How to apply for Back Office Professional (f/m/x) - Marginal Employment/Geringfügig (8,5 hours/week)

About Enspired

Enspired uses AI-driven trading to optimize grid-scale storage across European power markets. The company is a leading optimizer of grid-scale storage in Europe, so the work directly supports the energy transition. This is a small, part-time back-office role inside a trading operations team.

About the role

This is an 8.5 hour per week marginal employment role based in Austria, working remotely. You maintain customer and contract data for invoicing, help validate and reconcile invoices, assist with risk mitigation and operational tasks, and support reports and documentation. The work sits between Trading, Operations, and Finance.

A typical day

You would spend part of your 8.5 hours updating customer and contract data for invoicing, then check invoices for validation and reconciliation issues. The rest of the time you would help with operational tasks, data quality, and reports, coordinating with colleagues in Trading, Operations, and Finance. The exact daily routine is not described in the posting, so ask about typical tasks and tools in the interview.

Who Enspired is looking for

• Currently enrolled in a Bachelor's or Master's program, or a technical, vocational, or professional education program, preferably in Business, Economics, Finance, or a related field.
• Based in Austria, since Enspired states it can only hire candidates based in Austria.
• Comfortable with data entry, invoice validation, and reconciliation tasks, and able to keep customer and contract data accurate.
• Able to work 8.5 hours per week with close collaboration across Trading, Operations, and Finance.

Tips for this application

• State clearly in your application that you are based in Austria, because Enspired can only hire candidates in Austria.
• Confirm in your CV or cover letter that you are currently enrolled in a degree or relevant education program, since this is listed as a requirement.
• Match your experience to the listed tasks: invoicing data, invoice validation and reconciliation, risk mitigation support, process improvements, and data quality.
• Note your availability for 8.5 hours per week and how you would schedule it around your studies.
• Research Enspired's work as an optimizer of grid-scale storage in European power markets and mention it in one sentence, so your application shows you understand the business context.

What to cover in your cover letter

["Your current enrollment in a Bachelor's, Master's, or relevant education program, and how your field of study connects to business, economics, or finance.", 'Any experience with invoicing, contract data, reconciliation, or data quality work, even from coursework or prior part-time jobs.', 'Your ability to work 8.5 hours per week and collaborate with Trading, Operations, and Finance colleagues.', 'Your interest in the energy transition and in supporting back-office operations at an AI-driven trading company.']

Research before applying

• What Enspired means by being the leading optimizer of grid-scale storage across Europe, and which European power markets it trades in.
• What AI-driven trading for flexible assets involves, so you can speak about the company's core business.
• What the Trading Operations Team does at an energy trading company, and how back-office tasks support it.
• Whether the role's remote setup has any location or time-zone requirements within Austria.

Likely interview topics

Based on the job description, expect questions about:

• How you would prepare and maintain customer and contract data for invoicing processes.
• How you would approach invoice validation and reconciliation when you find a mismatch.
• What steps you take to keep data quality high when entering or updating information.
• How you would support risk mitigation and operational tasks in a trading operations team.
• How you would manage 8.5 hours per week across tasks from Trading, Operations, and Finance.

Common mistakes to avoid

• Not stating that you are based in Austria, which is a stated hiring requirement.
• Applying without mentioning your current enrollment in a degree or relevant education program, since this is listed as a requirement.
• Sending a generic application that does not mention invoicing, reconciliation, data quality, or trading operations tasks from the job description.