Senior Trading Accountant

Contexte et environnement

Total Energies 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 Total Energies 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, counter parties 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.

• 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.

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.

• Strong accounting expertise and a good understanding of how transactions…