What are the responsibilities and job description for the Energy Origination Associate position at mara?
SUMMARY
The Energy Origination Associate will support the senior origination team by qualifying leads, maintaining Salesforce data integrity, developing high-impact presentations, managing deal execution logistics, and ensuring the team’s ability to scale its offerings effectively. This role is designed for a highly motivated candidate with 1-2 years of experience supporting an Energy Origination or with a strong interest in international electricity markets and data analytics.
This position provides hands-on exposure to commercial energy markets, transaction structures, and client engagement, offering a strong development path.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
Deal Sourcing & Lead Qualification
- Screen, qualify, and prioritize incoming leads to assess commercial viability and strategic fit.
- Conduct preliminary market research and customer profiling to support origination strategy.
- Track and update lead status, ensuring clear handoff to senior originators for active pursuit.
Deal Administration & Salesforce Management
- Enter, monitor, and maintain deal pipeline information in Salesforce with high accuracy.
- Prepare pipeline reports, dashboards, and activity logs for the origination and executive teams.
- Ensure all deal documentation, approvals, and compliance requirements are properly uploaded and tracked.
Presentation Development & Senior Leadership Exposure
- Create polished PowerPoint presentations for internal and external stakeholders, highlighting deal opportunities, pipeline trends, and strategic insights.
- Collaborate with senior originators to prepare executive-level briefing materials.
- Present analysis and findings to senior leadership as part of team discussions and deal reviews.
Team Support & Coordination
- Assist in preparing client proposals, term sheets, and supporting materials.
- Coordinate internal reviews across commercial, risk, legal, and operations teams.
- Serve as a central point for administrative support in the deal lifecycle.
QUALIFICATIONS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
Experience: Minimum of 1-2 years of relevant professional experience within the energy industry supporting originations.
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Engineering or related field.
Skills:
- Some degree of knowledge of power markets,
- Some experience with wholesale power, generation and load interconnections, and power and natural gas contracts is a plus.
Robust analytical skills and high level of attention to detail.
- Strong communication, networking, organization and time management skills.
- Ability to work independently and with a team.
- Demonstrated ability to perform under significant time and pressure conditions.
- Advanced PowerPoint skills with a track record of building executive-ready presentations.
- Prior experience presenting findings to senior leaders or clients.
- Familiarity with CRM systems (Salesforce strongly preferred).
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, reporting tools, and data visualization.
Mindset:
- Team-oriented, collaborative, and eager to learn.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, deal-driven environment.
- Analytical and curious with a strong commercial instinct.