Energy Portfolio Manager / Trader

Accenture is seeking an Energy Portfolio Manager with deep energy market experience to help customers drive tangible results. In this capacity, 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.

What responsibilities will you have?

Routine Client Market Briefs: Ensure that your client portfolio is regularly briefed with regards to their risk positions in line with their Energy Strategies;

Present trading recommendations confidently to internal and external stakeholders;

Pricing Advice: 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;

Scheduled Calls: Utilising your fundamental and technical experience to generate bespoke presentation material facilitating scheduled weekly or monthly client conference calls;

Executing Price Fixings/Unfixings: 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.

Energy Price Risk: Continuously manage the price risk of your client portfolio and ensure that at all times you operate within the predefined Energy Strategy limits;

Governance: Ensure that at all times you act in accordance with the applicable Energy Risk Policies and/or Strategies;

Position Tracking: Ensure your client portfolio positions are tracked at all times against the market;

Market Analytics: Generate detailed, client specific technical and fundamental analytics to support their portfolio positions;

Strategy Development: 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;

Energy Strategy Debrief: Perform an Energy Strategy debrief with Risk Management when a new client is entered into your portfolio;

Plus: All other duties as assigned appropriate to the development of the role and the person.

What skills & experience are we looking for?

Ability to adapt to the varied corporate cultures and organisational structures of our customers and via strong written and verbal communication skills;

Exceptional track record of building relationships with stakeholders or customers that have resulted in high customer satisfaction;

Excellent communication, organisation/time management, analytical and problem-solving skills;

Ideally a minimum of at least 3+ years’ experience in the areas of energy portfolio management, energy wholesale markets, risk management and/or quantitative analysis

Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint;

Proficiency in Refinitiv’s Eikon platform or equivalent;

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 Accenture’s clients;

What’s in it for you?

Choose Accenture for an exciting career, where the variety of opportunities and challenges allows you to make a difference every day. A place where you can develop your expertise working with the best people worldwide in a dynamic, team-focused environment. The only place where you can use your skills to provide high-quality, long-term services for our Global Fortune 500 clients, helping them achieve high performance. If this is your idea of a typical working day, then Accenture is the place to be.