Analyst, RiskDepartment: Middle Office
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: US TX Houston - Corporate Office
Job DescriptionPosition Summary:The Analyst, Risk will focus on monitoring market risk exposures, maintaining market risk reporting frameworks, and supporting the identification and mitigation of risks across the organization. The position will partner closely with Trading, Middle Office, Project Controls, and Finance and other teams to deliver data-driven insights that support sound decision-making.
Key Accountabilities:- Monitor market, and operational risk exposures across natural gas, LNG, and related energy markets
- Perform sensitivity, scenario, and stress analysis to evaluate potential impacts on portfolio performance
- Assist in identifying emerging risks and flagging issues to the Risk Manager
- Support monitoring of trading positions, exposure limits, and key risk metrics (e.g., variance analysis, exposure tracking)
- Works with IT, Back Office, Credit, Traders and Schedulers to resolve issues that arise from time to time
- Assist in evaluating hedging strategies and structured transactions alongside Trading and Origination teams
- Analyze market trends, pricing data, and supply/demand fundamentals to provide risk insights
- Support maintenance of risk registers and tracking of mitigation plans across LNG and upstream/downstream projects
- Prepare regular risk reports, dashboards, and ad hoc analysis for leadership
- Support risk control processes related to trade capture, valuation, and reporting
- Assist with reconciliations and data validation to ensure accuracy and completeness
Qualifications:Education, Certificates, and Licenses:
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field required
Experience:
- 3+ years of experience in risk, middle office, trading support, financial analysis, or project controls
- Exposure to natural gas, LNG, or commodities markets such as NGLs and Oil preferred
- Experience working in trading, as structuring or quantitative analysis experience in energy or financial markets. Energy or commodity industry experience strongly preferred.
- Experience in Monte-Carlo simulations and volatility/correlation estimations, handling extensive data/database, and working knowledge of SQL, Python and VBA preferred.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills with attention to detail
- Good knowledge of trading concepts (P&L, exposures, mark-to-market)
- Proficiency in Excel and experience working with large datasets
- Ability to interpret data and translate findings into actionable insights
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities
- Knowledge of OpenLink or similar ETRM software packages
- Understanding of internal control
- Effective communication skills with the ability to collaborate across teams
