making presentations on potential acquisitions, investments and other strategic initiatives to Spire's Executive Committee and Board of Directors.
• Provide support to corporate shared services and business unit managers across Spire regarding their strategic decisions. This entails providing objective input on their business cases, modeling assumptions, and overall assessments of specific opportunities, projects and plans. It could also entail providing investor relations support.
• All other duties as assigned.

Essential Characteristics

• Strong analytical, planning, and organizational skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• This position is part of a small team, therefore, at most, one or two analysts may report to this position over time.

Required Education (certifications, licenses)

• Bachelor's Degree in finance, accounting, economics, or MBA (with concentration in finance), required.

Required knowledge, skill and abilities

• Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in a strategic planning, corporate development, M&A execution, business development, financial planning and analysis, investment banking, investment analysis, or similarly intensive business or financial analytical role, required.
• Experience in the natural gas, energy or utility industry, preferred.
• Advanced capabilities using Excel, PowerPoint and Word, required.
• Strategic thinking and knowledge of business and financial concepts, principles, and practices as they relate to the strategy planning and corporate development processes.
• Comfortable with abstract concepts and complex technical issues, and demonstrated intellectual curiosity regarding business drivers, business strategies and investment performance metrics.
• Ability and commitment to develop a thorough knowledge of the gas industry (i.e., utility, midstream and upstream) and Spire over time, including its various business units, assets, operations, and shared services support functions.
• Ability to identify market trends and opportunities, understand strategic risks and opportunities, help develop and evaluate potential acquisitions and new business investments.

Physical demands, environment and schedule

• Normal Work Environment - Work is normally performed in a shared office environment.
• Typically, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, with the flexibility to work additional hours as required depending on the number of active projects and their deadlines.
• Minimal travel is required.

Posting Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of the level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified.

Posting requirements: The above posting description is intended to describe the general nature of the level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each duty and responsibility satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Job Req ID: 11719