8 May 2023

Sector Policy and Regulatory Specialist by TotalEnergies

 Johannesburg, Gauteng

Job Description

Job Description

Policy & Regulatory Support

  • Develop and maintain a regulatory reporting framework to ensure that TMSA complies to all relevant legislation, regulations and rules which govern related operations (e.g. Petroleum Products Act, Petroleum Pipelines Act, Petroleum Pipelines Levies Act, Ports Act).
  • To conduct analysis which assists TMSA in assessing the impact of policies and regulations on the TMSA business.
  • To assist the company in developing strategic direction, together with relevant internal stakeholders in response to policies and regulations.
  • Coordinate input from relevant Business Units (Line Function) to ensure that TMSA’s position is established, well-articulated and communicated in response to proposed policies, legislation, regulations and rules as well amendments to any of the aforementioned.
  • Provide support and advice to the business in preparing (periodic and ad hoc) reports to be submitted to Regulators

Manage and execute Petroleum Audits, Applications and Reporting

  • Manage the end to end process for the annual petroleum Regulatory audits
  • Compile the annual RAS template and ensure that the audits are conducted as per published Regulatory Reporting Manuals
  • Work with business units to ensure that no significant audit findings arise and that there are no recurrent audit queries.
  • Recommend Regulatory Audit Report for sign off
  • Ensure that applications for NERSA tariffs are conducted accurately and timeously
  • Ensure compliance with NERSA RRM requirements

Coordinate Regulatory Audit Process

  • Provide support to ensure that the Regulatory Audits are conducted and relevant input is provided by all relevant business units
  • Ensure that accurate and verifiable information is provided by relevant business units to Auditors

Conduct Analysis to inform Margin and Tariff Applications

  • Collect relevant data and conduct calculations for new Margin and Tariff applications
  • Together with Corporate Strategy and Planning Division and relevant Business Units:
    • Analyse business impact of new legislation / regulations or amendments
    • Analyse the business impacts of changes in Regulatory Accounting and Tariff Methodologies
  • Make recommendations to business and management informed by analyses.

Communication & Reporting

  • Establish and participate in the internal regulatory forum which enables coordinated feedback from and to relevant external forums (e.g. Government, NERSA, SAPIA) by business units and TMSA.
  • To ensure communication of all regulatory reporting timeframes to Management
  • Monitor and communicate all public notices from government and regulators which require industry or TMSA response
  • Share Business Intelligence pertaining to applicable Policies and Regulations with the business – AFA updates, Board quarterly updates
Stakeholder Relations
  • Represent the company and provide feedback to Management from all public hearings and external forums to inform appropriate response and policy position by TMSA.
  • Participate in specialist teams required for tasks and studies relating to regulatory matters or policies as and when necessary.
  • Maintain a Regulatory Stakeholders and issues matrix.
  • To promote, support and represent the company’s interests at all relevant industry and government forums (e.g. Government Departments, Regulators, State Owned Companies, SAPIA) for TMSA including the NBS affiliates.
  • Facilitate interactions when required, between relevant business units and local authorities where TMSA has operational facilities.
  • Establish and maintain strategic relationship with key stakeholders such as DMRE, NERSA, Transnet Pipelines, Ports Authority and SAPIA
  • Manage the SAPIA Sub-Committee Representation & participation
  • HSE
    To act in accordance with the Group’s policies and practices.

Context and environment

The South African Petroleum sector is highly regulated with an evolving policy framework. Over the past few years, the petroleum industry has been evolving with many new non-integrated companies entering the market. As a result, the petroleum industry has become quite diverse with the spectrum of the interests of different players increasing. As a consequence, different polices, regulations and rules have a very divergent impact on different players within the market. In parallel, in order to create a climate of inclusivity, industry associations that exclusively represent players from only a segment of a particular industry are frowned upon. Is has thus become increasingly important for companies to clearly establish their individual positions on policy and regulatory matters and elevate their voice and make clear such individual position to regulatory authorities.

TotalEnergies’ new ambition is to become a world-class player in the energy transition and achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 together with society. TotalEnergies is transforming its business activities to deliver tangible and long-term solutions to address a dual challenge: more energies, less emissions. TotalEnergies’ vision for 2050, involves pushing for a significant change to the energy mix. Part of the solution to moving the energy transition forward lies in the soaring development of new molecules (biofuels and biogas, clean hydrogen, and synthetic fuels combining hydrogen and carbon), which we are actively pioneering while prioritizing circular resource practices. Thus the regulatory landscape and considerations for TotalEnergies continue to expand beyond the Petroleum sector into the Energy sector – participation in the policy and regulations pertaining to the just energy transition is key

Candidate profile

Ideally, a Sector Policy & Regulatory Specialist would possess:

  • BCom (Economic) or Law degree preferred). Post graduate qualification an added advantage.
  • Knowledge and experience within the South African Petroleum Industry (+5 years)
  • Knowledge of the South African applicable legislative environment (+5 years)
  • Specific previous application of the relevant South African Legislation (e.g. Petroleum Products Act, Petroleum Pipelines Act, and Petroleum Pipelines Levies Act) and related Regulations will be an added advantage
  • Analytical mindset and willingness to analyse information
  • Ability to understand business operations and assesses the impact of regulation thereof – strong business acumen coupled with decision-making and management skills
  • Strong communication and presentation skills
  • Assertive and professional

Offer ID

73364BR

Metier

Strategy Economics

Region, department, area

South Africa

Workplace location (Precisions/Keywords)

Johannesburg

Employment type

Regular position

Experience level required

Minimum 6 years

Employer company

TotalEnergies Marketing Services

Branch

Marketing & Services

About us / company profile

TotalEnergies is an equal opportunity employer and all applicants that meet the specified criteria will receive consideration for employment without discriminating unfairly on any arbitrary ground, including but not limited to race, gender, sex, ethnic or social origin, colour, sexual orientation, age, disability, religious conscience belief, political opinion, culture, language, marital status, or family responsibility.
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