Lead Analyst, RiskDepartment: Middle Office
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: US TX Houston - Corporate Office
DescriptionJob DescriptionThe Lead 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, Finance and other teams to deliver data-driven insights that support sound decision-making.
Key Accountabilities:- Monitor market, 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. VaR, variance analysis, exposure tracking)
- 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
- Works with IT, Back Office, Credit, Traders and Schedulers to resolve issues that arise from time to time
- 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:
- 5+ years of experience in risk, middle office, trading support, financial analysis, or project controls
- Exposure to natural gas, LNG, or commodities markets such as Oil and NGLs 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 theoretical orientation, ability to apply understanding of abstract theory in a focused, practical manner to develop and implement effective solutions to real world problems. Must also be a team player, comfortable with multitasking and responding rapidly to frequent changes
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills with attention to detail
- Strong 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
- Good understanding of internal controls
- Effective communication skills with the ability to collaborate across teams
