UK Settlements Analyst

About ENGIE UK

ENGIE is a global leader in low-carbon energy and services. We’re committed to accelerating the transition to a net-zero world, by empowering businesses and communities with innovative energy solutions. As part of our Energy Management team, you will play a key role in shaping the future of sustainable energy.

Global Energy Management & Sales (“GEMS”) is one of the global business units of ENGIE.  Its mission is to ensure the competitiveness of the group’s Business Units (“BU”) and develop its own franchise trough a comprehensive range of services related to Trading and energy management.

Purpose of the job

The Settlements Analyst is responsible for working with colleagues to maintain the Back Office function for EUM’s UK trading activities. This includes the development, maintenance and use of an effective system for settlement, payment, validation, and provision of month end reporting information.  The Settlements Analyst is also expected to contribute to developing and maintaining a reputation for the Back Office as a provider of accurate, efficient and timely information to its internal and external stakeholders, which include Finance teams within ENGIE, counterparty Back Offices, Risk Management teams and Group Reporting

About the role

This role is part of the Back Office team within FINOPS, working alongside a team of six. We are looking to hire a Settlement Analyst for our London office. This is a permanent, hybrid position, working 37 hours per week, with two days spent in the office

Key Responsibilities:

• Validation and Confirmation of transactions across a wide range of commodity markets and with trading counterparties (internal and external) for all UK trading activities. This includes trades executed on exchanges and Over the Counter (OTC) directly with counterparties under various contract structures. Maintain a system for tracking outstanding confirmations and liaise with counterparties to ensure all outstanding confirmations are received.
• Invoicing: Accurate preparation and validation of commodity invoices, associated fees (including broker fees, gas shipping and transportation charges) and some ancillary services. 
• Daily cash margining process: agree daily cash margin (also referred to as cash collateral) exposures with trading counterparties. This is a time sensitive process that involves daily payments by set deadlines and being proactive in following up if there are late responses and/or mismatches.
• Query Resolution: Have a thorough understanding of commodities and contract structures traded to successfully resolve queries from internal and external counterparties.
• Compliance control: Review deals from a compliance and control point of view and flag up for corrective action (e.g. errors and breaches by traders)
• Financial Control:  Liaise with colleagues in the wider business to ensure cash settlement occurs and follow up late payments with counterparties where necessary.
• Internal Control, Best Practise and Audit:  Develop and maintain clear and logical administrative processes with efficient audit trails. Assist with audit queries as and when they arise. Strive to develop the Back Office as an area of “Best Practise”.
• Financial and Trading Reporting:  Ensure all required information is provided under agreed deadlines to various users including:
  • Finance teams - for cash forecasting, gross margin reporting and month end reporting
  • Risk Management- for trading reports
  • Wider areas of the business for ad-hoc analysis
• Compliance with Contractual Terms:  Ensure all Back Office processes are carried out in accordance with contractual obligations.
• Regulatory reporting: support Back Office team with regulatory reporting (REMIT, EMIR etc)
• Various Ad-Hoc Tasks, including:
  • provide knowledge and support during Trade System improvement projects.
  • propose and participate in improving processes and tools (e.g., automate manual tasks, update and improve existing tools etc.)
• Back up cover for the team – provide cover for the Back Office team when colleagues are out of the office (e.g., holiday/sick leave cover)

Qualifications & Skills:

• Experience working  in a Back Office environment within the UK/European energy industry
• Experience with an ETRM system for the energy industry such as Orchestrade (OT) is desirable
• Strong knowledge of MS Office (candidates with coding skills will be considered favourably, e.g., VBA, Python, SQL, Power BI, advanced MS Excel etc)
• Experience in back office process automation and digitalisation.
• Experience in large scale systems projects / or equivalent project work.
• Awareness of UK VAT rules (not essential but desirable)
• Focus on automation and eliminating manual/inefficient processes.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a small team environment

Why ENGIE UK?

• Opportunity to make a significant impact on the future of energy supply.
• Collaborative and innovative work environment.
• Hybrid Working
• Bonus Programme
• Healthcare Cash Plan
• Employer Pension Contribution
• Healthcare Cash Plan
• myENGIE Benefits
• Commitment to professional development and growth.

 Ready to make a difference?
If you’re a proactive, analytical professional with a passion for the energy sector, apply today to join ENGIE’s GEMS team and be a part of our journey towards a greener future.