Structured Contract Trade Support Analyst Intern

Context & Environment

Start date: July- September at the latest

Take your first steps into a fulfilling career and join our team as an intern!

Are you looking to grow your career in the vibrant world of energy trading?

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

As a back-office intern, you will work closely with the Originators, Traders, Operations, Middle Office, Energy Data Management, Legal & Compliance, Credit, Treasury, Trading Accounting and the IT teams, as well as the external counterparts.

This internship provides hands-on experience in energy trading operations, with exposure to complex financial and physical power products on the renewable business in Europe (PPA contracts, financial swaps, CCGT contracts, biogas, environmental certificates, aggregation/market access, flexibility market, batteries...). The Intern will be in contact with a portfolio of counterparties dealing with key responsibilities on the trade lifecycle: deal confirmations, invoicing, payments and contract management.

Activities

• Assist with daily validation (within 24 hours) of trades entered into the ETRM system, ensuring that accurate trading information is represented within our trading system;
• Reconcile counterpart/TSO invoices against the system in liaison with the Operations, Middle Office and Energy Data Management departments to resolve discrepancies
• Send invoices to counterparts within industry or contractual deadlines and ensure that the payments instructions are submitted to finance in a timely manner to comply with contractual payment dates
• Assist the Accounting team with accruals, aged debt reporting and resolution
• Support documentation control, contract archiving, and audit compliance tasks.
• Effective communications with numerous internal and external parties to ensure timely resolution of discrepancies and queries

Candidate Profile

• The ideal candidate holds a master's degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field.
• Ideally with a knowledge of power & renewable business in France and Europe
• A high level of engagement, reliability, and strong team player mentality, being able to work autonomously as well as part of a team
• Strong analytical and numerical skills, and problem-solving skills with a drive to improve processes and systems
• High degree of accuracy, attention to detail and efficiency under set deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Being fluent in English is essential and European languages are desirable.
• Strong adaptability to change in a complex and changing environment.
• Good IT skills - Proficiency in MS Office (Excel/PBI) and VBA/Python/SQL is a plus.
• Excellent communication skills and customer service mentality.
• Only candidates with a Tri-partite agreement will be considered

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.

Additional Information

TotalEnergies values diversity, promotes individual growth and offers equal opportunity careers.

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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 installed its European trading hub across in Geneva, which now bring together very large teams around trading activities: TotalEnergies Trading & Shipping (T&S) and TotalEnergies Gas and Power (TGP).

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.