Assistant to Vice President, Trading and Asset Optimisation

Trading and Asset Optimisation (TAO) organisation optimises the best price for electricity production and consumption and hedges earnings from these operations with commodity derivatives far into the future. About 95 TWh of physical electricity trading and about 200 TWh of trading in commodity derivatives pass through TAO each year. We operate in several commodity exchanges such as Nasdaq Commodities and ICE, as well as physical electricity markets such as NordPool and system operators ancillary services markets. We also operate Fortum’s hydro plants to enable total optimisation of our hydro fleet in the volatile energy market. In-depth understanding of the electricity business and market knowledge are an essential part of TAO's business. In addition, TAO Ventures pilots new start-ups such as Fortum Spring.

About the role

We are looking for you, an energetic Assistant to support our Vice President, Trading and Asset Optimisation (TAO), as well as the TAO organisation in our Generation Division to ensure that business objectives are accomplished and our operations run efficiently.

Your primary role is to provide day-to-day administrative and operational support for our Vice President. You plan and orchestrate work to ensure the Vice President’s priorities are met, organizational goals are achieved, and best practices are upheld. You participate in managing communication between management and employees, liaising with different stakeholders on various projects and tasks. You ensure effective time management and communication, and have a central role in ensuring a positive work atmosphere and engagement across the organisation. This might include, but not limited to, for example complex calendar management, meeting, travel and event arrangements, presentation material preparations, supporting smooth onboarding of new employees and similar activities.

Additionally, you will provide support with similar activities to TAO Management Team and act in key role in arranging and running Management Team Meetings and related practicalities.

You will report to our Vice President TAO and your work location will be our Espoo Keilalahti Campus.

Why Fortum?

The greatest challenge of our time awaits you. To drive the change for a cleaner world, we need to reshape the energy system. To reach our goal, we embrace a culture of openness. With mutual trust, believing in people, and taking care of everyone's wellbeing, we can reach even better results. Flexibility is the new normal and we apply hybrid way of working wherever possible.

For you, working at Fortum means exciting opportunities to develop your expertise and create a meaningful career. We will support you on this journey. We believe diversity and inclusion inspire all of us to innovate and grow together. Therefore, we are committed to building teams where everyone feels included and is treated equally.

What we are looking for

You have minimum 5 years experience of supporting directly senior executives in an international company. You preferably have an undergraduate (e.g. Bachelor’s) degree, in a suitable field.

You have excellent organizational skills, with demonstrated attention to detail including e.g. overseeing budgets and expenses, and the ability to organize and coordinate multiple tasks and priorities in parallel in a fast paced environment. You are proactive in your way of working, deliver promptly what has been agreed and feel comfortable working independently. You also have excellent interpersonal and communication skills (both written and verbal), ability to keep company confidences, and capability to build a positive working environment around you.

You are used to primarily work in the English language, in which you are highly proficient (Nordic languages are seen as a plus). In addition, you are a fast learner, familiar and competent with different modern IT productivity tools, and interested in digitalization. You are  proficient in Microsoft Office and other modern productivity tools, with aptitude to learn new systems and software.

As a person you are positive, self driven, service-minded and flexible. You are a team player willing to proactively do what it takes to get the job done. You enjoy a challenge.

Interested?

Submit your application by September 26 at the latest. If you would like to hear more about the position, please contact Senior Business People Partner Karoliina Reuna, +358 40 758 2107 or through e-mail [email protected].

To be selected for the position, the applicant must go through background clearance and a health examination including drug testing.

Fortum and Uniper form a European energy group committed to enabling a successful transition to carbon neutrality for everyone. Our 50 gigawatts of power generating capacity, substantial gas import and storage operations, and our global energy trading business enable us to provide Europe and other regions with a reliable supply of low-carbon energy. We are already Europe’s third largest producer of CO2-free electricity, and our growth businesses focus on clean power, low-carbon energy, and the infrastructure for tomorrow’s hydrogen economy. In addition, we design solutions that help companies and cities reduce their environmental footprint. Our 20,000 professionals and operations in 40 countries give us the skills, resources, and reach to empower the energy evolution toward a cleaner world. fortum.com; uniper.energy