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Windsor, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

In this role I am accountable for the end to end process for complex products, ensuring the correctness of deal booking and the accuracy of trade lifecycle events. I am heavily involved in the onboarding of new products and business and played a key role in the migration of Gas trading activity from Allegro to Endur.Key responsibilities include: - SME for full trade lifecycle of Power Purchase Agreements from trade capture to settlement ensuring accurate interfacing of all volume… Show more In this role I am accountable for the end to end process for complex products, ensuring the correctness of deal booking and the accuracy of trade lifecycle events. I am heavily involved in the onboarding of new products and business and played a key role in the migration of Gas trading activity from Allegro to Endur.Key responsibilities include: - SME for full trade lifecycle of Power Purchase Agreements from trade capture to settlement ensuring accurate interfacing of all volume and pricing data - Owner of trade validation for PPAs, VPPAs, CCGTs, Gas Storage and swing deals, Options, Renewable certificates and LNG trading activity - Validation of all complex trade booking activity containing optionality within in-house valuation model - Certificate Inventory management for GOOS, ROCs and EUAs in Ofgem and Statnett registries - Primary contact for resolution PPA settlement disputes through manual spreadsheet calculations to reconcile ETRM vs counterparty invoices and - SME for Endur trade lifecycle processes in new business implementation and product roll out - Validation of SAP payment releases vs ETRM and counterparty invoices - Built Excel VBA solution for settlements team to reconcile cash position using SAP data - Provided coaching and training to our team in Denmark to enable the successful migration of their gas business from Allegro into Endur - Created SQL inventory report for European Gas storages from Endur and able used SQL to link tables in Endur to create trade listings and extract data. - Creation of month end accrual reports for PPAs and ROCs - Creation of month end Energy Balancing reports for Gas and LNG Show less

Windsor, England, United Kingdom

In this role I was able to expand my knowledge base from Power into Gas and more structured products. I took responsibility for the Front Office enhancement prioritisation of Endur functionality and processes, feeding into a weekly scrum providing requirements and UAT. My most notable achievement in this role was contributing to the successful deliver of our Endur Upgrade project moving from V8 to V12 through requirement specifications, test case creation and UAT for the FO trade booking and… Show more In this role I was able to expand my knowledge base from Power into Gas and more structured products. I took responsibility for the Front Office enhancement prioritisation of Endur functionality and processes, feeding into a weekly scrum providing requirements and UAT. My most notable achievement in this role was contributing to the successful deliver of our Endur Upgrade project moving from V8 to V12 through requirement specifications, test case creation and UAT for the FO trade booking and position management activity.Key responsibilities included: - FO SME providing the requirements, test cases and UAT for the on time and under budget Endur upgrade from V8 to V12, covering trade booking templates and desktops for UK and European power and Gas, Coal, Emissions certificates, Oil, Options, - Managed the prioritisation and implementation of Endur enhancements on behalf of FO - Coordinated responses to requests for information through manipulation of large-scale data sets - Supported the timely, valid and accurate capture and daily operation of all complex/structured deals executed by the trading teams - Designed new instrument types, scripted position reports and trade booking process for the implementation of Gas storage in Endur - Built Excel VBA report to manipulate large sets of trade data for the creation of regulatory reports under Centrica MMO and SMA obligations including multiple controls to ensure the complete accuracy of the data being reported - Authorised signatory with Elexon an primary owner of MVRN setup process Show less

London, England, United Kingdom

I leaned on the knowledge and skills I had built up in previous roles of our trade capture platforms and processes to develop new trade capture ability within the team to cover Centrica's complex trading activity.Key responsibilities included: - Designed and embedded Complex Trade capture and validation processes to consolidate all trade booking activities within Trade Support - Developed a set of trade booking principles to ensure consistent processes and controls across all… Show more I leaned on the knowledge and skills I had built up in previous roles of our trade capture platforms and processes to develop new trade capture ability within the team to cover Centrica's complex trading activity.Key responsibilities included: - Designed and embedded Complex Trade capture and validation processes to consolidate all trade booking activities within Trade Support - Developed a set of trade booking principles to ensure consistent processes and controls across all commodities and trade types - Worked with QA to implement transfer of trade booking responsibilities of complex trades within in-house valuation model to Trade Support, progressing from creating csv booking files to the role out of a trade booking tool with a full set of user access controls and trade status lifecycle workflow - FO SME providing requirements, test case creation and UAT for the migration of long-term structured gas contracts from Lacima to Endur through development of a new instrument type - FO SME providing requirements, test case creation and UAT for the implementation of over 80 PPA contracts into Endur Show less

Windsor, England, United Kingdom

Managed a team of 6 high performing trade support specialists, I was able to use my experience performing the roles within the team to help them develop and progress their careers within the business whilst maintaing the quality in the team through identifying and hiring further high calibre replacements.Key responsibilities included: - Managed the Power trading support team consisting of 6 high performing individuals - SME for Power, Coal and Emissions providing input to the… Show more Managed a team of 6 high performing trade support specialists, I was able to use my experience performing the roles within the team to help them develop and progress their careers within the business whilst maintaing the quality in the team through identifying and hiring further high calibre replacements.Key responsibilities included: - Managed the Power trading support team consisting of 6 high performing individuals - SME for Power, Coal and Emissions providing input to the New Business onboarding process - Supported IS change on behalf of the Trading Team - Developed operational relationships with all Centrica’s Exchanges, Clearers and Brokers to ensure service levels are maintained and to support the onboarding of new traders and products - Managed the trader induction process for new joiners on the trading floor and to the shift trading team - Coordinated the trader leaver process with the HR, Business Control, IS and Compliance teams - Delivered over 100 process improvements through analysis using six sigma - Managed trade novation activity for the traders including review and execution of novation agreements, operational coordination with Risk and Back Office and systems implementation Show less

Windsor, England, United Kingdom

- Managed cross functional trading licences to market data systems such as Point Carbon and Bloomberg as well as the implementation of new data providers e.g. Nena - Conducted a review of exchange and market data access to reduce costs by £50,000 - Developed KPIs and operational performance dashboard - Wrote business reports for Operation Risk process events - Coordinated the counterparty onboarding process and performed functional set up in Endur - Covered the… Show more - Managed cross functional trading licences to market data systems such as Point Carbon and Bloomberg as well as the implementation of new data providers e.g. Nena - Conducted a review of exchange and market data access to reduce costs by £50,000 - Developed KPIs and operational performance dashboard - Wrote business reports for Operation Risk process events - Coordinated the counterparty onboarding process and performed functional set up in Endur - Covered the administration of onboarding New Business Show less

Windsor, England, United Kingdom

- Enter trades into systems and reconcile all trades with brokers and external counterparties to maintain high levels of accuracy. - Ensure within day and day ahead positions are balanced and correctly notified. - Check for errors, mismatches or breaches in systems then liaise with Traders/Counterparty/IS/Back Office/Credit Risk to resolve any issues before relevant deadlines. - Develop reconciliation tools in Excel to automate trade reconciliation processes