Sempra Energy

Market Risk Senior II - Risk Management

Sempra Energy • $120K — $150K *
Houston, TX 77084In-Person
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
1 week ago
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 4-year degree in a relevant field; preferred Masters in quantitative field from a top-tier program.
  • 8 years of related experience required; preferred 5+ years in trading or quantitative analysis in energy/financial markets.
  • Strong knowledge of market risk management techniques and methodologies.
  • Experience with statistical analysis, financial modeling, and scenario analysis.
  • Proficiency in RMIS, stress testing, and liquidity management.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and manage risk models and data frameworks; produce metrics and reports for performance monitoring.
  • Maintain and support risk systems and data structures while ensuring operational accuracy.
  • Provide analytical support for risk activities; review models for accuracy and consistency.
  • Collaborate with teams to improve workflows and support regulatory compliance.
  • Deliver insights on portfolio activity, including market intelligence and exposure changes.
  • Lead evaluations of market-risk drivers; recommend strategies for portfolio resilience.
  • Integrate enhanced data sources and analytics into workflows for timely market-risk insights.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance coverage.
  • Retirement savings plan with employer matching.
  • Professional development opportunities, including training and certifications.
  • Flexible work arrangements with options for remote work.
  • Generous vacation and paid time off policies.
Full Job Description
Primary Purpose

The Market Risk Senior II role designs scalable Market Risk frameworks spanning multiple portfolios, desks, and asset classes, shaping governance, analytical standards, and enterprise adoption of Market Risk practices. It monitors trading in line with Market Risk policies and develops tools supporting daily Trading. The role performs qualitative and quantitative analysis for Sempra Infrastructure's wholesale trading and commercial activities. Working across San Diego and Houston, it provides guidance, delivers insights to leadership, and produces key market risk reporting.

Duties and Responsibilities
  • Develop and manage risk models, processes, and data frameworks; produce periodic metrics, reports, and summaries to support business insights, performance monitoring, and informed decision-making across functions.
  • Maintain and support core risk systems, data structures, and configurations; ensure data integrity and operational accuracy while partnering with technology teams to enhance system functionality, scalability, and reporting capabilities.
  • Provide analytical and modeling support across risk-related activities; conduct independent reviews of models, assumptions, and outputs to ensure accuracy, consistency, and adherence to internal standards.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally to investigate and resolve issues, improve workflows, and coordinate responses; support regulatory compliance, audit readiness, and documentation requirements across processes and systems.
  • Provides insightful commentary of key portfolio activity including market intelligence, exposure changes and new deal activity.
  • Leads cross-functional evaluations of new or emerging market-risk drivers and develops recommendations to strengthen portfolio resilience.
  • Oversees the integration of enhanced data sources, analytics tools, and automation methods into risk workflows to improve the timeliness and depth of market-risk insights.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.


Qualifications

Education
  • Required: Typically requires a 4 year degree in a relevant field, or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
  • Preferred: Masters in mathematics, statistics, economics, business, or other quantitative field from a top tier program is preferred.

Experience
  • Required: Typically requires 8 years of related experience.
  • Preferred: 5 + years of experience in trading, structuring or quantitative analysis experience in energy or financial markets.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
  • Market Risk Management - Market risk management is the process of identifying, assessing, and mitigating potential financial losses due to changes in market prices, using strategies like risk measurement, monitoring, and mitigation to protect an organization's financial health and overall value.
  • Statistical Analysis - The collection and interpretation of data in order to uncover patterns and trends. It is a component of data analytics.
  • Financial Modeling - Develop financial models and valuation models to arrive at a valuation conclusion.
  • Scenario Analysis - Evaluate the potential effects of different hypothetical scenarios on financial health and performance, used for strategic planning and risk management by assessing impacts of economic shocks or policy changes.
  • Stress Testing - A form of deliberately intense or thorough testing used to determine the stability of a given system or entity. It involves testing beyond normal operational capacity, often to a breaking point, in order to observe the results.
  • Data Analysis - Measuring and managing organization data, identifying methodological best practices and conducting statistical analyses.
  • Risk Management Information System (RMIS) - Managing a specialized software or database that organizations use to collect, store, and analyze data related to risk and insurance, which helps businesses assess and manage various risks, such as operational, financial, and insurable risks, by providing a centralized platform for tracking and reporting on risk-related information, claims, and insurance policies.
  • Liquidity Management - Optimizing, maximizing and safeguarding an organization's liquidity and maintaining a cash position to ensure the business has cash available when needed.
  • Portfolio Management - An integrated, multi-disciplinary, customer-first, approach to help organize and present brands and help them perform.
  • Technical Reporting - The creation of detailed and clear reports documenting technical findings, incidents, and resolutions, often including data analysis and recommendations.
  • Knowledge of VaR, Stress Testing, options valuation, and risk management methodologies.
  • Knowledge of Energy commodities markets (especially natural gas/LNG) and common finance/risk management practices.
  • Experienced with analytical and data manipulation. Knowledge of Excel/VBA/SQL/Python/Power BI.

Licenses and Certifications
  • Preferred: FRM or CFA is preferred.

About Sempra Energy

Sempra Energy was created in 1998 by a merger of parent companies of two long-established, and highly respected, investor-owned utilities with rich histories dating back more than a century. Sempra Energy was founded to capitalize on new opportunities in competitive energy markets. The company’s ongoing focus is to enhance shareholder value and meet customer needs by sustaining the financial strength, operational flexibility and skilled workforce needed to succeed in rapidly changing market conditions. Sempra Energy is a Fortune 500 energy services company, based in San Diego, Calif., that combines deep industry expertise with rigorous risk management to deliver superior shareholder returns. In 2013, Sempra Energy produced revenues of approximately $10.5 billion.

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Learn more about Sempra Energy
Size
15,390 employees
Market Cap
$49.7 billion
Industry
Energy & Utilities
Net Income
$3.9 billion
Founded
1996
5 Year Trend
+4.7%
Revenue
$11.3 billion
NASDAQ
SRE
* Ladders Estimates

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