Aurora Energy Research

Associate

• Based in Tokyo, you will be a senior member of the team, helping to deliver our advisory services for clients.
• You will manage junior colleagues in developing insights to help clients make better choices.
• You will support all aspects of client engagement: helping identify issues, forming hypotheses, conducting analysis, synthesising conclusions into recommendations and presenting to senior clients.
• You will develop data-based strategic insights into the energy transition for both public and private sector clients.
• You will work in a dynamic, stimulating, and demanding yet supportive environment.
• You will apply your interpersonal skills to build connected, co-operative project teams.
• You will be given responsibility to chart the path of your teams through projects, and opportunities to substantially influence the thinking of organisations across the energy sector.
• Over time, you will be able to grow into industry experts under the guidance of directors with deep experience addressing major strategic issues at the world’s leading electricity market modelling firm.

Advisory Associate

Research Analyst

• Develop timely and rigorous quantitative analyses to enhance clients’ decision making
• Work closely with our modelling team, structuring economic problems into quantifiable analyses and deriving insights from the model results
• Contribute to our product development, by identifying new opportunities and expanding our capabilities
• Engage with clients to thoroughly understand their requirements
• Communicate findings to clients

Advisory/Research Analyst

Controller

• Responsible for meeting monthly cash target
• Responsible for bringing the overall debt down to minimum especially >90 days
• Experience in ledger reconciliation, refund, write off, managing unallocated credit, credit notes, cash flow forecasting, reporting, bad debt provision etc
• Experience in managing high volume of accounts (multiple countries/currencies)
• Ensure meticulous accuracy and timeliness in updating collection notes and follow-up actions
• Assist in the implementation of robust Credit Control policies across the Group, optimizing processes, and ERP
• Review, resolve, redirect & monitor dispute queries
• Collaborate and escalate difficult account (s) to Account Manager and Credit Control Manager following Collection/Escalation process
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders, facilitating regular review meetings to focus on timely debt collection and meet set targets and timetables

Credit Controller

Business Development Rep

• Generate and process new business leads.
• React quickly to new opportunities and market changes.
• Qualify, develop, and maintain sales opportunities through company and product knowledge, researching consumer needs, and identifying how our solutions can meet them.
• Collaborate with Marketing and Account Management team to initiate and drive Business Development campaigns, generate leads, and grow relationships with industry leaders from the public and private energy sectors.
• Represent Aurora with a comprehensive understanding of our offerings.
• Pitch our offerings and make proposals to prospective customers.
• Negotiate and contract multi-service offerings.
• Respond to RFP’s.
• Schedule onboarding workshops and ensure a smooth handover to the Account Management team.
• Log and track campaigns, account plans, and opportunities on Salesforce CRM.
• Be the voice of our clients, gather feedback, and collaborate with Research teams to consistently improve our product strategy and service offerings.

Business Development Executive

Support Engineer

• Provide high-quality desk-side and remote IT support, troubleshooting hardware, software, network and user issues across the LATAM region.
• Act as the primary IT contact for the LATAM region, building trusted relationships with users while working closely with the global IT team.
• Manage the full employee lifecycle from an IT perspective, including onboarding, offboarding, equipment provisioning, account administration and access management.
• Deploy, configure and support end-user devices, applications and services, including Microsoft 365, OneDrive, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams and endpoint security solutions.
• Install, configure and maintain laptops, peripherals, mobile devices and office technology, ensuring a consistent and reliable user experience.
• Plan, deploy and manage operating system upgrades, software deployments, security patches and endpoint updates.
• Support and maintain meeting room technology, video conferencing systems and Microsoft Teams Rooms to ensure reliable hybrid collaboration.
• Monitor and maintain local office infrastructure, including networking equipment, Wi-Fi, printers and other IT hardware.
• Identify opportunities to improve IT services, processes and infrastructure, helping to support the continued growth of the São Paulo office and wider LATAM region.
• Coordinate with external suppliers and vendors for procurement, repairs, maintenance and service delivery.
• Produce regular operational reports, communicating support activities, service improvements and project progress.
• Collaborate effectively with colleagues across international offices to deliver a consistent, high-quality IT service.
• Assist with office IT projects and operational activities, including office moves, workstation setups and other ad hoc tasks as required.

