Head of Middle Office

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Lead the Middle Office team to ensure seamless operations across trading activities, manage the full deal lifecycle, and implement new operational controls in a rapidly growing energy trading company.
  • Manage and lead the Middle Office team, ensuring smooth daily operations across trading and wholesale activities
  • Oversee the full deal life cycle, including trade capture, daily validation, amendments, rebookings, and accurate representation in systems
  • Control trading books, monitor exposures, physical positions, and storage completeness, and support complex flows such as LNG, storage, and cross-border capacity
  • Ensure data quality for dependent functions, including Accounting, Risk, and Front Office, and participate in the New Product Approval process
  • Develop and implement new operational controls, processes, and coordinate operational excellence projects
  • Prepare and present daily, weekly, and monthly reports, including KPIs, P&L, and reconciliations between trading and accounting systems
  • Collaborate closely with Front Office, Back Office, Finance, and Treasury to maintain accurate and efficient operations
  • Manage team development, performance, and ensure adherence to operational standards and best practices
  • Proven experience in middle office operations, ideally within energy trading (gas, LNG, or power markets)
  • Strong knowledge of trade capture, validation, and deal management processes
  • Solid understanding of risk monitoring, exposure controls, and physical positions, including storage
  • Experience with monthly closing, reconciliation, and alignment between trading systems and accounting
  • Experience using ENDUR, implementing and improving operational controls, processes and projects
  • Ability to manage and lead a team, ensuring smooth daily operations and accountability
  • Familiarity with complex trading flows, including LNG, storage, and cross-border capacity
  • Strong reporting, presentation, and stakeholder communication skills, including with FO, BO, finance, and treasury
  • English fluency is mandatory
  • An international environment and workforce with ca. 60 nationalities, with a commitment to respect, diversity and integrity  
  • Career growth and development at one of Switzerland's Top Employers
  • Highly competitive remuneration system, above-market earning potential via our unique performance-based bonus schemes, reflecting the value we place on dedication and results
  • Work in a flat organizational structure with best-in-class industry experts, promoting individual ideas, rapid decision-making, and high accountability
  • A rapidly growing company entering new markets globally and expanding its asset portfolio worldwide, with substantial investment into green energy (renewables) assets  
  • Benefit from international career opportunities and internal mobility within our 17 globally located offices
  • Engaging annual company events, from group-level teambuilding to local entity events and festive celebrations
  • Top-notch office facilities

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