Middle Office Analyst

As part of the Global Risk Control Organization, the role contributes to key risk control processes across entities within an international scope, with primary focus on North American Power trading activities. Key responsibilities include:

• Lead risk management oversight for Power trading activities, including open position monitoring, valuation controls, and mark-to-market (MTM) valuation.
• Deliver daily analysis and explanations of key risk metrics and any limit breaches.
• Coordinate deal and price validation within the trading system, including deal checks, curve updates, and data reconciliation.
• Ensure timely and accurate deal capture and compliance with internal trading limits and risk policies to maintain transactional integrity.
• Apply critical thinking to risk reporting and exposure analysis across multi-product trading portfolio.
• Evaluate forward price movements, maintain and enhance risk models, and test new risk calculations.
• Assess model assumptions against market fundamentals, proposing improvements to enhance valuation accuracy and risk quantification.
• Collaborate closely with Traders to identify, quantify, and explain key portfolio risk drivers, supporting informed decision-making.
• Support senior management reporting, contributing to the preparation and communication of trading results and position summaries.

Education & Experience

• Degree in Economics, Finance, Business, Mathematics, or another quantitative discipline.
• Strong understanding of risk management methodologies and valuation models.
• Solid knowledge of MTM, VaR, and exposure quantification, with demonstrated Power Risk Management experience.
• Direct experience with North American power markets, particularly ERCOT, PJM, and CAISO.
• Strong understanding of power pricing structures, including experience validating prices using external market sources.

Skills

• Proficiency with Power BI, Python, or other data management tools such as Alteryx.
• High level of accuracy and efficiency, with the ability to meet strict deadlines.
• Strong flexibility regarding working hours, aligned with trading operations