2022 Junior Settlements Analyst Graduate

About Alinta Energy:

At Alinta Energy, we’re constantly striving to do better. Whether it’s lowering customers costs, providing world class local service or sustainable energy, our aim is to be better. And to keep getting better day after day. Better for our customers. Better for Australia. And better for our environment.

It’s an exciting time to become a part of our growing team at Alinta Energy. Our people are our greatest asset and we’re committed to a culture that’s focussed on being better at providing great service externally and internally. An organisation where people truly matter. That’s better.

We’re a leading Australian utility with an owned and contracted generation portfolio of 3,000MW, over 1 million combined electricity and gas retail customers, and around 1,000 employees across Australia and New Zealand. Supplying energy in Australia for over 20 years, today we’re a vertically integrated energy company providing generation, retail and wholesale supply of gas and electricity across Australia. We support the development of renewable energy generation and offer local customer service through support hubs in Perth, Western Australia and Morwell in Victoria.

About the role:

Reporting to the Settlements Manager, you will be supporting the end to end delivery of Electricity, Gas, Environmental, Treasury, Future and OTC trades, ensuring transactions are reconciled, recorded and settled in the general ledger.

Additional responsibilities will include: 

•  Validating trades details between parties & the trading system and creating contracts for settlement
• Reviewing and interpreting new contracts to ensure settlement deliverables and timing
• Preparing Receivable invoices for counterparties and validating Payable invoices for posting in the general ledger
• Performing end-of-month activities, including accruals for open trades, intercompany transactions, commissions and interest
• Partnering with Alinta Energy’s Trading, Accounting, Risk and IT teams to ensure accurate and timely information and delivery of settlements

To be successful you will have: 

• Highly developed communication skills and the ability to build strong business relationships
• Degree in Commerce, Economics or relevant discipline
• Demonstratable ability of analytical and critical thinking, strong attention to detail
• Willingness to learn new skills and concepts within finance and the energy industry
• Ability to think independently, prioritising tasks to meet business deadlines

This is a great opportunity for a driven graduate with strong communication skills to gain invaluable exposure to not only settlement of our business trades, but also exposure into our Finance business and a diverse energy industry functions.

Working at Alinta Energy you will have access to a range of benefits, such as:

• Flexible work options for most roles where you can work a combination of days from the office and from home
• Staff energy discount Offer (where products are available)
• A generous referral bonus when you refer other employees to work for Alinta Energy
• Salary Packaging options
• Wellness programs including our Employee Assistance Program and free full access to the Headspace application
• Salary continuance insurance
• Paid community volunteer leave
• Access to LinkedIn learning
• Discount program for a range of products and services 
• 14 weeks of fully paid parental leave
• Company paid salary continuance insurance
• Ability to purchase additional leave

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