Job Description

ALBS is an Air Liquide entity in Kuala Lumpur, regrouping for the APAC scope its Business Service Centers (Kuala Lumpur and Shanghai) as well as the two Global Functions (IT, Digital and Procurement). Designed to derive optimal value by better leveraging technology, people and competencies, the ultimate goal is to boost efficiency and deliver outstanding and sustainable performance while keeping a strong focus on customer centricity. This Organization is striving for excellence, adopting the Best in Class models to deliver value through simplification and standardization of processes, while adhering to Internal controls and compliance requirements.Energy (Electricity, Natural Gas & fuel feedstock) sourced to serve our customers in East Asia Pacific (EAP) amounts to several hundreds of millions euros yearly and in many cases represents the largest component of our sales. At the same time, energy markets remain volatile due to geopolitical issues, creating risks in terms of availability and security of supply. The EAP Energy Management team aims to implement and enhance good energy management practices across all business lines, creating new value streams arising from market changes and ensuring proper governance and risk management for our energy sourcing activities.As an important pillar of the EAP Energy Management Team, the Middle and Back Office Specialist shall be responsible in monitoring & management of performance and energy risk through the development of standardized end-to-end energy index balances, analysis of Energy Contribution and back-office activities such as invoice check and energy index administrations across all business lines.Under the supervision of Energy Management Director and in collaboration with Front Office team members, Middle and Back Office Specialist is in charge of providing relevant data analytics, deriving insights to maximise operational and contractual values across EAP cluster. To acheive this, Middle and Back Office member will be located with close proximity and be a key enabler to the End-to-End Optimization Team in Kuala Lumpur in order to leverage on the combination of opportunities present in dynamic operational changes and market arbitration.The Middle and Back Office is responsible to compute and maintain the big picture of the energy value chain of assigned countries in EAP and owns the systems which consolidates these reports in an efficient way. He/she would be responsible to provide accurate computation of energy cost and collaborate with local finance for accurate reporting of energy cost on month to month operations, Target forecast and reforecast as may be required by management from time to time.Having the big picture of energy value chain, he/she would be responsible in monitoring any misalignment risks and recommends for hedging strategies which could be deployed for risk mitigations; He/She shall liaise with Group and local finance for performing hedging transactions and thereafter to track and ensure proper settlement and impact to P&L.His/Her mission is also focused on the consolidation, collaboration and implementation of digital tools for Energy Management Department.With the focus on Energy Transition, the Middle and Back Office will also be responsible for the consolidated emission picture and government reporting in EAP cluster and support the management in defining the proper roadmaps as well as leading the application of grants for carbon abatement or energy efficiency projects.How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?1. Cost provisions and proper energy indexation computation and governance with directives from management of specific countries such as Singapore for complicated provisions2. Energy Invoice Checking of all Energy sourcing contracts3. P&L targets & Energy performance monitoringsuch as Energy Cost variances, Energy/Risk metrics & analysis4. Hedging operations using financial deriatives following group\'s guidanceEnsure that risk and reward is clearly understood to management and principles adhere to AL Group Sourcing principles5. GHG emission Taxation Computation & Analysis, Grant Applications6.Maintaining data system to consolidate store market and invoice information for purpose of cross-checking, indexation, future analysis, big data studyAre you a MATCH?- Demonstration of determination and perseverance to challenges
- Keen interest to invent and optimize complex sourcing schemes
- Possess analytical skillsets and to design visualization tools to derive insights from complex data
- Project leadership to lead digital projects from idea generation to realization
- Keen to learn from the market as Energy Transition provides new and innovative ideas
- Adaptability to manage and communicate with different and transverse stakeholdersAbout Air LiquideA world leader in gases, technologies and services for Industry and Health, Air Liquide is present in 78 countries with approximately 64,500 employees and serves more than 3.8 million customers and patients. Oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen are essential small molecules for life, matter and energy. They embody Air Liquide\xe2\x80\x99s scientific territory and have been at the core of the company\xe2\x80\x99s activities since its creation in 1902.Our Differences make our PerformanceAt Air Liquide, we are committed to build a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders and cultures across the world.We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants, regardless of their background. We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals, acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world.

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