Project Management Consultant

Working hours: 20h per week. Planned project meetings in Düsseldorf: 1-2 per month.

Planned project start/enddate: April 2023 until September 2023.

Task description - The scope of services includes the following tasks, which are performed independently:

In response to current challenging market conditions, the project Liquidity Framework implementation will help to address Uniper’s challenges by adding further transparency to the capital utilized by margining. By future proofing the framework we will enable to improve liquidity planning required to support trading activities, enhance risk management on portfolio level, and create capabilities for smarter cost-conscious decision-making in trading. Incl. strengthen the overall MaR (Margining@Risk) monitoring and reporting; design, align and implement an efficient Target Operating Model to break silos between Credit Risk, ECMO, Front Office and Treasury; enhance existing steering and monitoring framework for market channel use to optimize margining exposure.

• Driving the design/ definition of the target operating model for the liquidity risk management (incl. roles, responsibilities, interfaces, processes, organisation design)

• Provide technical consultancy to the responsible Project Manager for steering the implementation of the aligned target operating model

• Define and implement required processes (incl. reporting and escalation)

• Steer the implementation of the aligned target operating model (in collaboration with responsible Project Manager)

• Participate in the monitoring of the target model implementation and undertake corrective actions when necessary

Key skills

• Risk and financial background; exposed to finance and Risk process implementation; knowledgeable in commodity market. Process analysis and process improvement;

• Experience in designing & implementing operating models;

• Experience in risk management finance;

• Experience in the energy sector;

• Must have: English and German is nice to have.

Uniper provides all necessary information, access to the systems and requirements in advance.