Transaction Analyst

Company Description

Vattenfall is one of Europe’s largest producers and retailers of electricity and heat. Our main markets are Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, and the UK. The Vattenfall Group has approximately 20,000 employees. We have been electrifying industries, powering homes and transforming life through innovation for more than 100 years. We now want to make fossil free living possible and we are driving the transition to a sustainable energy system.

Job Description

Are you eager to engage closely with all teams across Vattenfall and positively impact decision making at the executive level?

As a transaction analyst at Vattenfall, you will contribute to creating a sustainable future for generations to come. As a member of the Transaction Analysis team, your responsibilities will include collaborating with colleagues across the company to provide analysis and advice to senior management (e.g CEO) in order to make the risk/reward balance of business proposals transparent, strengthen business cases where possible and support Vattenfall’s strategy in enabling fossil free living.

Transaction Analysis, a part of Risk Management, is an international and experienced team which is engaged across all Vattenfall countries. The role offers you the unique combination of being involved in strategic group decisions and working in close proximity to Vattenfall’s main commercial activities.

Key responsibilities:

• Provide senior management with independent analysis and advice on major business decisions, with a focus on risk reward balance;

• Review investment/divestment proposals, new products and complex structured deals throughout the Vattenfall Group (e.g. wind farms, e-mobility, hydrogen, decentralised energy, commodity derivatives) to examine robustness of the proposal and potential dependencies/impact:

• Identify risks to key value drivers (e.g. operational, market, commercial, reputational, regulatory);
• Aim to enhance proposals from a (portfolio) risk mitigation perspective;
• Verify valuation and financial models to assess the economic viability of proposals; o Review key contracts and ensure consistency with valuation and commercial aims;
• Submit reports including advice and recommendations to decision-makers at the most senior level of the organisation.
• Engage and discuss business proposals with project teams and relevant staff functions (e.g. Finance, Legal), both challenge and support the business through constructive feedback.
• Participate in Value Assurance Review workshops to support the project organisation in assessing the readiness of their largest investment projects.

Qualifications

As a Transaction Analyst you recognise yourself in the following qualifications:

• University degree in engineering, science, finance or other relevant subject;

• Minimum 4 years of work experience in a relevant role. Knowledge of energy markets, energy value chain and project/asset management are an advantage;

• Highly numerate with a strong commercial interest in order to develop an understanding of complex business proposals;

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English. Swedish, German and/or Dutch language skills are an advantage.

We are looking for an analyst/advisor with a curious and critical mind. You are enthusiastic with a willingness to learn, behave as team player and strive for continuous improvement. You have strong interpersonal and communication skills in order to build/manage relationships colleagues across departments.

Additional Information

Our Offer

Vattenfall is an exciting company to work for and we believe we have a lot to offer:

• The opportunity to work for a clean energy company that aims for creating fossil free energy within one generation.

• A challenging and international work environment and the possibility to work with some of the best in the field.

• Work in interdisciplinary teams where you can always count on support from committed and professional colleagues

• A healthy work-life balance (smart working) and time to develop your profession

• An international and multi-cultural work environment with energetic, motivated colleagues that like to have fun as well!

Location:

Amsterdam or Stockholm (Solna)

For more information about the position you are welcome to contact hiring manager alan.wood@vattenfall.com For more information about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact our recruiter Elisabeth Hagman at Elisabeth.hagman@vattenfall.com

Trade union representatives in Sweden Rolf Ohlsson (Akademikerna), Anders Bohlin (Unionen), Christer Gustafsson (Ledarna), Juha Siipilehto (SEKO). To get in contact with the representatives, please call Vattenfall´s switchboard +46 8 739 50 00.

We welcome your application in English no later than 12/1-2025. We kindly request that you do not send applications by any means other than via our website. Selection will begin after the last application deadline.

At Vattenfall we are convinced that diversity contributes to build a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be a good role model regarding diversity. Vattenfall works actively for all employees to have the same opportunities and rights regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, transgender identity or expression, religion or other belief, disability or sexual orientation. Click here for further information. The security of Vattenfall and its employees is essential. For that reason, a pre-employment screening will be part of your recruitment process. The screening is based on the role you will fulfill within Vattenfall.