Managing Director – Capital

Our Company

AGP Sustainable Real Assets (AGP) is a global asset management group, investing in, developing and operating sustainable infrastructure.

AGP focuses on deploying capital into Platforms, Businesses and Assets focused around three investment themes: Energy, Digital and Real Estate.

AGP’s head office is in Singapore with operations in Australia, UK, Europe, US and India; a rapidly expanding organisation with over 700 employees.

Each AGP platform, business and asset is to be measured and monitored against the positive contribution they make to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs) and how they contribute to a net zero GHG emissions future.

Among its various investment platforms, AGP has established AMPYR Energy (AMPYR) which develops, owns and operates renewable energy assets around the world. AMPYR Australia is AMPYR’s Australian business.

AMPYR Australia:

• Is constructing the 300 MW / 600 MWh Bulabul 1 BESS project along with a rapidly growing pipeline of more than 2, 500 MW of utility energy storage projects.
• Owns a 23 MW portfolio of C&I solar assets across 137 sites and is developing a 300 MW portfolio of distributed BESS assets.

AMPYR Australia’s business has grown rapidly and is still evolving its approaches to project development. The business requires a Chief Development Officer capable of uplifting the development function across the business.

AMPYR is committed to conducting its business consistent with its values and expects team members to be aligned with the AMPYR values of Innovation, Empowerment, and Integrity.

Responsibilities

Capital Strategy and Planning 

• Develop and maintain the platform capital plan in coordination with the AMPYR Australia Platform Partner and Chief Financial Officer, aligning funding sources and timing with the development pipeline, construction drawdown profile, and portfolio growth objectives. 
• Maintain a forward view of platform and project funding requirements sufficient to support AMPYR’s growth targets, identifying capital gaps and structuring options ahead of need. 
• Set the sequencing of equity, debt and transaction activity to optimise cost of capital and preserve flexibility across the portfolio. 

Equity Raising and Investor Engagement 

• Lead equity capital raises from origination through to completion, including process design, early engagement with advisors, prospective investors, data room preparation, and management of the diligence process. 
• Prepare and own the financial analysis, valuation positioning, and capital-stack presentation that support each raise, set on assumptions that withstand institutional scrutiny. 
• Lead commercial negotiation of equity terms, coordinating legal, tax, and financial advisers through to execution. 

Project and Structured Finance 

• Lead debt raising and project finance for the portfolio, including term sheet negotiation, lender due diligence, model audit, and the conditions precedent schedule from approval to drawdown. 
• Coordinate the capital workstream of the financial close process in support of project delivery, ensuring financing structures are bankable and conditions precedent are examined and discharged on schedule. 
• Structure debt and hybrid instruments – including shareholder loans, equity bridge facilities, and intercompany arrangements – consistent with the approved capital structure and applicable tax and regulatory treatment. 

Mergers, Acquisitions and Transactions 

• Lead project and platform acquisitions and divestments, including target screening, valuation, due diligence scoping and management, FIRB pathway, and transaction execution. 
• Structure joint ventures and co-investment arrangements, mapping structural dependencies – including financier change-of-control consent – onto the transaction critical path. 
• Negotiate transaction terms and documentation in coordination with internal owners and external advisers through to completion. 

Commercial Structuring and Investment Governance 

• Design and maintain the capital structure across transactions, including pricing/cost optimisation, and the allocation of returns between parties. 
• Prepare decision-ready Investment Committee papers and capital-raise materials, providing a single point of accountability for the commercial and financial case presented to internal governance forums, AMPYR Australia Executive Committee, AMPYR Global IC, AGP, and other stakeholders. 
• Apply consistent valuation discipline across the portfolio, maintaining compliance with the investment framework and parameters. 

Financial Modelling and Analytical Governance 

• Own the modelling framework that governs how financial models are structured, maintained and integrated within the investment process, ensuring project evaluation, portfolio consolidation and capital-structure analysis are performed consistently and under appropriate governance. 
• Maintain control over data integrity, assumption governance, and model usage across the platform. 

