Current Job Vacancies at ENGIE Energy Access

Current Job Vacancies at ENGIE Energy Access ENGIE Energy Access is a leading Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGo) and mini-grids solutions provider in Africa, with a mission to deliver affordable, reliable and sustainable energy solutions and life-changing services with exceptional customer experience. The company is a result of the integration of Fenix International, ENGIE Mobisol and ENGIE PowerCorner; and develops innovative, off-grid solar solutions for homes, public services and businesses, enabling customers and distribution partners access to clean, affordable energy.The PAYGo solar home systems are financed through affordable instalments from $0.14 per day and the mini-grids foster economic development by enabling electrical productive use and triggering business opportunities for entrepreneurs in rural communities. With over 1,700 employees, operations in nine countries across Africa (Benin, Cote d’Ivoire, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia), over 1 million customers and more than 5 million lives impacted so far, ENGIE Energy Access (EEA) aims to remain a leading clean energy company, serving millions of customers across Africa by 2025.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Nigeria Commercial Specialist, Mini Grids

Location: Nigeria
Department: Mini Grids
Reporting Line: Commercial & Product Manager

Job Purpose / Mission

• As part of the Minigrids team and reporting to the Commercial & Product Manager, you will play a key role in providing support for successful commercial operations of the EEA’s minigrids in Nigeria.
• This includes optimizing the customer experience, coordinating cluster activities, and maximizing minigrid revenues across the different streams of electricity sales, appliances sales, and customer finance.
• This role implies to work closely with the rest of the EEA team in Nigeria and the global MySolGrid team. You will be based in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, but will occasionally be required to travel nationally.

Key Responsibilities
Minigrid Development:

• Participate in carrying out mini-grid development activities: site surveys, community and stakeholder engagement, and financial and regulatory due diligence.
• Carry out site and demand analysis for input to the development of financial models, budgets, and business plans.
• Write concept notes and proposals to support grant applications, responses to tenders, and other partnerships.
• Collaborate with technical operations and legal to facilitate customer connections and smooth onboarding

Minigrid Commercial Operations:

• Facilitate energy accounting and sales
• Build working relationships with suppliers and internal stakeholders to facilitate appliance financing and sales, and the development of income-generating activities in our client communities
• Act as the ambassador for customers, and liaising with operations, CX, and other key internal teams, to ensure competitive operating decisions
• Build and maintain operational monitoring platforms and monthly reports

Qualifications

• Hold a Degree in Engineering, Business, Economics or any other related field.

Experience:

• Have at least 3 years of relevant experience in commercial operations, sales/business development, and customer and stakeholder engagement.
• Proficient in data and quantitative analysis and BI tools such as Excel, Power BI, or Tableau.
• Be passionate about clean energy expansion and improving the socio-economic standing of rural communities.
• Proven ability to be structured, organized, plan and schedule, and have an eye for detail.
• Able to meet deadlines and carry out several tasks in parallel
• Able to work independently and demonstrate a great sense of initiative and sense of priorities
• Have an entrepreneurial spirit and be able to work in a team
• Have strong interpersonal skills to interface with your team-members and interact with people from diverse backgrounds.
• Have excellent written and oral communication skills
• Commit to upholding high standards of integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality
• Demonstrate humility, honesty, and flexibility
• Have experience in the field of minigrids or related experience in electrical utilities
• Functional knowledge of the Nigerian power sector and energy market fundamentals
• Prior experience with, or able to work with CRM tools.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note

• We thank all applicants for their interest, however due to the large volume of applications we receive, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
• ENGIE is an equal opportunity employer, promoting diversity and committed to creating an inclusive environment for all.
• All applications are screened based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without any regard to origin, age, name, sexual identity, orientation or preference, religion, marital status, health, disability, political opinions, union involvement or citizenship. Our differences are our strengths.

