Job Description

COMPANY DESCRIPTION
About the Company JERA Global Markets (JERAGM) is a leading utility-backed seaborne energy trader specialising in LNG, coal and freight. A joint venture between majority shareholder JERA Co., Inc. and EDF Trading, JERAGM\xe2\x80\x99s shareholders are among the world\xe2\x80\x99s largest utilities. JERAGM operates one of the largest energy portfolios in the world which gives it an in-depth understanding of the way local, regional and international energy markets behave. These insights enable it to help its customers increase security of supply, optimise their portfolios and improve the risk management of their assets. JERAGM LNG team manages the flexibility of over 35 million tonnes of supply each year, with structural access to both the European and North American gas markets. The coal team manages 60 million tonnes of supply each year for its shareholders and third-party customers and operates a major coal terminal in the Netherlands. Headquartered in Singapore, JERAGM has a global talent pool of more than 250 people across offices located in four strategic locations: Singapore, Japan (Tokyo), the UK (London) and the US (Baltimore). JERAGM is strongly capitalised with over US$500 million in paid up capital and a total equity of US$3 billion. JERAGM has retained its A+ Stable rating from R&I, attributable to a robust business model and solid financial base.
DESIGNATION : Senior Internal Control Analyst / Internal Control Manager, SG

RESPONSIBILITIES




Department


The Internal Control Function is primarily responsible for ensuring that an appropriate, robust and practical control framework is in place in JERAGM. The spirit of work is one of continuous improvement. The function monitors adherence to and look to improve the defined operating procedures and control processes that underpin the integrity of JERAGM\xe2\x80\x99s core financial reporting, trading and other related business systems. In case of a breach, the function performs an investigation, provides root cause analysis and suggests mitigation actions.


Position Description


Reporting to the Internal Control Senior Manager, this role will assist the Senior Manager in overseeing control activities across European, US and Asian offices and to ensure that our control framework is governing our business operation in a safe and compliant manner.
The primary responsibility of this role is to review processes and controls, identify any weakness in our controls framework and ensure appropriate mitigating controls are put in place. The role will also ensure that an optimised set of business process maps are in place and our internal procedures are promptly updated to reflect the agreed framework.
This role is to work closely with both commercial and functional teams, to make recommendations, provide solutions to improve our controls and drive efficiency through continuous improvement. He/She will proactively look out for any breach of procedure by our staff and potential control gap that could create a material risk to our organisation.
This role will also have responsibility for collating global Internal Control reporting information that is required by both internal management and external stakeholders.


Main responsibilities


The responsibilities of this role include, but not limited to:

• Ensuring an appropriate and tailored IC framework is in place for the various business activities;

• Ensuring consistency of IC approach across the whole JERAGM, particularly ensuring our North American and European operations are in full alignment;

• Providing internal control guidance and support to commercial and functional teams in managing the operational risks, and ensuring the quality and consistency of the internal procedures from an IC perspective;

• Ensuring an optimised set of business process maps is in place to reflect the agreed framework;

• Proactively identify control and process improvement initiatives and drive continuous improvement in the organization;

• Coordinating the Operational Sign Off process for all new business activity/product and tracking action items signed off by relevant functions;

• Conducting formal internal control reviews of commercial desks, middle and back office functions;

• Leading the control gaps/incidents reviews, including root cause analysis, recommending mitigating controls, reporting and tracking the remediation actions;

• Identifying and following-through on improvements to the internal control system, as recommended by internal and external audits;

• Compiling and preparing relevant Internal Control metrics and KPI reports on a monthly and ad-hoc basis;

• Performing daily controls monitoring and review;

• Working in close partnership with Compliance to ensure holistic sets of controls are in placed;

• Coordinating and ensuring key JERA GM policies and procedures are updated annually;

• Ensuring policies and procedures are aligned to our Parents\xe2\x80\x99 Internal Control requirements;

• Providing support to significant system change initiatives and projects to ensure that sound controls are included at the design-phase;

• Providing assistance to the JERA Group Internal Auditing teams and track on time delivery of all audit actions;

• Engaging with external auditors as appropriate;

• Proactively identify external incidents and prepare external incident reports on external events which could have an impact on JERAGM;

• Involvement in ad hoc projects;

• Coordinating and preparing J-Sox reporting

QUALIFICATIONS




Experience required

• Minimum of 8 years relevant industry experience in internal control, compliance, operational risk, fraud investigation or internal audit
• Experience in an energy/commodities trading environment, or related regulatory environment is preferred
• Experience of control evaluation & design and maintenance of business processes in a fast-changing and significant regulatory environment
• Experience of financial controls and assessment of risk within complex financial processes is highly desirable
• Experience of incident investigation and reporting
• Language proficiency (written and spoken) in Japanese will be advantageous

Technical requirements

• Educated to the minimum of a degree level or equivalent professional qualification

• Competent in the full suite of MS Office packages \xe2\x80\x93 specifically Word, Excel, Visio PowerPoint applications.

• Competency in use of Power BI and Microsoft VBA is a considerable advantage.

Person specification

• Strong control mindset and excellent analytical skills
• Self-starter, who can work with minimal supervision and a positive attitude
• Ability to effectively prioritize multiple projects and meet deadlines to produce high quality work in a very fast paced environment
• Hands-on and pragmatic approach is essential
• Critical in a positive and constructive manner \xe2\x80\x93 with a strong sense of organisational awareness
• Strong communication, interpersonal and written skills
• Strong influencing and stakeholder skills
• Willing to learn and take new challenges with an open mind
• Strong team-player who is flexible and proactive

Hours of work: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday