Senior Accountant (Commodity Trading)

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About your team :

At Centrica Energy, our mission is to move it.

We're energy movers by nature. We're a global renewable energy trading company which helps move energy from source to use - powering businesses, homes, and societies as they transition to a new sustainable energy future. If the idea of working to create a sustainable energy future also moves you, we may very well be the right place for you.

Centrica Energy (CE) is the trading arm of Centrica. We trade gas, power, LNG and provide the route to market for our upstream and power generation operations.

We are looking for an Senior Accountant to own the financial accounting and reporting for the London Commodity Trading business as well as the valuation of commodities and foreign exchange positions within Centrica Energy and other parts of Centrica. The role provides a fantastic opportunity to understand the complexities of a commodity trading business across a wide range of trading strategies and books. This role would suit a qualified accountant with excellent Excel skills and a passion for continuous improvement.

This is a 12 month fixed term contract / secondment opportunity.

The role holder will lead one of the Financial Control sub-teams in developing financial accounting, reporting and related control processes whilst maintaining an effective system of internal control to ensure integrity and accuracy of financial reporting throughout a sustained period of change.

This is a London (close to Marble Arch) based role with 3 days per week being office based.

The Job role :

• Own the financial accounting, reporting and related control processes for the valuation of commodities and foreign exchange positions within Centrica Energy and other parts of the Centrica Group
• Transform and modernise Financial Control processes including identifying processes that could be transferred offshore and support development of interfaces between the ERP (SAP) and trading source systems (Endur / Falcon), ensuring integrity and accuracy of financial reporting throughout a sustained period of change
• Support the completion of stats for all Centrica Energy Entities with reference to derivative and fair value disclosures and adjustments. This includes providing commentary for Legal Entity team / Group BPM / Group Tax and liaising with auditors on questions on these entities
• Own the FX Reporting for the Centrica Group including monitoring and helping set up the accounting of FX hedges for other areas of Centrica, as well as monitoring the 3 CE FX books to ensure they are accounted for correctly in SAP
• Own and develop the Month-End Financial Control accounting processes including :

Journal upload & ensuring data integrity in SAP

The Person :

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