Treasury Analyst

When you join EDF Trading, you’ll become part of a diverse international team of experts who challenge conventional ideas, test new approaches, and think outside the box.

Energy markets evolve rapidly, so our team needs to remain agile, flexible, and ready to spot opportunities across all the markets we trade in power, gas, LNG, LPG, oil, and environmental products.

EDF Group and our customers all over the world trust that their assets are managed by us in the most effective and efficient manner and are protected through expert risk management. Trading for over 20 years, it’s experience that makes us leaders in the field. Energy is what we do.

Become part of the team and you will be offered a great range of benefits, which include (location dependent) hybrid working, a personal pension plan, private medical and dental insurance, bi-annual health assessments, corporate gym memberships, an electric car lease programme, childcare vouchers, a cycle-to-work scheme, season ticket loans, volunteering opportunities, and much more.

Gender balance and inclusion are very high on the agenda at EDF Trading, so you will become part of an ever-diversifying family of around 750 colleagues based in London, Paris, Singapore, and Houston. Regular social and networking events, both physical and virtual, will ensure that you always feel connected to your colleagues and the business.

Who are we? We are EDF Trading, part of the EDF Group - a world leader in low-carbon, sustainable electricity generation.

Join us, make a difference, and help shape the future of energy.

Job Description:

Department

The treasury team is responsible for all aspects of treasury risk management and operations including; liquidity management, cash management, FX and IR risk management, interest allocation, collateral management and bilateral margining.

The treasury department is a team-based environment that values interaction and exchange of ideas and techniques and is a huge advocate of continuous improvement. The flat team structure supports access to all levels of management across the organisation in order to ensure that analysis and judgements are comprehensive and complete.

Position purpose

The junior treasury analyst will be responsible for performing the daily margining processes for the EDFT group.

Main responsibilities

• Process margin call payments and receipts.
• Ensuring collateral balances are correctly reflected within CubeLogic (margin management system) and have close communication with the collateral team.
• Liaison with external counterparties to resolve margin disputes
• Liaison with the credit team to ensure credit risks are covered.
• Liaison with other internal stakeholders including IT and transactions teams.
• Processing of Margin Interest receipts and Payments.
• Producing daily and monthly reporting relating to operational activities
• Project work on process improvement and automation
• Understanding of systems, position management and MtM valuation processes.
• Use business and commercial awareness to proactively seek solutions.
• Understanding of treasury products to assist with risk management.
• Preparation of reports for both EDFT and EDF meetings.
• Adherence to internal policies, processes and methodologies.

Experience required

• Strong analytical, attention-to-detail and organisational skills with focus on time management under tight deadlines.
• Confident and autonomous individual being able to provide good communication/feedback to manager, motivated and resilient.
• General financial and risk management awareness.
• Genuine interest in pursuing a career in treasury.
• Studied or willing to learn - ACT / Accounting or equivalent professional qualification would be an advantage.
• A proactive ‘can do’ attitude is important, as is the ability to use initiative to appraise and improve existing processes. Strong interpersonal skills are essential.
• Excel, Python, SQL, or Alteryx knowledge is preferable
• Visualisation tools such as Power Bi or Tableau

Technical requirements

• Good attention to detail and good organisational skills (especially time management) are a must and core skills to perform successfully the role.
• Comfortable under time-pressing conditions.
• Experience in working with numbers.
• Good technical and analytical skills.
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Highly motivated and enthusiastic and able to respond to changes in priorities
• Transparent, open, confident, proactive and articulate team player.

Hours of work:

8.30am – 5.30pm, Monday to Friday