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Finance Project Manager, Sydney
Finance Project Manager
Job Title: Finance Project Manager
Department: Corporate Capital & Finance
Reports To: Head of Finance
Location: Sydney, NSW (hybrid)
Job Type: Full-Time
Overview:
Zen Energy is seeking a highly experienced Finance Project Manager specializing in Asset Development to join our dynamic Finance team. The ideal candidate will bring over 10 years of expertise in financial management, strategic planning, and asset development. This role focuses on driving financial performance, operational efficiency, and supporting the company’s growth objectives through data-driven insights and strategic initiatives.
Key Responsibilities:
- Financial Management & Analysis: Lead financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting for asset development projects. Ensure financial performance aligns with company objectives.
- Strategic Planning: Develop and implement strategic financial plans to support asset development, identifying growth opportunities and optimizing financial processes.
- Project Management: Manage cross-functional teams to deliver asset development projects on time and within budget. Monitor project progress, mitigate risks, and ensure compliance with financial and regulatory standards.
- Business Development: Conduct market analysis and provide actionable insights to inform strategic decision-making and identify new asset development opportunities.
- Process Optimization: Enhance financial processes to improve efficiency and effectiveness in asset management and development.
- Reporting & Compliance: Ensure accurate and timely reporting of financial performance related to asset development. Maintain compliance with internal and external regulations.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field.
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in financial management, asset development, or related roles.
- Proven track record in financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and strategic planning.
- Strong project management skills with the ability to lead cross-functional teams.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to provide data-driven insights and strategic recommendations.
- Experience in the energy sector or related industry is preferred.
Skills:
- Financial Analysis & Reporting
- Strategic Planning & Business Development
- Project Management & Team Leadership
- Budgeting & Forecasting
- Market Analysis & Growth Opportunity Identification
- Compliance & Process Optimization
- Strong Communication & Stakeholder Management
Why Join Us?
Zen Energy offers a collaborative and innovative environment where you can contribute to the future of energy. As a Finance Project Manager specializing in Asset Development, you will have the opportunity to drive significant financial and strategic initiatives, helping to shape the direction of our business.
Full-time
Permanent
Mid-level Senior
160,000 – 170,000 AUD
Senior Risk Analyst, Melbourne
Senior Risk Analyst
Title: Senior Risk Analyst
Location: Melbourne CBD
Site Requirement: Hybrid, in-office 3 days per week
Salary: $135k – $145k plus 11.5% superannuation
Summary of Benefits: Paid quarterly wellbeing day, paid Volunteer Leave, salary sacrifice, leave purchase, 18 weeks parental leave
Learn More About ZEN, here: https://www.zenenergy.com.au/work-with-us/life-at-zen/
About the Senior Risk Analyst Role
The primary purpose of this role is to lead ZEN in managing and mitigating risk within the wholesale energy markets by collaborating closely with the trading and risk management teams, analysing market data, evaluating potential risks, and implementing strategies to optimize trading.
ZEN recognises that a strong culture – where all employees have genuine opportunities to thrive and succeed – is a strong driver of business performance. This role exists to drive a culture of accountability and delivery through clarity of direction creating a governance-centric and resilient team.
Reporting to the Manager Risk Analytics & Reporting, this role touches key functions in the ZEN business, with a concurrent focus on fostering a growth oriented, positive, and encouraging environment while keeping employees and management accountable to company policies, procedures, and guidelines
What we will ask you to do:
Risk Analytics
• Develop, own, and maintain the controls, processes, and systems to deliver the analytical functions from a governance perspective (SIM Energy / other ETRM system)
• Drive the ongoing development and improvement of market risk and credit risk measurement tools and appropriate reporting of risk factors to electricity, environmental products, and other relevant products.
• Building risk models to evaluate the range of potential financial outcomes from ZEN’s hedging strategies
• Maintenance and upgrade of systems and methodologies for the valuation of derivatives for mark-to-market
• Independent risk reviews on structured transactions such as new build generation investments, new products, and other transactions
• Operate and upgrade tools and methodologies for credit risk assessments of wholesale trading counterparties
• Market Monitoring: Monitor market movements and regulatory changes to identify emerging risks and make informed trading decisions.
• Data Analysis: Utilize advanced analytical tools to interpret large datasets, generating insights that drive risk management strategies.
• Risk Mitigation: Implement risk mitigation techniques, ensuring the company’s exposure to market fluctuations is effectively managed.
• Collaborative Approach: Work closely with the trading and broader risk management teams to provide risk insights and support strategic decision-making.
As part of the ZEN team, you will be curious, have a bold imagination, strive to be your best in everything you can do and be ready to laugh and have fun at work.
Skills and Experience
• Minimum 3-5 years of experience in Wholesale Energy.
• Tertiary skills in engineering, mathematics, statistics or other quantitative discipline.
• Prior risk analysis experience is desirable.
Technical Capabilities
• Proficiency in using statistical methods.
• Proficiency in programming languages, including Python.
• Proficiency in Microsoft suite including but not limited to excel, powerpoint, word etc.
• Proficiency in using databases.
• Intermediate proficiency in Reporting tools preferred.
Interpersonal Capabilities
• You will engage collaboratively with stakeholders across the business and externally as well.
• We would love you to be able to clearly explain and deliver information, even if it is complex.
• A strong attention to detail, self-organisation, and ability to meet deadlines is important.
• You will be passionate about learning the issues relating to the energy industry, particularly in renewables.
• The ZEN values will sit well with you and be reflective of the way you like to work.
Work Environment
We work hard to create a safe working space for all our team, this includes a healthy working culture and environment.
Our Non-Negotiables are:
• We always act safely.
• We respect others’ opinions.
• We seek insights from those who are different to us.
• We are honest and own our failings.
• We strive for excellence individually and as a team.
Full-time
Permanent
Mid-level Senior
135,000 – 145,000 AUD
I like working at ZEN because I feel empowered and encouraged to contribute to positive change for a sustainable future in Australia.
More than anywhere else, I feel part of a team that is united by the same purpose.
Diversity to me is about diverse thought, opinions, perspectives, and insight. Healthy debate, alternative viewpoints, opening a window to let the fresh air in! Being open to learning from others is the path to true joy – one of ZEN’s core values.
We’re in a time of great transformation. A time that requires all of us to innovate, to be agile, to take risks, and to be willing to invest in our future. Innovation, creativity, and industriousness is in the very DNA of Australians. And it is these very strengths that drive the success of ZEN Energy.
Every Australian should have access to affordable, renewable energy. This is no longer negotiable.
FAQS
The change that we want to make starts with our people. We abide by a set of robust and straightforward values:
- Bring ideas, curiosity and an open mind to everything.
- We deliver on our commitments and strive to lead in all we do.
- We laugh and bring joy to each other.
We currently have offices in Adelaide, Sydney and Melbourne, with business support capabilities in Brisbane. We are constantly expanding our client and partner base and are focused on growing throughout Australia.
We are proud of our culture and our conduct.
We have a very clear policy and code of conduct. This code covers the need to act ethically in all our business dealings, in the communities we serve, our customers, suppliers, governments, and governing bodies.
Our code of conduct stipulates the need to act ethically in our dealings. It requires “honesty, respect, fairness and a courteous manner in all dealings with customers, clients, co-workers, suppliers, management and the general public;.”
Every team member is required to accept our code of conduct before commencing employment with the business. Any breach of this code is regarded as a breach of the employment contract.