Leadership and Team Development 

• Lead, develop and grow the Capital & Investments team – directly the Vice President and Associate Director, and through them two Associates – building a high-performance culture aligned to AMPYR values. 
• Contribute to capital strategy and commercial decision-making in coordination with the Chief Financial Officer and the wider leadership team. 
• Define accountabilities across matrixed transaction teams spanning Development, Commercial, Legal, and external advisers. 

Reporting 

• Maintain accurate and timely reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, AMPYR Australia Executive Committee, AMPYR Global IC, and AMPYR Global Board on capital position, transaction status, funding requirements, and associated risks.

Qualifications, Skills & Experience

Essential 

• Tertiary qualification in finance, economics, accounting, engineering, law, or a related quantitative discipline, with a postgraduate qualification (e.g. MBA, Master of Applied Finance) and/or a relevant professional designation (e.g. CFA) well regarded. 
• 15+ years’ experience across energy, infrastructure, or related capital-intensive sectors, with a substantial portion in transaction execution, project finance, or institutional investment. 
• Demonstrable track record leading equity raises, debt or project financings, and M&A transactions to completion, in a leadership rather than supporting capacity. 
• Direct experience of the project finance process: term sheets, conditions precedent schedules, lender due diligence, and model audit. 
• Strong commercial acumen: financial-model literacy, capital-structure design, and command of measuring risk and return. 
• Experience structuring transactions with regard to Australian tax and stamp duty treatment. 
• Working knowledge of the FIRB process and foreign investment requirements as they apply to energy and infrastructure transactions. 
• Experience operating under institutional infrastructure capital ownership and global investment-committee governance. 
• Leadership of multi-disciplinary teams, with the ability to deliver through both direct reports and matrixed transaction teams. 

Strongly preferred 

• Direct experience in the NEM, including familiarity with offtake and derivative instruments – CIS, state schemes, capacity swaps, physical and virtual tolling arrangements, and physical and virtual PPAs – and their effect on valuation and bankability. 
• Experience raising institutional equity for a development or operating platform, including data-room and investor-engagement leadership. 
• Established relationships with infrastructure equity investors, project finance lenders, and Tier 1 financial and legal advisers active in the Australian market. 
• Experience with BESS, renewable generation or distributed energy assets across the development-to-operations transition. 

Behavioural Competencies 

• High level of analytical rigour coupled with commercial pragmatism and a willingness to challenge consensus. 
• Strong problem-solving ability and delivery focus, maintaining momentum and quality across multiple concurrent transactions and changing priorities. 
• Excellent written communication, capable of producing institutional-grade capital-raise materials and concise, decision-ready papers and memoranda for internal governance forums and external stakeholders. 
• Strong stakeholder management, with the ability to build credibility and sustain productive working relationships with investors, lenders, advisers, and counterparties. 
• High standards of confidentiality, discretion, and professional judgment, maintained consistently across all settings. 
• A collaborative approach, working effectively across cross-functional internal teams. 
• Champions a culture of continuous improvement by identifying and embedding fit-for-purpose AI tools into team workflows, with a focus on efficiency, accuracy, data integrity, and responsible use. 

Behavioural Competencies

• High level of analytical rigour coupled with commercial pragmatism and a willingness to challenge consensus. 
• Strong problem-solving ability and delivery focus, maintaining momentum and quality across multiple concurrent transactions and changing priorities. 
• Excellent written communication, capable of producing institutional-grade capital-raise materials and concise, decision-ready papers and memoranda for internal governance forums and external stakeholders. 
• Strong stakeholder management, with the ability to build credibility and sustain productive working relationships with investors, lenders, advisers, and counterparties. 
• High standards of confidentiality, discretion, and professional judgment, maintained consistently across all settings. 
• A collaborative approach, working effectively across cross-functional internal teams. 
• Champions a culture of continuous improvement by identifying and embedding fit-for-purpose AI tools into team workflows, with a focus on efficiency, accuracy, data integrity, and responsible use. 

We Offer

• A senior leadership role in Australia’s most active integrated BESS platform
• Sydney CBD location with hybrid/flexible working environment.
• Competitive compensation.
• Performance based bonus.
• Opportunities for growth within an international and dynamic organisation.

This job description serves to illustrate the scope and responsibilities of the role and is not intended to be an exhaustive list of duties. The successful candidate will be expected to perform other job- related tasks as needed by the business.