Job Purpose / Mission 

• The Product Manager is responsible for the core of Engie Energy Access (EEA)  product line. As a leader in the PAYGO sphere, our products are the first step into the homes of our customers and are a key part of the EEA customer lifetime value.
• The Product Manager will deliver life-changing solutions and offerings in line with EEA’s product development process.
• This role sits within the Product and Research & Development department at EEA and involves working closely with the R&D team to develop and deploy new solar home systems across the Engie Energy Access markets.
• You will balance delivering custom energy solutions for our customers as well productizing these offerings so they can be scalable.
• You will own the conceptualization and business positioning of new products and represent the voice of the customer on cross-functional teams to design, implement, monitor, and scale new products.
• This is an exciting role which requires creativity and strategic visioning as well as operational execution and working cross-functionally with our customer service, operations, sales, and technical teams on the ground.

Responsibilities

• Drive continuous collection and analysis of customer data on device performance, emerging use cases and customer satisfaction and use this data to design product interventions
• Manage the lifecycle of solar home systems and solar accessory products from conceptualization, to market introduction and eventual phasing out
• Own the Profit & Loss of the portfolio of products under your management, and working across departments ensure that each product meets its commercial targets
• Collaborate with country team departments (commercial, operations, product, etc.) to develop clear market requirements for product iterations and new product development
• Work closely with Research & Development and supply chain teams to develop new products and improve existing ones
• Maintain a bird’s eye view across the portfolio, identifying opportunities of increased optimization and efficiency in line with company targets
• Contribute to the overarching company product strategy by informing the development of the product roadmap
• Support country teams to design and run product pilots and launches, as well as implement product improvements according to local market needs

Job Requirements
Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Economics or related topic

Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience (product management, project management, off-grid industry, customer insights, etc.)
• Project management experience and strong business acumen: entrepreneurial candidates who have started or contributed significantly to a particular project, team, or new company. Candidates who have seen projects through from start to finish, from design to scale up phase
• Strong interpersonal skills to interface with all members of both the business and engineering teams
• Ability to coordinate with a diverse group of stakeholders
• Experience designing or building or supporting component based solar systems
• Quantitative analysis skills and an understanding of effective technical communication and data visualization methods
• Ability to breakdown technical decisions into a thorough decision-making process

Requirements:

• Any EEA country (Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Zambia, Mozambique, Benin, Nigeria & Cote d’ivoire) but preference for Benin, Nigeria & Cote d’ivoire.
• Experience in consumer product development and ‘last mile’ customer delivery
• Ability to travel internationally up to 25% of time

Language(s):

• English
• French is a plus
• Swahili is a plus

Application Closing Date
7th November, 2022.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Overview

• The position holder will be part of the HR & HSE team that is based in Lagos, Nigeria, and will report to the Head of Human Resources.
• The successful individual will help design, implement and facilitate learning and development programs for the sales team in the commercial department.
• They will assist with coordination, administration and post-program evaluation of all learning & development activities in every state we have our operations.

Responsibilities

• Provide curated learning and development programs for the State Business Managers and Team Leads in the sales team.
• Plan and develop the learning and development calendar/plan while monitoring, tracking and coordinating key KPIs related to these activities including (but not limited to) time, numbers, budgets, costs and ROI elements
• Liaise with training vendors and organize logistics, documentation, coordination and post-program monitoring/ evaluation and supplier management
• Monitor and coordinate regulatory/statutory requirements for staff training and competence and ensure that requirements and subsequent changes are reflected in all statutory and mandatory training/activities.
• To keep up to date with current thinking on training practices and methods, e-learning development and related software/technology
• Contribute to the production of learning and development communications and campaigns using a variety of mediums, mail, Intranet, and other electronic media
• Implement testing and evaluation processes for training interventions and develop and analyze reports.

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree or HND in any related course
• 3 – 5 years’ experience in sales
• Additional experience in learning & development facilitation is preferred
• Experience with working with external stakeholders
• Strong administration skills and able to prioritise workload
• Ability to work accurately, with attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills and ability to build strong relationships
• Good presentation skills
• Ability to competently operate Office 365 and Microsoft packages
• Proficiency in Data Analytics is an added advantage
• Good influencing and negotiation skills
• Strong attention to detail and ability to multitask.
• Up to 70% travel required

Highly Desired Skills:

• Good people skills
• Ability to organize, multi-task and prioritize tasks
• Ability to make recommendations to effectively resolve problems or issues

Application Closing Date
26th October, 2022.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidate should send their Applications to: [email protected] with the job title as the subject of the email.

