Candidate Profile

• You hold a master's degree or equivalent,
• Ideally with a first experience as back office in a utility or a power trading company and/or knowledge of power & renewable business in France and Europe
• A high level of engagement, reliability, and strong team player mentality
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• High degree of accuracy and efficiency under set deadlines in a pressurized environment
• Being fluent in French & English is essential and European languages are desirable.
• Strong adaptability to change in a complex and changing environment.
• Good IT skills (excel/VBA/Python/PBI)
• Excellent communication skills and customer service mentality
• Being able to work autonomously as well as part of a team is essential.
• Good interpersonal skills
• Strong drive to improve processes and systems

At TotalEnergies, we believe that our employees' fulfilment has its roots in the wealth of the experiences they are offered. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to respecting diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard for race, color, gender, religion, national origin, disability, military status, age, marital status, sexual orientation.

Candidates with disabilities are encouraged to apply. We will provide necessary accommodations upon request.

Activities

Job Description:

Back Office is part of the Power Trading Support organization, with multi locations mainly in Geneva, Houston, Paris & Madrid.

As a Back Office Analyst you will work closely with the Originators, Traders, Operations, Middle Office, Energy Data Management, Legal & Compliance, Credit, Treasury, Trading Accounting and the IT teams.

The Back Office Analyst will be in charge to manage a portfolio of counterparties dealing with physical power, asset back trading and renewable businesses in Europe (PPA contracts, financial swaps, CCGT contracts, biogas, environmental certificates, aggregation/market access, flexibility market, batteries...).

Key responsibilities include deal confirmations, invoicing, payments and contract management. These processes are key to the commerciality of deals transacted by the Front Office teams. Strong attention to detail and a high degree of accuracy are essential skills in an environment where an error can have both financial and reputational ramifications. Strong drive to improve processes and systems is necessary alongside good IT skills (excel/VBA/Python). You may be expected to develop new tools to secure and optimize the process and build new reports adapted to the business evolutions.

What you will do:

• Manage a portfolio of internal & external counterparts (utilities, producers, ..)
• Ensure that accurate trading information is represented within our 'in-house' trading system (the BOOK) by confirming deals with counterparts and brokers on a daily basis
• Send invoices to counterparts within industry or contractual deadlines
• Submit payment instructions to finance in a timely manner to comply with contractual payment dates
• Reconcile counterpart/TSO invoices against the BOOK
• Assist the Accounting team with accruals, aged debt reporting and resolution
• Effective communications with numerous internal and external parties to ensure timely resolutions to problems and queries
• Contribute to the overall team responsibilities and goals including assisting with the team's general duties such as emailing, archiving and filing
• Participate in team and individual projects delegated by the Back Office Manager/Supervisor, such as the implementation of a new ETRM
• Support, identify, and assist in implementing process & systems improvement, from system testing and implementations to desk level process
• Identify and communicate operational risk, define risk mitigating measures and priorities

Context & Environment

Context and environment:

The fast paced trading environment and location of the teams, requires the jobholder to be able to work both autonomously and as part of a team. The position requires strong communication skills within the team, externally and with other departments within the organisation. Both industry and contractual deadlines need to be respected to meet all of the company's obligations. Reconciliation of discrepancies and resolution of counterpart issues requires the jobholder to be able to seek out information necessary for problem solving. Reporting and monitoring obligations per EMIR, REMIT, Sarbanes-Oxley Act and to comply with other rules & regulations require diligence and attention to detail.

Our Culture:

We are committed to meet the energy needs of a growing population and we are committed to the energy transition. The volatility of the energy trading markets requires excellence in risk management and a culture of innovation. We are fully embracing the digital revolution.
Our people flourish in an environment that promotes expertise, entrepreneurship spirit, agility and a purpose-driven culture, generating boundless opportunities to learn, grow and achieve collaborative success.
Reinforcing the competencies of our people is a key pillar of our culture: we train our people to ensure their development and we pledge to encourage safety in all our actions.
We look for passion, ambition and open-mindedness. While we evolve in a demanding industry that requests to be always on the edge, we cultivate a friendly workplace where our people feel good, where team spirit and respect guide our daily routine, where the diversity of our people and their skills create a nourishing experience for all of us.

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About us:

TotalEnergies has developed a strong expertise in oil and biofuels, natural gas and electricity trading. Trading entities are based in Geneva, Paris, Houston and Singapore.

TotalEnergies Gas and Power (TGP) is the trading arm of TotalEnergies in the field of low carbon energies. As such, it operates in fast-evolving market dynamics influenced by internal and external factors that require constant adaptation and evolution.
The Trading division in Geneva is responsible for optimising the purchase & sales portfolios of gas, electricity, CO2 emissions, dry bulk, and LNG in all recognised markets worldwide, in compliance with the Company trading guidelines.
In such context, TGP helps to ensure growth and profitability to a key segment of the business in order to reach the objective of Carbon Neutrality by 2050.

The newly created BU Trading Power aims at supporting TotalEnergies ambition in Renewables and energy transition providing risk management services and market access and creating value with asset back trading and structured products.