In our young and quickly growing international organisation, there are many opportunities for talented, enthusiastic and pro-active new employees who feel at ease in a constantly developing environment. We need to have the right players on board: ambitious people who want to make a personal impact, whilst driving for the success of their teams. We expect you to have the drive to deliver results that are right for our customers, stakeholders and each other.
APX-ENDEX offers critical people who dare to stand up and take responsibility a dynamic and varied working place with plenty of room for personal and professional development. We do not offer a beaten track but the opportunities to create your own career. Our philosophy is to encourage people to take ownership of their own progression. We will provide you with the resources you need, so that you can expand and develop your own competences and experience. The choice of direction will often be yours to make. Last but not least, we offer excellent employment conditions, with a healthy balance of benefits and company culture.
APX-ENDEX works with a group of preferred suppliers for specific recruitment purposes. Agencies need not apply.
Departments
The organisation comprises a wide variety of positions. Operating an international Group structure we have departments focussed on Commercial activities (marketing & product development and sales), Operations (in the Netherlands and the UK), ICT, (network & platform management and development), R&D and International Business Services, and in house corporate (Finance, Legal, Public Affairs, Corporate Communications, HR and Risk & Regulation). This diversity offers a wide variety of career opportunities at an international level. Be sure to keep an eye on our website for vacancies. In the event that there is no suitable vacancy and you strongly feel that your skills, expertise and experience are a good match with APX-ENDEX, please do not hesitate to submit your CV to our HR Manager Ruth Waterston, as this could lead to a position becoming available.
Operations
APX-ENDEX has three operations departments, two located in Amsterdam and one in Nottingham. The three departments operate the Continental and British energy markets and service third parties. The operations department in Nottingham operates on a 24, 7 basis, with market operators working shift patterns, including nights. The operations teams responsible for the spot markets work 365 days per year, including weekends and public holidays.
A market operator is responsible for the daily monitoring of the different trading platforms, executing physical and financial settlement of traded contracts, responding to customer queries and preparing daily reports and market statistics.
A team of senior professionals is responsible for the link between daily operations and the commercial team. The team offers support with (member) training, testing, the launch of new products, market data analysis and reporting.
ICT
APX-ENDEX provides a number of electronic trading platforms for energy trading. The trading software is bespoke and tuned to our markets. The ICT department manages the outsourced development of this software and is responsible for its implementation and maintenance. The software is located in two data centres in two different countries, one in the UK and one in the Netherlands. The team guards the secure connection between our customers and the data centres.
The ICT department is also responsible for the international office network over the four APX-ENDEX offices and links to the data centres, providing data, voice and video services for all its employees. APX-ENDEX ICT staff are based in the Amsterdam and Nottingham offices.
Project Governance and Services
Project Governance and Services (PGS) is responsible for project delivery at APX-ENDEX. The functions in PGS are: project management, information analysis, test coordination and overall portfolio management. Together the team ensures that the APX-ENDEX project approach is adhered to for the launch, planning, implementation, management and follow-up of all projects within APX-ENDEX. PGS is based across UK and NL offices.
Business Services and International Development
Business Services is the department which develops national and international services to Market Members, Power Exchanges, Transmission System Operators (TSOs) and governmental authorities with the aid of newly developed products, systems and rules. Research & Development (R&D) is part of the Business Services department and can be regarded as the think tank of APX-ENDEX. R&D develops new products for power and gas, and algorithms for new trading platforms or enhancements at the request of Business Services and indirectly at the request of the Sales department. The department also performs extensive analysis on market data at the request of all departments of APX-ENDEX and the Dutch regulator, Directie Regulering Energie en Vervoer (DREV.)
Sales
Within the sales team, the Sales Manager heads up a group of Account Managers. The account managers are responsible for signing up new members as well as maintaining the existing relationship between current members and the Company. The members represent different types of players within the energy markets such as producers, trading companies or banks.
Due to its cross commodity nature, a dedicated Data Sales Manager is responsible for developing and marketing of data related products and services.
A Technical Sales Consultant supports the sales team by providing back-office services.
