Project Manager

Company Description

Vitol is a leader in the energy sector with a presence across the spectrum: from oil through to power, renewables and carbon.  From 40 offices worldwide, we seek to add value across the energy supply chain, including deploying our scale and market understanding to help facilitate the energy transition. To date, we have committed over $2 billion of capital to renewable projects, and are identifying and developing low-carbon opportunities around the world.

Our people are our business. Talent is precious to us and we create an environment in which individuals can reach their full potential, unhindered by hierarchy. Our team comprises more than 65 nationalities and we are committed to developing and sustaining a diverse work force. Learn more about us here.

Job Description

We believe that technology is key to success in today’s and tomorrow’s energy markets. As such, Vitol is unique in the energy trading world in:

Having developed our proprietary Commodity Trade Risk Management (CTRM) system covering:

• All aspects of our business, from Front-Office trade entry and exposure computation, through Middle-Office P&L reporting, credit and compliance, down to Back-Office invoicing
• Across all the commodities we trade: power, natural gas, LNG, coal, oil or carbon emissions certificates
• Making this CTRM the backbone of our business processes that every employee works with on a daily basis

We have embarked on a major upgrade to our CTRM to further accelerate our rapid expansion in Energy transition commodities: power, natural gas, LNG, carbon emissions certificates.

Your primary mandate as project manager will be to ensure delivery of key features of the CTRM. You will work in close coordination with users – Trading desks, Risk management team, Management – and Development teams to:

• Understand and capture business requirements
• Translate them into functional designs and technical prototypes
• Coordinate development
• Ensure roll out and adoption by users – be it Trading desks, Risk management team, or Management – and delivery of added value

As a member of the Business & Process Improvements (BPI) team, made up of ex-MBB consultants, you will also have the opportunity to:

• Support senior management business understanding by contributing to reporting and designing live dashboards
• Conduct business and strategy reviews with trading desks
• Support the creation and/or integration of new businesses

Qualifications

• 2 to 4 years experience working for a top-tier management consulting firm
• Degree in Economics, Engineering or Computer Science from a top university
• Entrepreneurial drive, ability to work independently as well as in a team
• Excellent problem-solving skills – able to find pragmatic solutions with an analytical mindset
• High attention to detail and structured thinking
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, ability to convey complex concepts in simple terms
• Full business English proficiency, verbal & written

Additional Information

Additional qualifications that can help you stand out: 

• Previous experience in the commodities – ideally Gas & Power – and/or derivatives trading industry
• Previous experience in software design & development
• French language skills a plus (but not required)