Chief Operating Officer - Melbourne, Australia - ENGIE

ENGIE

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Melbourne, Australia

1 week ago

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Olivia Brown

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Description

The Opportunity:

We are seeking an experienced Chief Operating Officer (COO) for our Global Energy Management and Sales (GEMS) ANZ business, the fully integrated trading arm of the ENGIE Group.

The Chief Operating Officer will ensure the smooth operations of the GEMS ANZ business, ensuring all risk and support functions are operating at optimum levels and in collaboration with local and global teams.

The role will be accountable to the Chief Operating Officer (CEO) GEMS ANZ and can be worked flexibly from home and our new Southbank office.

Responsibilities:

Develop, implement and embed processes and frameworks to ensure the effective service delivery by risk and support functions including finance, risk control, information technology, compliance, human resources, internal control, legal and regulation.
Develop and negotiate a service level agreement with risk and support functions to ensure interface of relevant systems within GEMS ANZ and support services from ENGIE ANZ are effective and efficient
Contribute to the governance of GEMS ANZ systems
Develop and provide reporting structures and develop standard operating processes for the system's performance analysis
Provide project management expertise on GEMS ANZ projects

About you:

To be successful in this role, you will have sound knowledge of markets and risk management (market, credit, legal, operational and regulatory) and experience with overseeing the operations of the functions required to run a trading and portfolio function.

You are able to create an environment where people and teams are motivated to do their best to collaboratively achieve business objectives, and seek for continuous improvement in process, systems and procedures.

Ideally, you will have solid experience within energy management and/or corporate & investment banking, particularly with a background in risk or finance.

Next Steps:

About ENGIE Australia & New Zealand:

ENGIE Australia & New Zealand, a joint venture with Mitsui & Co Ltd, is accelerating the transition to a carbon-neutral economy by providing innovative, sustainable energy solutions to households, businesses, communities and cities.

Our mission is to accelerate and support the transition towards a carbon-neutral economy, through reduced energy consumption and more environmentally-friendly solutions.

We have 1,100MW of low-carbon generation capacity and more than 2,000MW of renewable energy under development. Our retail business, Simply Energy, has more than 700,000 customer accounts around Australia.

We're also delivering sustainability solutions to cities, precincts and universities through our ENGIE Net Zero Energy Solutions team.

ENGIE's trading arm, Global Energy Management (GEM) provides long-energy supply agreements, energy trading, risk management and asset management services to business customers across the ENGIE ANZ portfolio.

Our Business Units

Thermal & Supply

Simply Energy is one of Australia

- s fastest growing energy retailers, with more than 750,000 electricity and gas customer accounts in Victoria, South Australia, New South Wales, Western Australia, The Australian Capital Territory and Queensland.

1,000MW of lowcarbon generation capacity located in South Australia
The Hazelwood Rehabilitation Project is a dedicated business stream leading the safe, stable and sustainable rehabilitation of the former Hazelwood Power Station and Mine, which ceased operation in 2017

Renewables

Development, operation and maintenance of largescale assets predominantly in wind, solar and industrialscale battery storage as well as integrating hydrogen as an alternative energy source.

Energy Solutions

ENGIE Net Zero Energy Solutions builds longterm partnerships that deliver net zero outcomes for communities.
By integrating infrastructure, technology and services, we design, build and operate environmentallyfriendly solutions, such as Green Mobility and energy storage, that support and accelerate the transition to a carbonneutral economy.

Global Energy Management & Sales (GEMS)

GEMS has 20 years' presence in energy markets worldwide and offers services including risk management solutions, market access, asset management and optimisation, gas offtake, investment services, physical supply and logistics management, economic research, market analysis and M&A facilitation for energy producers.
GEMS tailors solutions, such as PPAs, to the specific needs of corporate clients, with a strong focus on decarbonation and decentralisation, matching our clients' growing needs to lower their carbon footprint and source greener energy with those of renewable asset owners.