Accounting Stream Lead - Orchestrade/Endur

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Luxoft

United KingdomHYBRIDCONTRACTSENIORDEV
Techno-Functional

ETRM Role Details

ETRM Packages: Endur, Orchestrade
Commodity Focus: Power, Gas

Job Description

##### Project description

Luxoft has one of the world's leading Orchestrade practices. We are a top-tier Orchestrade Partner and a market leader in implementation, integration, upgrade, and migration.

We provide end-to-end project services and have delivered Orchestrade projects across all major asset classes and sectors including investment banking, asset management, corporate treasury, commodities.

Whether you possess a background in finance, technology, or Mathematics, your experience in the capital markets industry or commodities industry would be of high interest to us.

The project is a Trading and Position platform Implementation for Commodity products.

You will be part of a Top Initiative for this commodity client.

This is a brilliant opportunity to work on several type of commodity products and learn a new trading platform.

You will have the ability to showcase the work directly to the End users.

The team is responsible for the integration of a trading application (Orchestrade) used for:

  • Pre-deal origination workflow and post execution monitoring and life-cycle management.
  • Dedicated workflow, configuration of the platform, supporting business
  • Leverage strategic standard risk systems
  • Integration with Operations, Finance
  • Reporting, Reconciliation
  • Accounting

The application is Orchestrade:

  • Orchestrade is in .Net (C#): Natively connected to Excel
  • Database: Microsoft SQL
  • Delivered In-House or Hosted (Amazon Web Services)

You will be part of the development team responsible for the migration of the new trading platform.

You will act as a senior .NET developer.

This is a brilliant opportunity to work on a new trading platform written in C#

Also, you will join our Orchestrade Practice and become a member of our open minded, progressive and professional team.

You will have a chance to grow your functional and soft skills and build a thorough expertise of the industry of our client.

Location: Flexible / Hybrid

Contract: Permanent or Contract

Industry: Energy Trading & Risk Management

Role Purpose

The Accounting Stream Lead will be responsible for leading the Accounting workstream within a strategic Energy Trading & Risk Management (ETRM) transformation programme to replace Endur with Orchestrade. The role ensures that accounting requirements, financial controls, and reporting processes are correctly designed, implemented, tested, and embedded within Orchestrade for Power, Certificates, Gas, and Biomethane products.

The Accounting Stream Lead will act as the key interface between Finance, Accounting, Risk, Back Office, IT, and the Orchestrade implementation partner, ensuring the solution supports accurate, auditable, and compliant financial outcomes.

##### Responsibilities

Accounting Workstream Leadership

Lead the Accounting workstream within the Orchestrade implementation programme

Own accounting scope, priorities, roadmap, and dependencies

Represent Finance and Accounting requirements within the broader Endur replacement initiative

Ensure alignment between Accounting, Risk, Front Office, and Back Office processes

Accounting Requirements & Solution Design

Gather, document, and challenge Accounting and Finance requirements covering:

Trade accounting and lifecycle postings

Mark to Market (MTM) and unrealised / realised P&L

Accruals, deferrals, and revenue recognition

FX revaluation and remeasurement

Fee, tax, and charge accounting

Drive Accounting solution design in Orchestrade, ensuring alignment with accounting policies and standards (e.g. IFRS / local GAAP)

Review and validate accounting design and configuration documents

Orchestrade Accounting Configuration & Integration

Oversee configuration of Orchestrade accounting components, including:

Accounting events and posting rules

General Ledger (GL) mappings

Accounting calendars and close processes

Subledger outputs

Work closely with integration teams to ensure accurate and controlled feeds to ERP / Finance systems

Ensure correct accounting treatment for Power, Gas, Biomethane, and Environmental Certificate products

Testing, Reconciliation & Financial Control

Lead Accounting testing activities including SIT, UAT, and parallel runs

Define accounting test scenarios and financial sign off criteria

Ensure reconciliation between:

P&L (Front Office vs Accounting)

Subledger vs General Ledger

Endur vs Orchestrade during transition

Support finance close, audit readiness, and cutover sign off

Stakeholder Management

Act as the primary Accounting point of contact for:

Finance and Accounting teams

Risk and valuation teams

Back Office operations

IT, data, and integration teams

Orchestrade vendor and system integrators

Provide clear financial risk, issue, and progress reporting to programme governance

##### Skills

Must have

Mandatory Skills Description

Accounting & ETRM Systems

Strong Accounting / Finance experience within Energy Trading organisations

Proven experience implementing Orchestrade or Endur in an Accounting capacity

Solid understanding of trade lifecycle accounting within ETRM platforms

Experience supporting system replacements or major finance transformations

Product & Market Knowledge

Hands on accounting experience for:

Power and Gas (physical and financial) contracts

Biomethane contracts and related settlement structures

Environmental / Certificate products (e.g. Guarantees of Origin)

Understanding of valuation driven accounting impacts in energy trading

Management

Strong leadership of functional workstreams within complex transformation programmes

Excellent understanding of financial controls, audit requirements, and reconciliation processes

Ability to translate accounting policy into system configuration and posting logic

Strong analytical and problem solving skills

Clear communicator, comfortable engaging with Finance, Risk, Operations, IT, and senior stakeholders

Nice to have

Education & Qualifications

Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related discipline

Professional accounting qualification (e.g. ACCA, ACA, CPA, or equivalent) is a strong advantage

##### Other

Languages

English: C1 Advanced

Seniority

Regular

London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Req. VR-122046

Orchestrade

BCM Industry

21/04/2026

Req. VR-122046