Senior Trading Accountant

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Senior Trading Accountant

senior · Corporate Finance

Context & Environment

TotalEnergies Trading & Shipping operates at the heart of international energy markets, bringing together trading activities across a broad range of energy commodities and financial products.

Based in Geneva, you will join the Trading Accounting team supporting TotalEnergies Gas & Power activities, covering natural gas, LNG, power, emissions and derivatives. You will support a large and complex trading activity involving physical and financial transactions across multiple markets, counterparties and systems.

Trading Accounting plays a key role in ensuring that trading activities are accurately reflected in the financial statements and supported by robust accounting processes and controls. The team works closely with Trading Control, Middle Office, Back Office, Treasury, Risk Control, Tax, IT and Financial Reporting.

As Senior Trading Accountant, you will take ownership of complex accounting and control topics and act as a senior point of reference within the team. Beyond producing accurate financial information, you will be expected to understand the underlying trading activity, investigate issues across systems and processes, challenge existing ways of working and drive topics through to resolution.

The position combines trading accounting, analysis, controls, stakeholder management and continuous improvement, with a high level of autonomy and exposure across the organisation.

Activities

• Ensure the accurate accounting representation of trading activities across gas, LNG, power, emissions and derivatives.
• Reconcile trading system outputs with accounting records and investigate discrepancies across positions, deals, accruals, invoices and financial systems.
• Review complex accounting and operational issues, identify posting, valuation or process weaknesses, and coordinate their resolution with the relevant teams.
• Analyse outstanding balances, aged debt, accruals, prior-period adjustments and unresolved transactions.
• Perform root-cause analysis on recurring issues and work closely with Trading Control, Middle Office, Back Office and IT to implement sustainable solutions.
• Oversee key aspects of derivatives accounting, including exchange-traded futures, deliveries, realised results and variation margin.
• Manage intercompany P&L and balance sheet reconciliations and work with Group entities to resolve discrepancies.
• Maintain and continuously enhance the internal control environment, including balance sheet and SOX controls.
• Act as a key contact for internal and external auditors on topics within your area of responsibility and ensure timely resolution of audit matters.
• Support the Trading Accounting Manager and progressively take ownership of delegated topics and responsibilities.
• Act as a senior point of reference for less experienced members of the team and contribute to their development.
• Lead or contribute to projects related to ERP and ETRM systems, reconciliation tools, reporting solutions and automation.
• Translate accounting and business requirements into system and process improvements, participate in testing and support implementation.
• Use data and digital tools to improve the efficiency, reliability and scalability of Trading Accounting processes.

Candidate Profile

You hold a Master’s degree or equivalent qualification in Accounting, Finance or a related discipline and have at least 5 years of relevant professional experience.

Previous experience within energy, commodities or trading would be highly valued. Candidates from Big Four or similar audit/advisory environments with strong exposure to trading, financial instruments or complex transactional businesses are also encouraged to apply.

You bring:

• Strong accounting expertise and a good understanding of how transactions flow through a trading organisation.
• Previous exposure to commodity trading and/or derivatives accounting.
• Good knowledge of IFRS and/or relevant statutory accounting requirements.
• Strong analytical and reconciliation skills, with the ability to investigate complex issues and understand their root causes.
• A high level of autonomy and the ability to take ownership of topics from identification through to resolution.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the confidence to interact with Trading, Finance, control functions, IT and auditors.
• Experience working with ERP and/or ETRM systems.
• Advanced Excel skills and a strong interest in data, digitalisation and process automation.
• Experience with Power Query, Power BI, SQL and/or Python would be a strong asset.
• Strong numerical and quantitative skills.
• A continuous improvement and project management mindset.
• Self-motivated, with a focus on enhancing processes, controls and operational efficiency.
• Full professional proficiency in English.

You are rigorous and analytical while remaining pragmatic and solution-oriented. You are comfortable operating in a fast-moving trading environment, managing competing priorities and working to demanding reporting deadlines.

You are naturally curious about how trading activity flows through systems and financial statements and are motivated not only by identifying issues, but by understanding their root causes and improving the underlying processes.

We are committed to meet the energy needs of a growing population and we are committed to the energy transition. The volatility of the energy trading markets requires excellence in risk management and a culture of innovation. We are fully embracing the digital revolution.
Our people flourish in an environment that promotes expertise, entrepreneurship spirit, agility and a purpose-driven culture, generating boundless opportunities to learn, grow and achieve collaborative success.
Reinforcing the competencies of our people is a key pillar of our culture: we train our people to ensure their development and we pledge to encourage safety in all our actions.
We look for passion, ambition and open-mindedness. While we evolve in a demanding industry that requests to be always on the edge, we cultivate a friendly workplace where our people feel good, where team spirit and respect guide our daily routine, where the diversity of our people and their skills create a nourishing experience for all of us.

Additional Information

Domain: Finance

Type of contract: Regular position

Experience: Minimum 6 years

Employer company: TotalEnergies Gas & Power Ltd