Director, Strategy & Corporate Development

Location:

Saint Louis, MO, US, 63101

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.

We are committed to understanding the needs of the homes and businesses we serve. That's why we're always looking for driven, collaborative people to join our team. Because we believe that offering our customers the best service means bringing together the best people.

And we find the best by hiring those who share our values of safety, inclusion and integrity, and demonstrate the competencies that bring the Spire vision, mission and culture to life:

• Adaptability:
  We embrace change, continuously seeking opportunities for improvement while remaining open-minded and flexible in response to evolving conditions and customer, stakeholder and company needs.
• Collaboration:
  
  We achieve more together through a foundation of respect, embracing healthy conflict, actively seeking and providing actionable feedback and fostering an environment where everyone’s input is welcomed.
• Ownership:
  We see things through, demonstrate accountability, honor commitments, take responsibility for outcomes and demonstrate initiative.

By living our values and competencies, we strive to create an environment where employees feel welcome, respected and valued.

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

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

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

• 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.

• Normal Work Environment - Work is normally performed in a shared office environment.
• Typically, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday…