Associate Director - Transaction Advisory Services

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Overview

TRC is seeking an experienced full-time Associate Director to support and grow our Transaction Advisory Services (TAS) practice.

TRC's TAS practice is a vibrant, dynamic, and fast-paced work environment that provides access to a broad spectrum of professional experiences in a company that thrives on teamwork. The practice has been growing quickly in recent years and is looking for new leader who can materially contribute to winning and delivering new business for this successful business unit.

This new role will be responsible for obtaining, managing and executing transactions in various sectors for Private Equity and corporate clients. The ideal candidate will be a highly motivated individual looking for career growth and have at least 15-20 years of Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) due diligence experience.

This position may report from varied locations throughout the country and report to the nearest TRC office.

Responsibilities

* This new hire will be a seller/doer, who will be expected to bring in new clients/projects to TRC, with a focus on transactional and post-acquisition engagements. Sales expectations (bookings) are $500K-$1M Gross Revenue annually, and utilization of 50% is expected.

* Manage complex due diligence projects involving multi-site portfolios and multi-person subject matter expert project teams as necessary per engagement requirements.

* Manage due diligence assessments consistent with ASTM Phase I standards and other global protocols, including broad-based limited compliance assessments at industrial and commercial facilities.

* Help clients with internal processes for managing transaction risks and identifying value creation opportunities. Work with clients to find solutions to transaction-driven environmental issues, including EHS compliance, ESG impacts and opportunities, remediation, portfolio issues, Brownfields, and liability cost estimating.

* Prepare concise TAS due diligence reports, liability estimates, etc., and other deliverables that assess potential environmental liability risks, compliance, operational status, and value opportunities.

* Collaborate and coordinate with TRC personnel, offices and different practices throughout the US and UK/EU.

Qualifications

* Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience.

* Minimum of fifteen to twenty years of transactional experience, leading and managing complex EHS/ESG due diligence projects for multinational private equity, corporations, financial institutions, and their legal counsel.

* Experience with managing and executing transactions in various sectors with Private Equity and corporate clients is required.

* Strong ESG Due Diligence experience is a plus.

* Knowledgeable of issues within TRC's key client sectors, particularly Industrials, Chemicals, Oil & Gas, Petro-Chemical, and Power Generation is a plus.

* Well versed in environmental risk, environmental compliance, health & safety compliance, remediation liabilities, and ESG risks as they relate to transactional agreements.

* Possess fundamental working knowledge of transactional due diligence, site investigation and characterization concepts of projects.

* Experience estimating the costs of environmental compliance and remediation liabilities.

* Excellent writing, communication, strategic thinking, and "people" skills and the ability to work as necessary (i.e., 24/7) and produce diligence deliverables in compressed timelines, at "the speed of the deal" as may be occasionally required.

* Self-motivated and results oriented, with a positive, "can do" attitude.

Benefits*: TRC offers a competitive benefit package consisting of:

* Medical, dental, vision, and disability insurance.

* 401k package that includes both traditional and Roth IRA options and Company match.

* Paid time off contingent upon full time or part time status and level of seniority (ranging from 15 to 25 days per year).

* All…