Summer Associate

DTE is one of the nation’s largest diversified energy companies. Our electric and gas companies have fueled our customer’s homes and Michigan’s progress for more than a century. And as Michigan’s largest source of renewable energy, we’re creating a cleaner, healthier environment to power our future. We’re also serving communities beyond Michigan, where our affiliated businesses offer renewable energy, emission control technologies, and energy services to industries in 19 states. But we’re more than a leading energy company... and working at DTE is more than just a job. At DTE, we take great care of each other and our customers, and we use our energy to be a force for growth and prosperity in our communities. When you join us, you’ll be part of a team that welcomes, recognizes, and celebrates differences, and values everyone’s health, safety, and wellbeing. Are you ready to make that kind of difference? Bring your energy to DTE. Together, we can achieve great things.

Job Summary Location: Detroit, MI

DTE Vantage, a subsidiary of DTE Energy, is seeking ambitious, energetic, quantitatively adept individuals with an interest in high visibility roles in finance and strategy for its Summer Associate Program.

A strong candidate possesses a broad range of financial and commercial skills, can manage the details of complex transactions, and enjoys working in a team-oriented environment in rapidly evolving markets.

The Program

The Summer Associate Program provides first year MBA or similar advanced degree candidates the opportunity to experience working within multi‐disciplinary teams formed to identify, evaluate, negotiate, and execute energy‐related transactions and strategies.

Key Accountabilities

- Identifying and screening potential acquisitions

- Conducting valuation, due diligence, structuring, negotiation, and integration for an acquisition

- Developing and negotiating the pricing and structure for development projects

- Evaluating investments in new renewable energy technologies

- Developing a marketing plan to grow an existing business line

- Researching and assessing industry competitors

Minimum Education & Experience Requirements

Currently pursuing an MBA or other advanced degree in a related field, from a top-tier school

Required Core Skills Include

- Strong focus on finance and strategy

- Ability to understand, articulate and perform valuation analyses

- Analytical ability to distill complex transactions into their essential elements and communicate the results to senior management

Other Qualifications

Physical Demands & Working Conditions Required

The physical demands characterized here epitomize those that must be met by an employee to properly perform the integral functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. In order to properly perform the integral functions of this job, the employee is required to:

- Occasionally stand or walk and stoop or kneel

- Frequently sit

- Talk or hear, both in person and by telephone; use wrists, hands and/or fingers in a repetitive motion; and reach with hands and arms extensively

- Occasionally lift objects of up to 10 pounds in weight

- Use computers with exposure to video display terminals; and some repetitive motion associated with data entry, the use of a computer mouse, and while using other office equipment

- Vision requirements for this position include close vision, color vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus

The employee performs job duties primarily in a work from home capacity and periodically from a climate-controlled office environment, with a moderate noise level.

Additional Information

Incumbents may engage in all or some combination of the activities and accountabilities and utilize a variety of the competencies cited in this description depending upon the organization and role to which they are assigned. This description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by incumbents in this job. It is not intended as an all-inclusive list of accountabilities or responsibilities, nor is it intended to limit the rights of supervisors or management representatives to assign, direct and control the work of employees under their supervision.

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