Regional IT Site Support Technician

Account Manager

• Onboard customers to our services and strategically map out accounts to identify future opportunities.
• Track and improve engagement metrics to enhance client interactions and satisfaction, leveraging growth and developing strategies to enhance account value through cross-selling Aurora's full-service portfolio.
• Achieve and exceed net retention targets by fostering growth and addressing client needs effectively.
• Develop a deep understanding of several strategically important accounts by building strong relationships across multiple touchpoints.
• Maintain regular contact with key stakeholders, identify opportunities for growth, and proactively nurture new connections within the organization to enhance collaboration and drive long-term value.
• Drive account value growth by cross-selling and up-selling services and products globally to existing clients.
• Conduct sales demonstrations for our analytics services.
• Provide exemplary customer service, ensuring that deliverables are met and seeking opportunities to maximise engagement at a senior level.
• Process and support advisory opportunities.
• Lead complex negotiations involving multiple stakeholders, ensuring alignment on objectives, managing differing interests, and guiding discussions to secure mutually beneficial agreements.
• Support clients by providing invoicing assistance.
• Maintain an opportunity pipeline using Salesforce CRM to track and report on opportunities and ongoing account plans.
• Guide new clients through the onboarding process, ensuring a smooth transition and setup.
• Ensure effective delivery of services (e.g., workshops, group meetings) to clients, maintaining high standards and satisfaction.
• Assist with invoicing processes to ensure timely and accurate billing.
• Identify opportunities for upselling additional services and products to existing clients.
• Act as the regional Account Management Specialist for accounts managed in other regions, driving sales, growing account value, and expanding reach with clients.
• Proactively engage with clients, especially those with low usage metrics specifically pertaining to software services.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with key clients, addressing their needs and enhancing their experience with our services.

Account Management Specialist

Manager

• Manage the Group’s daily cash position across multiple currencies, entities and banking partners, ensuring sufficient liquidity to meet operational and strategic needs
• Own the Group’s cash visibility and liquidity planning, proactively identifying risks and funding requirements
• Prepare, maintain and continuously improve a rolling 13-week cashflow forecast, including variance analysis, commentary and reporting to the Finance Leadership Team
• Review payment runs and support payment approvals in line with short-term cash forecasts, budgets, liquidity requirements and internal controls
• Produce longer-term cash forecasts to support budgeting, funding requirements and strategic planning
• Translate cash analysis into clear recommendations for senior leadership, including mitigation actions for identified risks
• Manage the Group’s loan facilities, including monitoring, covenant compliance, and forecasting drawdowns/repayments
• Prepare information for lenders and internal stakeholders
• Lead or support interactions with lenders and advisors, including ongoing reporting and information requests
• Support refinancing, facility amendments or new funding arrangements as required.
• Provide clear insight to management on funding capacity, risks and options
• Manage intercompany cash movements between Group entities, ensuring they are executed in line with transfer pricing policies, intercompany agreements and tax requirements
• Work closely with the Tax Manager to ensure intercompany funding, interest calculations and cash movements are compliant and appropriately documented
• Support accurate accounting and reporting of intercompany balances, interest and settlements
• Drive improvements to intercompany funding structures and cash efficiency across the Group
• Own relationships with the Group’s banking partners globally, including day-to-day operational matters and negotiation of fees, terms and services
• Maintain oversight of bank account structures and mandates, ensuring they are up to date, well controlled and consistently documented across all countries
• Design and implement scalable processes for payments, approvals and controls
• Define and continuously improve the Group’s treasury control framework, ensuring consistency and scalability across entities
• Ensure strong treasury controls are in place to safeguard cash and comply with internal policies and external regulations
• Ensure all bank accounts are reconciled daily and monthly, with transactions accurately coded and posted in Dynamics 365 (ERP)
• Take responsibility for treasury-related activities at month-end and year-end, including journals, reconciliations and supporting schedules
• Support the external audit process by providing treasury-related information and explanations
• Ensure treasury activity is correctly reflected in management accounts and statutory reporting
• Design, implement and operate the Group’s Foreign Exchange Policy
• Monitor and report on foreign currency exposures and positions, working closely with local finance teams
• Identify and mitigate FX, interest rate and liquidity risks
• Recommend and implement appropriate hedging or risk mitigation strategies
• Work closely with FP&A, tax and local finance teams to ensure accurate cash reporting and effective financial decision-making
• Partner with the ERP project team to enhance the ERP cash module, driving automation, improved controls and better treasury reporting
• Provide clear, insightful and timely treasury information and reporting to the Finance Leadership Team to support decisions on cash, funding, investments and risk
• Act as the treasury subject matter expert across the business, influencing decisions and driving best practice
• Drive the scaling of treasury processes and controls to support international growth
• Support ad-hoc treasury and finance projects as required by the business

