Roles include Senior Analyst or Manager level positions focusing on European Power, UK Power, Gas Assets or Oil exposures. Team responsibilities include pro-actively challenging trading performance and ensuring that risks remain within agreed frameworks and controls. Individual responsibilities will differ depending on the level of the position or sector focus and may include:
 

• Pro-actively analyze front office commodity portfolios and constructively challenge the returns and risks being taken across various asset classes
• Work closely with other teams on risk decomposition to ensure all portfolio exposures reflect Trading’s top down and fundamental bottom up research
• Monitor existing transactions and exposures to ensure compliance with risk limits and hedging frameworks.
• Prepare data reports and position statements and ensure data integrity and consistency of information across the combined business and the avoidance of risk through timely and accurate reporting
• Investigate, report and resolve discrepancies, maintain an issues and exceptions list
• Contribute to the design and support the implementation of new systems and risk models to improve risk assessment and risk communication
• Support with new product proposals
• Participate in cross business and corporate projects as required

To be considered you will have direct experience within commodities and also Risk Management experience within a trading environment.
More specifically:
 

• Experience in a Risk Management environment and knowledge of operational risk, governance and control techniques/requirements
• Comprehension of trading strategies, market drivers and trade decision logic in a relevant commodity market
• Ability to challenge conventional thinking in a constructive manner and convey complex ideas clearly
• Experience of physical or financial assets within a commodity product
• Experience in analysis and modelling using Excel, Matlab or other analytical tools
• University degree with strong quantitative/financial/economics bias
• Desire to excel, team player, highly numerate with attention to detail