Job Purpose / Mission

• We are looking for an experienced, highly motivated, and skilled Global Finance Operations Manager with a passion in renewable energy, and financial inclusion to join our team.
• This position will be part of the Global Accounting and Reporting team that is currently based in Berlin, Germany, and Kampala, Uganda led by the Head of Accounting and Reporting and working closely with the Chief Financial Officer.
• The Global Finance Operations Manager will ensure timely and accurate financial statements and reporting, manage the implementation of processes and procedures to ensure best practices and adherence to IFRS and tax laws.
• The Accounting and Reporting department is responsible for the set up and improving of EEA financial procedures, the accounting, and the internal and external reporting of the EEA financials.
• The Global Finance Operations Manager will report directly to the Global Head of Accounting and Reporting.

Responsibilities

• Manage and oversee financial reporting process for all African countries, with focus on the EEA Southern Region (i.e. Zambia, Tanzania and Mozambique), including monthly, quarterly, and yearly financial and management reporting
• Oversee the Budget vs Actual reporting, coordinating with country teams to assess and clarify to Budget vs Actual differences and be responsible for an accurate and timely global reporting according to EEA’s guidelines
• Support the countries with the monthly closing and actively review and analyze the monthly financial performance. Ensure that the local Finance teams are reporting the monthly results in alignment with the Chart of Accounts (CoA)
• Continue improving SAP as ERP system after recent roll out, rolling out new modules, reporting and dashboards, coordinating closely with the local finance teams and operations teams to better reflect the inventory position and reporting of reconciliation differences.
• Work closely with local Finance teams, Global Operations and Africa subsidiary Operations teams to ensure proper systems and processes for inventory management in the ERP, ensure adherence to monthly/quarterly counts and analysis within EEA
• Support African subsidiary Finance teams, with focus on the EEA Southern Region (i.e. Zambia, Tanzania and Mozambique), to prepare for annual internal and external audits
•  Provide the monthly EEA results of the Southern region to our shareholder following specific tools and processes

Job Requirements
Qualifications:

• B.A or B.S Degree in Accounting or Business
• Relevant certification in accounting or financial controlling is a plus.

Experience:

• Significant leadership and management experience in operational finance, preferably as Finance Manager
• Founded knowledge in IFRS
• Relevant experience in Tax regulations is a plus
• Ability to manage multi-cultural relationships with finance operations staff
• Outstanding written and verbal communications skills
• Entrepreneurial spirit and collaborative nature
• Attention to detail, strategic thinker
• Passion for EEA´s vision

Language(s):

• English
• French and German is a plus.

Technology:

• Advanced proficiency in accounting software tools and SAP B1
• Experience with Business Intelligence Reporting tools
• MS Office

Application Closing Date
14th November, 2022.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Nigeria Accounting Supervisor (Treasury & Compliance)

Location: Nigeria
Department: Finance & Admin
Reporting Line: Head of Finance & Admin

Job Purpose / Mission

• The holder of this position will be part of the Finance team that is based in Abuja, Nigeria, led by the Head of Finance & Admin.
• You will supervise the operations of the Accounting unit. This involves direct oversight and management of the company’s accountants as well as accounting support staff.
• You will be responsible for planning, organising and managing the daily operation of the Accounting functions, tasks and projects, while ensuring that department responsibilities are performed and completed in a timely and accurate manner.

