Job Description
The Market Risk Analyst is a critical role within the Trading Support team, responsible for analyzing and monitoring market risk across various energy commodity assets. This position involves working closely with multiple teams, including Front Office, Operations, Back Office, Finance, Compliance, and Trading System teams.
The ideal candidate will have a strong background in finance or quantitative disciplines, with a minimum of 2 years of experience in a role related to energy markets and commodity trading. Strong programming skills and visualization frameworks are also required.
Key Responsibilities
* Measure, analyze, and monitor Profit & Loss (P&L), exposure, and risk indicators for Trading desks.
* Analyze and report market risk for all trading activities, assessing physical and financial trades, transportation, storage, options portfolio, and foreign exchange deals.
* Develop and maintain risk reporting and analytical tools to communicate position, P&L, and market risk to traders and management.
* Monitor deal capture, internal trading limits, and risk policy requirements to ensure representativeness and integrity of transactions in the trading system.
Accountabilities
* Compliance with internal trading limits.
* Accurate and independent analysis, valuation, and reporting of risk positions and trading results.
* External regulatory compliance.
Candidate Profile
* Masters degree or equivalent in Finance or Quantitative discipline.
* Strong programming skills (Python/VBA/SQL) and visualization frameworks (PBI).
* Minimum 2 years of experience in a role related to energy markets and commodity trading.
* Comprehensive understanding of risk management methodologies (commodities/FX) and valuation models.
* Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
* High levels of numeracy and computer literacy.
* High degree of accuracy and efficiency under set deadlines.
* High levels of flexibility with regards working hours.
* Good interpersonal skills.