Treasury Manager

Account Executive

• Develop a deep understanding of several strategically important accounts by building strong relationships across multiple touchpoints.
• Maintain regular contact with key stakeholders, identify opportunities for growth, and proactively nurture new connections within the organisation to enhance collaboration and drive long-term value.
• Reengage customers whose one-year deals are approaching renewal.
• Drive account value growth by cross-selling and up-selling services regionally.
• Provide exemplary customer service, ensuring that deliverables are met and seeking opportunities to maximise engagement at a senior level.
• Leverage growth opportunities by closely tracking account milestones and activities to anticipate future needs and develop strategies to enhance account value through cross-selling Aurora's full-service portfolio.
• Lead negotiations involving multiple stakeholders, ensuring alignment on objectives, managing differing interests, and guiding discussions to secure mutually beneficial agreements.
• Maintain an opportunity pipeline using Salesforce CRM to track and report on opportunities and ongoing account plans.

Account Associate

Analyst

• Support leading developers, utilities, and funds across the power sector to deploy capital to the energy transition by integrating Aurora's software into their strategic investment decisions
• Deliver specialised onboarding training sessions and energy market workshops to guide customers in using the software to build and interpret their asset specific and market level revenue forecasts
• Perform and deliver analyses on software-driven client projects
• Exercise judgement and critically assess software outputs to ensure our financial forecasts are defendable
• Help clients to leverage insights from Aurora's software during transactions and strategic decision-making
• Help answer client questions across a broad range of topics, ensuring they are able to unlock value from the software
• Leverage insights from customer usage data in order to perform strategic retention and expansion activities

Senior Power Markets Analyst

Recruitment

• Being the first point of contact for all recruitment-related queries for both employees and external candidates.
• Creating and maintaining job adverts from our careers site, LinkedIn and job boards.
• Sourcing, organising and upkeeping pipelines on the Application Tracking System (ATS).
• Scheduling all candidate interviews and managing the administration of interview feedback.
• Maintaining job descriptions of all APAC vacancies, ensuring consistency with the agreed standard practice globally.
• Liaising with the P&C team to ensure offer letters and employment contracts are drafted, approved, and sent to candidates and returned for P&C records.
• Working with the Talent Acquisition Specialist to ensure our vendor list is up to date.
• Create process maps and implement process improvements where required.
• Champion recruitment initiatives, systems, and centralized processes.

Talent Acquisition Coordinator

Financial Planning and Analysis

• Support the Group month end process, including preparation of management and statutory consolidations, intercompany matrix, and group balance sheet reconciliations
• Prepare monthly management reporting, including the balance sheet and cashflow, with variance and trend analysis, and commentary for senior management
• Download and validate trial balance data from Dynamics 365 across entities, ensuring completeness and consistency of reporting inputs
• Review reporting dimensions and liaise with regional financial controllers to resolve data quality issues affecting management and statutory reporting
• Assist with the preparation of consolidated financial statements, balance sheet and cash flow reporting, ensuring outputs are accurate, auditable, and aligned across reporting packs
• Contribute to the preparation of financial information and analysis for Board, investor, and senior management reporting packs
• Provide analysis and commentary on performance, variances, and reporting movements to support senior stakeholder decision-making
• Prepare supporting schedules, reconciliations, and disclosures for Group and Holding Companies entity statutory reporting under FRS 102
• Apply Group accounting policies consistently across reporting outputs and assist with technical accounting analysis and documentation where required
• Prepare accounting papers to support reporting treatments for complex or non-routine transactions and help ensure accounting conclusions are appropriately documented
• Support the Group external audit by preparing working papers, audit schedules, and responses to auditor queries in a timely manner
• Identify opportunities to improve reporting processes, close timetables, and reporting tools, working with finance and systems teams as needed
• Support finance transformation initiatives and take on broader responsibilities over time as the role develops
• Undertake other ad hoc projects and analysis as agreed with the Head of Group Reporting

