Vice President / Director - Power, Utilities & Energy Investment Banking

The Opportunity

Taurus Search is partnering with a leading global investment banking platform to appoint a senior banker to its Power, Utilities & Energy team in New York.

This is an opportunity to join an established franchise at an exciting point in its continued U.S. growth. The team advises a sophisticated client base across traditional power, utilities, renewable energy, energy infrastructure and the broader energy transition, working on high-profile strategic and financing transactions.

The successful candidate will join a highly active team with significant transaction flow and will have the opportunity to assume meaningful responsibility from the outset. Rather than operating purely in an execution capacity, this individual will work closely with senior bankers and clients throughout the full transaction lifecycle — helping originate opportunities, shape strategic advice, manage execution and develop junior talent.

What You’ll Be Doing

You will take a senior role across both transaction execution and client coverage, with responsibilities including:

• Leading day-to-day execution of complex M&A, financing and strategic advisory assignments across the Power, Utilities and Energy sectors.
• Working directly with senior executives, financial sponsors, infrastructure investors and corporate clients on strategic and capital-related decisions.
• Taking significant ownership of live mandates, including managing timelines, workstreams, internal resources and client deliverables.
• Evaluating businesses, assets and strategic alternatives through detailed financial, valuation and transaction analysis.
• Developing sophisticated financial models and overseeing valuation work across a range of transaction structures.
• Helping formulate strategic recommendations and positioning for client presentations, pitches and board-level materials.
• Partnering with specialists across M&A, capital markets, financing and other product teams to deliver integrated solutions to clients.
• Building and deepening relationships across the Power, Utilities, Energy and infrastructure ecosystem.
• Supporting senior bankers with new business development while progressively developing your own client relationships.
• Identifying emerging themes, transactions and market developments that can create new advisory opportunities.
• Coordinating multiple transactions and client assignments simultaneously within a fast-moving deal environment.
• Reviewing and directing the work of Associates and Analysts while maintaining a consistently high standard of execution.
• Playing an active role in developing junior bankers through mentorship, technical guidance and real-time feedback.

Candidates will ideally bring:

• Approximately 7+ years of relevant transaction experience, although exceptional candidates outside this range can be considered.
• Strong Investment Banking, M&A, corporate finance or closely related advisory experience.
• Meaningful exposure to Power, Utilities, Energy, Renewables or Energy Infrastructure transactions.
• A strong understanding of corporate finance, valuation, accounting and transaction analysis.
• Experience executing complex M&A and/or financing transactions.
• The ability to take ownership of significant portions of a transaction with limited supervision.
• Excellent financial modelling and analytical capabilities.
• Strong judgement and the confidence to interact directly with senior clients.
• The ability to communicate complex financial and strategic concepts clearly and commercially.
• Experience managing and developing junior bankers.
• A track record of performing effectively across multiple concurrent assignments and demanding transaction timelines.
• High standards of professionalism, attention to detail and personal integrity.
• A collaborative approach and the ability to operate effectively across industry and product teams.

Senior responsibility

This is a role for someone who wants ownership. You will be expected to lead execution, manage junior resources and become an increasingly important member of the client team.

Career progression

The opportunity offers a genuine platform from which to continue developing toward senior origination and relationship-management responsibilities.