Investor Relations Lead

About the role

Urban Chain runs an energy operating system: a licensed supply platform that matches renewable generators directly to the businesses and communities consuming their power. We are a technology company building energy infrastructure — not a utility with software features bolted on.

As we close our Series B, we are hiring someone to build the dynamic reporting suite for new and existing investors, and to standardise and run the corporate communications calendar with targeted, well-timed announcements.

Reporting to the Head of Structured Finance, the Investor Relations Lead drives 360-degree communications across Urban Chain's senior representatives — domestic and abroad — as well as existing and prospective investors.

There are two halves to the job: equity investor relations coverage, and event and relationship management. Both depend on knowing the numbers well enough to explain them without a script.

Position details: Senior professional, full-time, hybrid. Business unit:
Fin Tech. Core office:
Manchester or London.

The remit splits into two areas. The first is analytical and reporting-led; the second is relationship-led.

Equity investor relations

• Results and trading materials — lead preparation of results materials, trading updates and strategic presentations
• Articulate the value proposition — clearly articulate the company's value proposition across the energy operating system, technology-enabled energy trading, renewable energy monetisation and digital infrastructure
• Analyst coverage and consensus — work closely with current analysts on their valuation, and maintain consensus
• Growth plans and unit profitability — communicate the development of growth plans coherently to an investor audience, including the underlying profitability and required capital utilisation for each channel, product and portfolio type
• Corporate finance mandates — project management and valuation support on refinancing, joint venture partnerships and M&A
• Funding models and stress testing — convey the ongoing maintenance and financial performance of various funding models, together with headroom analysis and downside stress scenarios
• Automated reporting suite — build a reporting suite that coherently portrays descriptive and diagnostic insight (what is happening and why) with predictive analytics for what happens next
• Fundraising, data rooms and models — orchestrate the fundraising programme, dataset and data room preparation, and vendor due diligence where applicable. Prepare ad hoc valuation models (DCF, DDM and others) plus economic models for current and prospective energy technology clients

Events & relationship management

• Investor roadshows — lead planning and delivery of investor roadshows
• Capital relationships — develop and maintain strong relationships with private equity investors, family offices and strategic capital partners, managing and triaging inbound interest
• Tracking and CRM — maintain dashboard trackers and relationship management software covering all external contacts: individual, role, company, location, portfolio highlights, and a summary of the last dialogue or feedback
• Global event calendar — own and prioritise the global event calendar for Urban Chain participation across the Energy Tech investor community, keeping the company informed of the agenda, external attendance, meeting memos and locations

0–6 months — get fluent in the numbers

Full familiarity with Urban Chain's forecasted trading performance, the energy market levers it alternates with, and how every department contributes to that performance.

• Hold your own clear vision of what the company's value proposition is
• Know the overall marginal cost of capital of the portfolio
• Track investor relationships and stay on top of the reporting suite to Partners, in alignment with their minimum information requirements
• Take full responsibility for virtual data room management

6–12 months — automate the tracking, widen the network

Drive additional automation in the tracking of capital market transactions relevant to Urban Chain, and build familiarity with the pockets of capital looking to drive growth in…