As Senior Energy Markets Compliance Specialist, you’ll join the team supporting Akaysha’s operations as a global corporation across every phase of the asset lifecycle. Recently, the Legal, Risk & Compliance Pillar has delivered significant outcomes across regulatory tenders, financing facilities, and large-scale asset construction. 

Building on this momentum, the Senior Energy Markets Compliance Specialist develops and maintains compliance frameworks for BESS projects in Australia and globally, ensuring adherence to energy laws such as the National Electricity Law and National Electricity Rules. The role supports the business by embedding effective compliance systems, controls, and continuous improvement across all functions and projects in Australia and all other jurisdictions where Akaysha operates. 

Partnering with the Principal Compliance Counsel, and the Senior Compliance Specialist your experience will be critical in strengthening Akaysha’s compliance posture and program as you:  

• Ensure operational compliance for energy regulations and BESS projects by building and maintaining frameworks, registers, policies, and systems to support global regulatory adherence with the Principal Compliance Counsel.
• Identify, interpret, and allocate regulatory obligations across the business, translating complex requirements into practical actions, and supporting stakeholders in managing compliance. 
• Assess compliance risks, evaluate and enhance controls, and implement scalable processes for continuous improvement across corporate and project activities. 
• Manage compliance systems by documenting obligations, maintaining incident logs, supporting investigations, report preparation, and updating frameworks in response to regulatory changes. 
• Lead compliance reviews, audits, assurance activities, and stakeholder engagement; providing risk-based advice, targeted training, and support for regulatory and external assurance processes.

Making an impact in this role will rely on experience across the following areas:   

• Strong knowledge of Australian energy regulatory frameworks, including the National Electricity Law and National Electricity Rules, with the ability to interpret and apply requirements in an operational BESS. 
• Development and implementation of compliance framework design that enhances policies and procedures across global operations. 
• Identification of compliance risks, evaluating controls, and applying effective mitigation strategies to enhance governance and resilience. 
• Effective collaboration across diverse teams, conveying regulatory requirements clearly and offering actionable compliance advice. 
• Proven analytical skills in managing compliance systems, generating precise reports, maintaining breach logs, and ensuring data integrity within compliance platforms. 
• Infrastructure, energy, or other capital-intensive projects with regulatory exposure.

As a Legal Manager you’ll be joining the Legal, Risk and Compliance pillar, which supports Akaysha’s operations as a global corporation across every phase of the asset lifecycle—from design and build through to ownership and operation. Overseeing regulatory compliance, contracts and IP, risk, governance, insurance, and transaction support, the team has recently delivered significant outcomes across regulatory tenders, financing facilities, and large-scale asset construction. 

Building on this momentum, this role will lead legal and strategic support across key FID-stage projects, manage stakeholder relationships and negotiate critical project agreements including offtake, connection, equipment supply, land, and finance documents - while ensuring alignment with Akaysha’s risk appetite and governance processes.

With strong technical expertise, you'll guide legal process and provide practical advice across development, construction, and operations, while working closely with internal teams and external contractors throughout the project lifecycle. 

• Lead and negotiate complex, high-value project and finance agreements for BESS projects through to execution, ensuring alignment with Akaysha’s risk appetite and strategic objectives in collaboration with legal stakeholders. 

• Support project financing by reviewing and negotiating tripartite agreements and finance instruments, providing legal input on due diligence and lender requests, and ensuring alignment with project and business objectives. 

• Manage legal approvals and budgets in line with Akaysha’s governance framework, ensuring compliance with internal policies and external regulations throughout project delivery. 

• Coordinate stakeholder relationships and legal workflows to support key project milestones, ensuring timely and aligned legal inputs. 

Making an impact in this role will rely on experience across the following areas: 

• Structuring complex project and finance agreements (e.g. EPC, OEM, offtake, tripartite) that balance legal risk, commercial outcomes, and strategic goals. 

• Identifying, allocating, and mitigating legal risks across all phases of a project—from development through to operations. 

• Executing legal components of project finance transactions, including lender negotiations, due diligence, and alignment of finance instruments with project documentation. 

• Interpreting complex regulatory frameworks and applying them to project structures, operational decisions, and compliance strategies across jurisdictions. 

• Embedding legal governance frameworks into project and corporate workflows, ensuring alignment with internal approvals and external obligations.

As Senior Compliance Counsel, you’ll join the team supporting Akaysha’s operations as a global corporation across every phase of the asset lifecycle. Recently, the Legal, Risk & Compliance Pillar has delivered significant outcomes across regulatory tenders, financing facilities, and large-scale asset construction. 

Building on this momentum, the Senior Compliance Counsel plays a pivotal role in setting the enterprise compliance strategy, leading and developing the enterprise compliance team, and ensuring the Board, Management and employees understand and meet their regulatory obligations through effective frameworks, systems, training, oversight and reporting across Australia and all other jurisdictions where Akaysha operates.  

The role works closely with the General Counsel, the Principal of Risk & Insurance, and relevant functions across the organisation to develop, implement, and monitor compliance frameworks, systems, policies, procedures, and regulatory obligation registers in alignment with sound governance, compliance, and risk management practices.    

This role provides the flexibility to be based at Akaysha’s Melbourne (HQ), or Sydney Office with the option to work in a hybrid capacity – spend time in the office, and at home. 

Your experience will be critical to:  

• Develop, implement and continuously improve Akaysha’s enterprise compliance framework and strategy, ensuring alignment with global best practice and scalability across all asset lifecycle phases. 

• Lead, coach and build capability within the compliance team, and act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership and operational teams. 

• Identify, map and oversee regulatory obligations and compliance registers across all jurisdictions, including engaging with regulators and coordinating responses to audits and reviews. 

• Oversee and guide compliance with energy market rules, trading obligations, competition laws, data protection, and other regulatory domains. 

• Coordinate compliance with the Australian SOCI Act and equivalent regimes elsewhere, including developing policies, conducting monitoring and assurance activities, and overseeing training and incident management.

Making an impact in this role will rely on experience across the following areas:   

• Enterprise Compliance Framework Design
  Ability to design and operate an integrated, risk-based compliance framework aligned to global standards (e.g. ISO 37301) and suited to regulated energy and infrastructure businesses. 

• Competition & Antitrust Compliance
  Understanding of competition and antitrust laws relevant to energy markets and trading activities, with the ability to implement preventative controls and training.

• Energy Market Rules Compliance
  Deep understanding of energy market rules, participant obligations and compliance requirements applicable to BESS assets and market participation.

• Trading Compliance
  Expertise in compliance frameworks for trading activities, including regulatory reporting.