Marketing Communications support the Commercial team
Product Management
The Product Management department is responsible for the development of new products in close cooperation with the sales team. They monitor the development of the market including member requirements, competition analysis and market data analysis.
Finance
Finance’s primary role is to support the Management Board in delivering financial targets (growth & profitability) set out in the Group’s annual budget and strategic plans.
The key weekly activity managed by finance is the settlement of energy trades (typically approximately €75M/week) with both buying & selling Members. Finance also actively manages the trading collaterals lodged by Members in support of their trading activity (typically €700M of Letters of Credit and €500M cash).
Finance is also responsible for other more traditional activities such as transaction processing, settlements and clearing, budgeting and forecasting, reporting and payroll.
Human Resources
Human Resources is responsible for the broad range of employee related activities, advising the Management Board at strategic level and producing, consolidating and managing HR policy including Health and Safety, Recruitment, Compensation and benefits, Training and Development. Support to line managers on an operational and strategic level is provided, and a consolidating role fulfilled in the cross-country structure.
Risk and Regulation
Comprising team members based in the Netherlands and the UK, the Regulation and Risk department is responsible for:
coordination of APX-ENDEX’s internal-control arrangements
development of APX-ENDEX’s policy surrounding risks inherent to its exchange-clearing operations (in support of the Risk Committee)
full compliance of APX-ENDEX entities under the financial-services regulatory regime in the UK and the Netherlands
Legal
The Legal department is located in Amsterdam. It provides a complete legal and advisory service for APX-ENDEX as a whole. This service includes advising the Management Board and APX-ENDEX departments on contracts and negotiations, supervising and drafting APX-ENDEX Market Rules, the supervision and registration of all agreed contracts, the supervision and protection of intellectual property, legal advice in all existing projects, mergers & acquisitions and corporate governance issues including support to the Supervisory Board and Shareholders. Legal support is provided under respective applicable law but mostly under Dutch, British or Belgian law.
Public and Regulatory Affairs
Public and Regulatory Affairs anticipates opportunities and threats to the company that stem from changes in the social context (i.e. public opinion and political decision making.) The department’s activities based in both the Netherlands and the UK include relationship building and lobbying to advance specific public policy. Regular contact is upheld with national and European government bodies, energy industry stakeholders and affiliated regulatory bodies.
Corporate Communications
Corporate Communications positions the organisation by enhancing and safeguarding the corporate image, maintaining contacts with press and other stakeholders of our exchanges, developing the corporate websites, and enhancing internal communications.
Office Management
Office management and Facilities services are provided locally at all four offices, including administrative support, travel and reception.
Secretariat
The Secretariat provides Group wide administrative support and is co-ordinated by the Executive Secretary.
APX-ENDEX encourages study and training both internally and externally to ensure that our employees have the tools they require to do their jobs, and to keep up to date with trends in the market place as they develop.
APX-ENDEX encourages internal movements between departments and offices with regard to career opportunities and progression.
APX-ENDEX has a competitive reward structure, where base pay is established in line with market practise, and regularly third party benchmarking is carried out to ensure market levels are adhered to. All employees are also entitled to a variable reward where bonuses are paid out based on the company’s achievement of Group targets and the individuals’ achievement of individual goals for the year. APX-ENDEX offers a competitive benefits programme including pension, health care contributions, disability insurance, extra annual leave entitlements. Additional secondary benefits may be provided if the position requires (e.g. company car, mobile telephone, laptop).
The culture at APX-ENDEX is both professional and informal. Both our management team and our departments are Anglo Dutch, but with over 10 other nationalities represented. The company language therefore is English. We value a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and approaches. We have an open culture with a flat structure and short communication lines. Working at APX-ENDEX means you need to be flexible and have a hands-on mentality. APX-ENDEX is considered to be an exceptional place to work and a great learning environment. A willingness to travel and interact with international colleagues is a must.
We have developed a Code of Conduct to reflect and to combine the high standards of governance and integrity that we apply throughout our business and we expect all personnel to live up to this set of ethical guidelines. Our core values are pioneering, robust, integrity and market-orientated. These values are laid down in the Code of Conduct as they guide us in all our professional behaviour.
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