Renewables Analyst

**Hours**: 32-40 hours a week minimum
**Country**:Rotterdam, The Netherlands

VARO

VARO Energy is a dynamic, fast-developing, integrated European downstream company launched in 2012. Our ambitious acquisition and integration strategy created a major energy company that cares for its customers across Northwestern Europe. We have a solid background in traditional energies, with a refining capacity of 176,000 bbl./day and a total storage capacity of almost 2.5 million m3.

In the meantime, through our ONE VARO strategy, we are transforming ourselves into a leading energy transition company with a strong strategic focus on green hydrogen, biomethane, and bio-LNG, biofuels, carbon offsets, and e-mobility. Renewables already contribute half of our total annual result, and we are looking to expand further in this area. Leveraging our knowledge in the renewables space will not only allow us to make a positive contribution to the energy transition, but it will also enable us to further grow our market share. We will do so via our strong marketing organization with activities in wholesale, retail, and end-consumer deliveries. In combination with our sophisticated supply & trading and biofuels organization, we excel at unlocking value from our Integrated Fuels Value Chains (FVCs).

VARO Energy offers an exciting working environment characterized by strong teamwork, a flat organization, a fast pace, entrepreneurial thinking & acting, and having fun. Everybody has the chance to make a difference, develop a career, and contribute to sustainable growth in an exciting and changing industry. VARO Energy is a partnership between the international energy and commodities company Vitol and the global asset manager The Carlyle Group.

VARO is looking for a person to join its Compliance team as a Compliance Analyst reporting to the Renewables Compliance Manager. The Renewables analyst delivers an essential contribution to the objective of VARO to comply with the obligations arising from (inter)national legislation regarding the incorporation of renewable fuels into mineral oils in countries in which the company operates.

THE POSITION

In this role, you ensure the uniformity of applicable Biofuel administrations within VARO and the resulting reports, based on the externally defined legal requirements and the internal administrative rules that the Renewables Compliance Manager sets and maintains. You will cooperate with all members of the Renewables Compliance team to ensure that timely, complete documentation is received from suppliers and sent to customers for biofuels purchases and sales to ensure traceability in the supply chain and demonstrate compliance with sustainability requirements. You will stay up to date on changing and country-specific sustainability requirements. You will participate in regulatory audits, coordinate several biofuel-related work processes, keep the corresponding administrative procedures up to date, and support the correct, complete, and timely submission of biofuel reports to Member States’ national authorities.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Compile internal reports on physical biofuels flows that run through VARO terminal network and external storages to determine the quality and quantity of biofuels brought to markets in EU member states.;
- Compile and send reports to VARO’s clients to fulfill contractual obligations regarding the timely receipt/transfer of agreed sustainability documentation;
- Cooperate with the Renewables Compliance team to ensure suppliers send timely and complete sustainability documentation;
- Assess the conformity of sustainability documentation to external requirements and commercial agreements, and ensure its incorporation into biofuel administrations;
- Come up with ideas to further improve biofuel administrations;
- Identify risks related to operational or financial aspects of biofuels transactions.

YOUR PROFILE
- Master's degree in Business Economics, Accounting & Controlling, or a related field;
- Experience with reporting;
- Affinity with or interest in legal texts;
- Knowledge of commodity markets considered advantageous;
- Proficient with Microsoft Office;
- English proficiency required; German, Dutch, or French language skills beneficial.

THIS IS YOU
- Accurate, structured, and independent;
- Excellent analytical and numerical talent;
- Responsible, reliable, proactive, and results-oriented;
- Affinity with ERP systems;
- Intercultural competences.

WE OFFER
- A professional and very well connected work environment with a young and international team in a growing company, on the cutting edge of the energy transition
- Contributing to excellent work delivered by the team, where quality and team spirit are key
- A flat organization structure with close ties to senior management of the company
- An attractive workplace in the office in our brand new Rotterdam offices with development opportunities in an international, corporate environment
- Attractive salary