Senior Originator - Structured Origination Desk

Senior Originator - Structured Origination Desk

TotalEnergies

Geneva, Switzerland

Job dimension

You will operate under the close supervision of the Head of Structured Origination (N+1) and the Head of TEGP Origination (N+2). You will be working on the Trading floor in Geneva and you will be responsible for the development/origination of a portfolio of structured transactions in the fields listed below:

PPA solutions, Structured Power and cross-commodity flexibility options, tolling of physical power assets, power arbitrage opportunities involving infrastructure and/or regulatory constraints, sophisticated hedging solutions,very structured Pre financing deals, M&A etc..

This portfolio will cover markets globally, with a main focus on Europe and the US, but also on other continents where the Company has assets or business activity.

What you will do

You will have the primary responsibility for Trading developments from inception of the relationships with stakeholders through to the development or contract completion.

You will work closely with the Head of TEGP Origination, the VP Energy Management and the VP Front Office.

The primary focus of the development activity lies in countries with active energy traded markets (such as EUROPE and the US). In other countries with less active or less developed energy markets the primary role is expected to provide support to other businesses of the GRP Branch (such as PGE, REN, TSI, SUNPOWER and SAFT). The recently deployed activities in the Company in the field of decarbonisation might extend the scope outside of Europe and the US.

You will also interface with the Gas Power & Emissions Trading Desk and with the other TEGPL desks in order to define, generate and execute the projects which will provide the future asset base for the Company. Fluid coordination and communication is absolutely essential to success.

You will also interface with the various desks of the new Energy Management Division that will be involved in operating contracts originated by the Structured Origination desk.

Key development skills and responsibilities include:

• Project Definition: defining a profitable project by identifying an opportunity;
• Project Structuring: designing viable, investable project architecture;
• Project Mandating: communication and authorization with internal and external stakeholders;
• Project Execution: developing and maintaining the commercial imperatives during execution;
• Negotiation skills: are key throughout the whole process to project completion.

Candidate profile

• You are graduated from a Master Degree in Finance or in Engineering;
• You have a minimum of 10 years of professional experience in the European Gas & Power Trading industry including minimum 4 years as Originator;
• You have gained sound knowledge of the international energy market in its various aspects: detailed commodity knowledge, market organisation, physical and financial trading contracts, risk management expertise, trading regulation, operational and shipping terms;
• Influential by nature, with networking and social skills, you have a strong desire and ability to convince business partners and stakeholders in order to lead the negotiation process;
• You can work autonomously as well as part of a team promoting a collaborative environment;
• You have an innovative mind and you showcase a can-do attitude;
• Your agility enables you to strive is a fast-paced environment;
• Fluent in English (oral and written) – knowledge of French and/or other languages is an advantage.

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