An excellent opportunity has arisen to recruit a Settlements Analyst who is a talented and motivated individual, who will gain exposure to the GB energy market through working within a highly ambitious company.
You will be working on a mixture of report creation and generation using Excel and other tools; preparing analysis on trading performance and the hedging strategies implemented by the business; and investigating any discrepancies with both the Trading team and with external counterparties.
As part of the EPUKI Settlements team you will work closely with the Trading and Finance teams to ensure quality information flows across the business that will ensure we make the right commercial decisions.
Key Responsibilities

Reporting to the Settlements Manager, the key responsibilities and duties will include:-

• Ensuring that all trades have been booked accurately and checked thoroughly in the Trading systems
• Responsible for maintaining excellent counterparty relationships to manage the confirmation workflow and ensure all deals are confirmed within deadlines and any disputes swiftly resolved
• Driving change in business processes and reporting to fully utilise the recently upgraded Trading system
• Working closely with Traders to support and initiate improvements to the Trading systems, reporting and workflow processes that span Settlements, Finance and Trading
• Ensuring all processes and procedures are constantly reviewed, documented, and updated.
• Providing regulatory reporting and supporting the month end reporting and invoicing processes
• Development of collateral models to monitor and optimise postings that are made

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Background

• Working knowledge of energy industry/finance processes and systems is desirable but not essential
• Experience of settlement reconciliation and processing invoices (desirable)
• Experience of data analysis
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills (for example; creating pivot tables, analysing data using advanced functions and formulas, data manipulation and validation) (essential)
• Experience of dealing with both internal and external stakeholders

Behaviours

• Excellent attention to detail (essential)
• Effective communication, organisation and time management skills (essential)
• Commercially astute with the ability to problem solve quickly and effectively (essential)
• Ability to work effectively cross-functionally within all areas of the business (essential)

• Ability to meet tight deadlines (essential)

  Qualifications

• Degree level qualification (preferably in a business or numerate discipline) (essential).

About EP UK Investments Ltd
EPUK Investments Ltd (EPUKI) is the UK division of Energetický a průmyslový holding (EPH), a leading energy group of over 70 companies that owns and operates assets across Europe. EPH group employs circa 24,000 people internationally, owns €30.5bn of assets, generating €37.1bn of revenue and an EBITDA of €4.3bn.
EPUKI was established in 2015 as the strategic platform for expanding the EPH group into the UK energy market. Since launching, EPUKI has made several acquisitions and developed a number of new opportunities and now owns multiple renewable and flexible power generating assets in the UK and Ireland.
EPUKI has grown rapidly to revenues ~£3.5bn and EBITDA ~£300m. We pride ourselves on an entrepreneurial culture and flat leadership structure where individuals (wherever they are in the organisation) can make a real impact on our business.

Our aim is to enable the UK and Ireland low carbon transition through provision of flexible and reliable energy supply. To achieve this, we will:

• develop, construct and acquire the right assets to support the transformation of the energy system;
• invest in our people and our assets to best respond to the changing needs of our sector;
• continuously challenge ourselves to identify opportunities, build our knowledge and develop innovative solutions.

EPUKI is one of the largest independent generators in the UK and Ireland, with an asset base that covers multiple technologies and a range of revenue streams; these include fully merchant baseload and peaking plant and index traded baseload plants, providing a range of system services across the energy and balancing spectrum.
Despite its significant market presence, EPUKI has a flat structure with fast paced decision-making ability enabling better optimisation of market positions. The market continues to evolve and develop as the UK and Irish governments drive towards Net Zero with increasing challenges of renewables penetration, introduction of hydrogen and other new technologies.

• Ensuring that all trades have been booked accurately and checked thoroughly in the Trading systems
• Responsible for maintaining excellent counterparty relationships to manage the confirmation workflow and ensure all deals are confirmed within deadlines and any disputes swiftly resolved
• Driving change in business processes and reporting to fully utilise the recently upgraded Trading system
• Working closely with Traders to support and initiate improvements to the Trading systems, reporting and workflow processes that span Settlements, Finance and Trading
• Ensuring all processes and procedures are constantly reviewed, documented, and updated.
• Providing regulatory reporting and supporting the month end reporting and invoicing processes
• Development of collateral models to monitor and optimise postings that are mad