Requirements: English
Company: Imerys
Region: Paris , le-de-France
Background
Imerys has launched two lithium mining projects (the EMILI and the Imerys British Lithium projects) respectively in France and in the UK). The Projects schedule foresees production starting before the end of the decade, with a production target of 50 thousands tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent per year for at least 25 years, enough to power 1.2 million electrical vehicles.
Those integrated projects are well in line with respective national ambitions to develop local supply chains like set in the Critical Raw Materials Act. The combined capital expenditure of the project would be above 2 billions euros and will necessitate both public support and dedicated financing structure.
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JOB SUMMARY/PURPOSE
Leads the financing activities for two lithium projects with a first focus on identifying, applying and following through on specific grants/public support mechanisms.
The incumbent will be a strategic, driven and experienced professional, with background in financing activities.
A team player approach is essential, with ambition to grow, capable of creating the conditions for both organization and people to deliver.
KEY TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Source then lead the application for relevant grant mechanisms (RD, environmental, infrastructure, development) for Emili and Imerys British Lithium at regional, national and european level as appropriate
- Follow-up on application down to grant agreement signature (with support of legal team)
- Coordinate from lithium projects end the due diligence request related to financing (financial model, ES, technical..), in collaboration with Corporate Finance and MA team
- Ensure that obligation from financing contracts are coordinated with other streams (commercial, ES, purchasing)
- During the execution of the financing (grant or loan), ensure milestones and reportings are met, manage communication with financing agency and follow cash collection (with support of finance and sustainability team)
JOB SPECIFICATIONS
Education, Experience Competency requirements
- Masters degree in engineering or business with minimum 5 years experience in Industry and or consultant related to financing and related fields.
- Priori knowledge or appetite to learn for other discipline such as sustainability, industrial project management or legal
- Strong Writing and reporting skills
- Well organized and capable of multitasking, evaluating and prioritizing a number of projects;
- Analytical Synthetic mindset
- Ability to work effectively in cross-functional and multi-cultural environment
- Inspiring leadership skills and ability to influence internal and external stakeholders without direct reporting.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills to engage the regional business contacts and interact in a cross-functional, inter-cultural and matrixed business environment.
- to EHS compliance, continuous improvement and step evolution
- Fluent in writing and speaking in French and English language