Key Responsibilities

• Providing day to day direction and support to the accounting team ensuring expectations are communicated and departmental goals are achieved
• Coaching, training and developing the team, including employee performance evaluations and providing career development planning and opportunities
• Work together with the accounting team to evaluate and improve processes to enhance speed and accuracy of accounting tasks
• Overseeing: Compliance & Taxes, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, financial statements and cost reports, and analysis receipts and disbursements, general journals, fixed assets and month end processes
• Lead and provide oversight for month-end close
• Preparing forecasts and monthly reports
• Ensuring that accounting practices, records, controls and decisions are made according to accounting standards and Company policy
• Organising and manage periodic stock takes and perform inventory reconciliations
• Preparation of statutory accounts
• Overseeing preparation and completion of the annual tax returns
• Performing other duties as required

Qualifications

• ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified or equivalent accounting qualification i.e. Degree in Finance or Accounting

Experience:

• 5 years of broad-based accounting/reporting experience, including minimum 2 years supervisory or management experience
• Knowledge of SAP software
• Working knowledge of Nigerian tax laws
• Experience working with and producing management and statutory accounts
• Excellent computer skills in the Microsoft Office environment with advanced Excel skills
• Experience in supervising, evaluating, training and motivating employees
• Excellent communication skills
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Experience working at multinational organisations will be advantageous
• Awareness and ability to demonstrate the importance of ethics & appropriate codes of conduct in the workplace
• Ability to achieve daily targets while attending to impromptu activities that may occur

Highly Desired Skills:

• Good people skills
• Ability to organize, multi-task and prioritize tasks
• Good influencing and negotiation skills
• Ability to make recommendations to effectively resolve problems or issues

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Accountant

Locations: Nigeria
Department: Finance & Admin
Reporting to: Head of Finance & Admin

Job Purpose / Mission

• The holders of this position will be part of the Finance team that is based in Lagos and Abuja Nigeria, led by the Head of Finance & Admin.
• You are expected to handle data entry, processing, and recording transactions, updating the ledger, assisting with audits or fact-checking, and preparing budgets and reports.
• You should be thorough, accurate, and honest with good bookkeeping skills.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure correct posting of transactions in the financial system (SAP) daily.
• Reconciling the company’s accounts payable and receivable
• Liaising with internal and external auditors and deal with any financial irregularities as they arise
• Tracking all payments to internal and external stakeholders
• Assist with budget forecasts for the company
• Processing EEA Nigeria’s tax payments and returns
• Continuous management of financial & Inventory systems
• Producing reports and recommendations following internal audits or public sector audits
• Explaining billing invoices and accounting policies to staff, vendors and clients.
• Resolving accounting discrepancies.
• Assist in Month-end closing process and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Dealing with daily transactions for the petty cash and ensuring that reconciliations are completed on a weekly and monthly basis.

Qualifications

•  Degree or Diploma in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance or other related field.

Experience:

• 2 – 4 years Accounting experience
• Experience in any major accounting system (SAP an advantage) with ability to work on spreadsheets.
• Excellent understanding of accounting policies, standards and processes
• Excellent attention to detail, thoroughness and accuracy when accomplishing a task
• Technical skills and competence
• Team player and self-starter
• Ability to influence, inspire and motivate people who are not directly under your responsibility
• Computer literate with experience in using Accounting Systems
• Intermediate Excel skills, ability to work with lookups and pivot tables.
• Strong organizational, analytical and interpersonal skills.
• Awareness and ability to demonstrate the importance of ethics & appropriate codes of conduct in the workplace
• Ability to achieve daily targets while attending to impromptu activities that may occur.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note

• We thank all applicants for their interest, however due to the large volume of applications we receive, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
• ENGIE is an equal opportunity employer, promoting diversity and committed to creating an inclusive environment for all.
• All applications are screened based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without any regard to origin, age, name, sexual identity, orientation or preference, religion, marital status, health, disability, political opinions, union involvement or citizenship.
• Our differences are our strengths.

Job Purpose / Mission

• The holder of this position will be part of the Human Resources team that is based in Lagos, Nigeria, led by the Head of Human Resources.
• The Senior HR Business Partner provides consulting and coaching to departmental leaders and managers in order to support the business’s vision, mission, and overall objective.
• They also play a major role in the management of varied projects throughout the business, actively participating in project teams, and implementing HR initiatives while simultaneously ensuring proper communication and collaboration within business departments and with other HR business partners.

