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Risk Analyst- Power

Houston, TX

full_time

About This Job

A key Optimus client that is one of the largest generators of electricity in America from natural gas and geothermal resources needs a Risk Analyst

with Power & Natural Gas experience.

Job Responsibilities

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Support senior staff to develop risk models and reports that accurately capture material risks specific to market/asset/region and trading strategy.

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Independent validation of market valuations for existing portfolio and new deals.

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Assist with ongoing monitoring of portfolio risk with weekly commentary on utilization, new activity, market events and liquidity.

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Adherence to risk management policies with focus on maintaining effective controls for trading and business processes.

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Support of compliance and audit activities.

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Interact with traders, originators, accounting staff, and management to understand and answer questions about portfolio positions, changes, and risk factors.

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Collaborate with IT organization to improve the underlying risk system infrastructure (models, calculations, data flows, reports, etc.).

Job Requirements

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Bachelor’s Degree in discipline such as business, engineering, or other quantitative discipline with 1-3 years of risk management experience.

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Energy trade floor experience with natural gas & power (gas is essential)

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Master’s Degree a plus.

Knowledge base should cover a significant subset of the following topics:

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Strong model-building skills; experienced with analytical and data manipulation applications such as Excel, SQL, Visual Basic, R, and other programming languages preferred.

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Analytical and quantitative skills (preferably with coursework in risk management and option pricing)

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Ability to analyze large volumes of data and present results in a clear, concise written and oral form

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Should be able to accept responsibility and work autonomously; able to excel under the pressure of multiple deadlines.

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Team player who is used to diving into issues, brainstorming solutions, and learning new methods and tools to address; results oriented.

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