Job Description

You will work on a dedicated basis with Accenture customers with responsibility for implementing energy purchasing strategies [predominantly power and natural gas] on the basis of defined risk controls such as ‘price triggers’ and ‘forward cover requirements’ always utilizing the purchasing flexibility as agreed in the underlying supply contracts between our clients and their appointed utility suppliers.

• Maximize resource utilization to ensure optimal productivity and margin contributing to contract P&L
• Work with Client Delivery to ensure that services are delivered in accordance with contractual / service level obligations
• Provide input to company best practices
• Present trading recommendations confidently to internal and external stakeholders
• Ensure that your client portfolio is regularly briefed with regards to their risk positions in line with their Energy Strategies
• Utilizing your fundamental and technical experience to generate bespoke presentation material facilitating scheduled weekly or monthly client conference calls
• Execute all trades for your client portfolio within the Trading Desk System and perform a daily reconciliation of your Orders to ensure all positions are filled, and reconciled to the Supplier confirmation
• Participate in new business development, especially due diligence and solution design.
• Continuously manage the price risk of your client portfolio and ensure that at all times you operate within the predefined Energy Strategy limits
• Ensure that at all times you act in accordance with the applicable Energy Risk Policies and/or Strategies
• Ensure your client portfolio positions are tracked at all times against the market
• Generate detailed, client specific technical and fundamental analytics to support their portfolio positions
• Provide recommendations to your client portfolio as to when to buy or sell energy, in line with market opportunity and within the confines of their respective risk parameters
• Using your expertise identify and champion opportunities for future product development with a view to maximizing income potential balanced against greater customer product optionality and service delivery
• Within the framework of a Structured Performance Product trade in and out of the market to maximize profitability
• Work with Risk Management during the generation of Energy Strategies to ensure that agreed client policy can adapt to future operational requirements in a dynamic marketplace
• All other duties as assigned appropriate to the development of the person.

You will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 25 days’ vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to adapt to the varied corporate cultures and organizational structures of our customers
• Exceptional track record of building relationships with stakeholders or customers that have resulted in high customer satisfaction
• Excellent communication, organization/time management, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to interface with customers and suppliers via strong written and verbal communication skills
• Previous experience in the areas of energy portfolio management, procurement, energy wholesale markets, finance, risk management and/or quantitative analysis
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint
• Effectively communicate complex market and risk management information to clients
• Develop strong support relationships with functional leaders and key site operations personnel across all business units of company’s clients
• Influence thought leaders within the organization and in our clients’ and suppliers’ organizations to identify and implement best practices.