Key Responsibilities
Talent Management and Organizational Development:

• Provide day-to-day advice and support to business leaders and middle managers on a variety of team and employee topics, including team dynamics, recruitment, learning & development, and employee relations.
• Recruitment – Identify recruitment needs and design effective selection and retention programmes. Also lead or participate actively in recruitment campaigns; job fairs; community activation programs; general networking; etc. to ensure a robust candidate pipeline.
• Change Management – Assist in/contribute to the design and deployment of all organizational change projects through process design and approaches that support change and transformation
• Evaluate and measure the impact of talent solutions and programs. Also identify issues, patterns and trends & provide insights to continuously improve business performance.
• Learning and development – Participate in the planning and implementation of learning and development strategy of the organization in line with business objectives
• Onboarding –  Lead the process of candidate selection; interviewing; job offer; background check, onboarding and integration/induction of new employee and act as custodian for our HRIS platform
• Performance Management – Serve as the primary custodian of our performance management system. This includes training team members and getting them familiar with performance management best practice, pooling periodic reports to track progress, raising tickets and helping resolve technical issues and maintaining an accurate database of employees.

Employee Compensation and Benefits:

• BenefitsSupport in implementing and maintaining group life, medical scheme and requirements of workmen compensation act as stipulated within regulatory framework
• PayrollProvide required input for Payroll management on a monthly basis

HR Analytics and Reports:

• HR MetricsEnsure the integrity of HR data, support decision making by providing workforce trends and analysis
• ProcessesSupport in continual review of our way of doing things, HR processes and workflows to ensure, we retain great employee experience and business efficiency

Employee Services and Administration:

• Record ManagementEnsure effective employee record management and adherence to data privacy laws
• Health & Safety-Assist in the implementation of Administrative processes including workplace health and safety programmes to reduce exposure to workplace hazards, and support the review and enforcement of effective HR policies, procedures and programmes for HR service delivery.

Internal Communications:

• Work closely with the Marketing team to develop and execute EEA’s internal communications strategy. There will be a need to organise engaging events and share aesthetically pleasing content which promote our core values, foster inclusion and position EEA as a great place to work.
• At EEA, we have high expectations for our managers. Each manager plays a key role in creating an exceptional experience not only for our customers but for every person on our team. Our managers help EEA realize our ambitious goals while developing their own leadership skills and facilitating growth for their direct reports.

We believe that great managers:

• Deliver ambitious results: As a high-performing and accountable leader, you create an enabling environment for effective action and bold decision which contribute to successful delivery of results.
• Act with integrity: As an ethical leader you are honest, respectful, objective, and transparent. You create and build upon a foundation of trust and openness.
• Inspire and mentor the team: As an inspirational leader you walk the talk. You empower and coach your team with trust and humility.
• Are accessible: as an accessible leader, you develop and maintain deep connections with stakeholders through approachability and active listening.
• Ensure diversity and inclusion: as an inclusive leader, you ensure diversity and foster a sense of belonging.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree from a recognized institution
• Master’s Degree is an added advantage

Experience:

• 5 – 7 years of broad-based experience in a HR generalist role
• A professional qualification/certification in HR
• Ability to thrive in an ambiguous and rapidly changing environment
• Excellent interpersonal skills and effective verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to set high personal goals and work independently
• Ability to organize, multi-task and prioritize tasks
• Ability to make recommendations to effectively resolve problems or issues
• Experience working at multinational organisations will be advantageous
• Awareness and ability to demonstrate the importance of ethics & appropriate codes of conduct in the workplace
• Ability to achieve daily targets while attending to impromptu activities that may occur.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note

• We thank all applicants for their interest, however due to the large volume of applications we receive, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
• ENGIE is an equal opportunity employer, promoting diversity and committed to creating an inclusive environment for all.
• All applications are screened based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without any regard to origin, age, name, sexual identity, orientation or preference, religion, marital status, health, disability, political opinions, union involvement or citizenship.
• Our differences are our strengths.