Group Financial Reporting Accountant

Advisory/Research Analyst – Japanese speaking

Accounting Manager

• Daily interaction with US/Canada teams (Fluent English required)
• Work with financial accountant and other team members to successfully carry out various accounting duties.
• Post client payments to GL.
• Post employees’ expense reimbursements to the GL.
• Analyse prepaid expenses and post general journal entries.
• Assist with month-end close activities.
• Knowledge of accounts receivable and accounts payable.
• Maintain vendor records.
• Weekly collection outreach to past due clients.
• Issue invoices to customers.
• Post vendor payments to GL.
• Creation of fixed assets and fixed asset depreciation.
• Manage accounting process end-to-end for a start-up entity in the Aurora Group.
• Prepare monthly and year end close processes and reporting
• Preparation of prepayments and posting release of prepayments
• Preparation of accruals schedule and posting of accruals, working with the business.
• Apply accounting policies and standards to ensure accuracy and integrity of financial submissions.
• Ensure timely filing of financial statements and local tax filings alongside external accountants.
• Be the contact point between the Finance team and 3rd party local accounting firms.
• Monthly preparation of VAT, as well as quarterly preparation of VAT returns – will be sent to External accountants for review and submission.
• Monthly balance sheet reconciliations
• Support external audit process.
• Assist in preparation to finalize monthly management accounts for the entity. This can include, but not limited to
• Financial reporting on variances of actual performance against plan, and proactively working to resolve any issues that need further investigation within agreed policies and procedures.
• Commercial reporting on timesheets, and revenue activity
• Preparation of management KPI reports for management and Internal Stakeholders
• Process Subscription Commercial activity end-to-end, for example Contracts review and loading, billing and debt collection. Finalize monthly revenue recognition with the Global Projects coordinator.
• Record key expenditures, such as travel expense claims.
• Ensure adherence to the Procure to Pay company standards and policies are adhered to
• Innovate and deploy financial process enhancements.

Accounting Analyst – Fluent English Required

• **System Maintenance & Business Support**
• - Monitor and maintain the SAP SuccessFactors environment to a consistently high level of service and support to ensure adherence to specific OLAs.
• - Troubleshoot and resolve functional and technical problems related to the SAP SuccessFactors environment.
• - Collaborate with the selected SAP SuccessFactors AMS partner on escalated issues.
• - Review, provide recommendations and complete the relevant preparation for the SAP SuccessFactors bi-annual release updates.
• - Develop and maintain strong Information Security standards in line with ISO 27001.
• **Integration Management**
• - Monitor, maintain and troubleshoot existing SAP SuccessFactors related integrations. Collaborating with other Internal Technology engineers where appropriate.
• - Implement new SAP SuccessFactors integrations, where required, collaborating with Internal Technology Business Analysts and Integration Specialists.
• **System Enhancement & Optimisation**
• - Communicate effectively and engage with business stakeholders and P&C Systems Manager to identify business requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
• - Participate in workshops and meetings related to SAP SuccessFactors and the wider P&C systems improvement initiatives to identify opportunities for automation and process improvements, driving business efficiency and agility.
• - Responsible for ensuring that the Aurora change management procedures are followed and that deliverables are to agreed time, quality and cost objectives.
• **Reporting & Data Analysis**
• - Gather requirements, develop and deliver P&C reports and dashboards within SAP SuccessFactors that provide insights into Aurora P&C Centre of Excellence areas.
• - Conduct regular system audits to ensure data accuracy and integrity.
• **Documentation & Training**
• - Document all system enhancements in line with the Aurora Internal Technology change management procedures.
• - Assist with the documentation of P&C business processes related to the SAP SuccessFactors system.
• - Help create and deliver training content to the SAP SuccessFactors end-user base.
• **Compliance & Security**
• - Continually work with the P&C and legal teams to ensure that employee data within SuccessFactors is protected and secure.
• - Ensure the SuccessFactors configuration is compliant with relevant labour laws and data privacy regulations.

Advisory Associate

Advisory/Research Analyst

Credit Controller

Business Development Executive

Regional IT Site Support Technician

Account Management Specialist

Account Management Specialist

Treasury Manager

Account Associate

Senior Power Markets Analyst

Talent Acquisition Coordinator

Group Financial Reporting Accountant

Advisory/Research Analyst – Japanese speaking

Accounting Analyst – Fluent English Required

SAP SuccessFactors Engineer