Trading Surveillance Analyst

About US (GEMS):

ENGIE Global Energy Management & Sales (GEMS) provides energy supply solutions and risk management services to support its clients through their decarbonization journey, while optimizing ENGIE’s assets and contributing to value creation.

ENGIE is a global reference in low-carbon energy and services with a leading energy management business, piloted by its entity "Global Energy Management & Sales" who built its savoir-faire managing the Group’s large and diverse asset portfolio over 20+ years.

3,600 employees around the world develop our solutions, through +20 international business platforms. We cover the full energy mix: renewable and thermal power, natural gas & LNG, biomass, environmental products. Our experts provide tailor made solutions based on a wide range of savoir-faire in energy management with a strong focus on decarbonation and decentralization.

Our 190,000 clients span the entire value chain: producers, asset developers, financial players, utilities, distributors and industrials. Our global reach and strong local presence enable us to offer these diverse clients tailor-made services and respond to rapid changes in mature or emerging markets alike.

Our 4 expertises:

• Asset management

• Energy transition services

• Energy supply & global commodities

• Risk management & market access

At GEMS we encourage breakthrough results, team spirit, curiosity and innovation while preserving the right work/life balance for you.

More info on GEMS Hub (https://gems.engie.com) or LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/engie-global-energy-management-solutions).

Context:

You will join the Trading Surveillance team within the Risk Expertise Center.

This transversal team is composed of 8 analysts monitoring GEMS trading activity worldwide (except the US-based one) on all traded commodities. The team is in charge of designing, developing, operating trading surveillance solutions on a daily basis and managing processes to comply with the regulations concerning market abuse and algorithmic trading, in collaboration with other functions (mainly Legal, Compliance, Front-Office).

Role:

• Develop the global trading surveillance system that allows to integrate data (orders, trades, events,...) and recognize, prevent and report suspicion of market manipulation.
• Create prototype alerts then industrialize them in the core big data surveillance tool with the support of a dedicated IS team.
• Investigate/Escalate automated daily alerts and perform spot checks. Challenge front officers on their trading practices (Internal Request For Information or investigations).
• Contribute to the awareness and guidelines on best practices considering regulatory developments and business changes, in close collaboration with Front-Officers, Legal and Compliance
• Analyze and validate algorithmic trading tools and strategies and elaborate securities in relation with IS and business teams.
• Support Legal/Compliance teams with analysis in case of external inquiries.

Hard skills:

• Must have: Excellent practical ability to analyze/process multiple data and information sources, understand markets, products and trading strategies, acquired through a first professional experience. Practice of office tools and management of databases (SQL, AWS, Azure, APIs,...). Good Python coding skills.

• Good to have: first experience linked to Energy markets or Market Conduct regulations or Trading surveillance activities.

Soft skills:

• Must have: Analytical and assertive mindset, combined with a hands-on approach. Well organized and pro-active, tenacious and stress resistant. Curious, eager to learn and develop skills. Working on a collaborative mode.

• Good to have: Strong interest for the energy markets (fundamentals, design, regulations, trading).

Education and professional background:

• Master’s degree
• 0-3 year professional experience

Languages:

• Fluent in English.
• Fluent French appreciated.

Travels:

This is a European-based position, in one of our offices in Paris, Brussels, Roma, Madrid or Bucarest, with some punctual travels to other GEMS offices.

If you meet these requirements, then you are the talent we are looking for. Do not waste time! 

Apply by attaching your updated CV, regardless your gender.

ENGIE Global Energy Management & Sales is committed to create a gender-neutral environment that unlocks the potential of everyone and provides equal employment opportunities for all individuals. 

 All our positions are open to people with disabilities, please let your recruiter know if you need reasonable accommodations to be able to participate in the recruitment process, they will be happy to assist you. 

About ENGIE:

Our group is a global reference in low-carbon energy and services. Our purpose (“raison d’être”) is to act to accelerate the transition towards a carbon-neutral world, through reduced energy consumption and more environmentally-friendly solutions, reconciling economic performance with a positive impact on people and the planet. We rely on our key businesses (gas, power, renewable energy, services) to offer competitive solutions to our customers. With our 96,000 employees, our customers, partners and stakeholders, we are a community of Imaginative Builders, committed every day to more harmonious progress.