Senior Operational Risk Manager

at  Vattenfall

OM TJÄNSTEN

At Vattenfall, we don’t just “do energy”, we exist to help our customers power their lives in ever climate smarter ways. If you are looking for interesting challenges and the opportunity to be part of this change, then join our diverse and talented team and make a difference.
Our Business Area (BA) Markets is looking for the right person to fill the position as

QUALIFICATIONS

• Our successful candidate has a relevant financial/technical/engineering degree or equivalent (e.g. IT related, Mathematics, Economics, Risk Management or other relevant subjects)
• Over 5 years’ experience in Energy, financial companies or similar
• Good understanding of risk management frameworks and best practices. Including Experience of Risk management and assessment, operational risk incident management and analysis (e.g. this may include designing tools and processes, implementing and embedding risk frameworks, and delivering high-quality risk insights, reporting, and transparency.)
• Excellent communication and presentation skills in English. (If you also speak Swedish and/or German it is an asset but not a requirement)
• Understanding of the Energy business in general and Energy Trading in particular is an advantage
• 2nd line of defense knowledge is an advantage.
  Our perfect candidate in a perfect world is a well-grounded team player who is good at building trust, that can help our business in understanding the root causes of incidents, can identify and assess prioritised risks that may impact our business and identify practical mitigations and improvements. You are confident to challenge the status quo and drive changes within and outside the teams. You are perseverant and take initiatives to define and deal with recurring problems.

OM OSS

Vattenfall is a European energy company with approximately 21 000 employees. For more than 100 years we have electrified industries, supplied energy to people’s homes and modernized our way of living through innovation and cooperation. We are looking for talented individuals who, in addition to their passion for their own role, also have strong team spirit and want to contribute to supporting a meaningful corporate mission.
Business Area (BA) Markets’ role in Vattenfall is to maximize the value of the overall portfolio by optimizing and dispatching, hedging and sourcing for Vattenfall’s sales and generation volumes. We serve as Vattenfall’s single access to energy commodity markets and trade electricity, emissions, fuels, freight, and renewable certificates. We employ around 500 professionals who are active across Europe with offices in Sweden, Germany, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
In BA Markets the mission of the Unit OU Operations is to drive the digital transformation. OU Operations consists of diverse and highly skilled employees from more than 20 countries. We work internationally from our locations in Stockholm, Hamburg and Amsterdam.
We have a culture of care and growth. You will collaborate with inspiring people around you, on complex and interesting topics. Together, we drive the energy transition

In a Trading and Asset optimization business it is key to know and manage your risks and as an Operational Risk Manager you are working close to the Business operations of the Business Area assessing and analysing operational risks and investigating incidents to drive improvements of our routines and controls.

Your main responsibilities will include:

• Lead the analysis of operational risk incidents and drive corrective actions
• Lead and perform risk assessment and analysis activities and propose appropriate mitigations
• Design, develop and communicate risk related reports for different levels of the organization to help improve transparency and drive decision making
• Continuous development of the Operational Risk framework in BA Markets
• Support the team with the development of the Algorithmic trading control frameworks.