Principal Credit Analyst - Risk at NextEra Energy in North Palm Beach, FL

Position Specific Description

NextEra Energy Resources reflects the solid business practices of our parent company, NextEra Energy, Inc., a Fortune 200 company and one of the nation's largest providers of clean energy services. We are well positioned for industry trends and future success.

In this key subject expert role, we are looking for candidates with a strong background in wholesale energy credit management, commodity trading experience, strong analytical, interpersonal, organizational & presentation capabilities, along with experience in wholesale energy transaction documentation negotiation. We have the best team in the business and don’t intend for that to change.

Apply today to be a part of it and make a difference in our future success!

Job Overview

Employees in this role perform analytical modeling to assess and minimize the company's exposure to credit risk, negotiation of transactional documents, counterparty credit risk assessment and scoring. The successful candidate develops reliable and timely risk management solutions for a complex portfolio of credit, liquidity and contingents risks. Individuals in this role identify, analyze and mitigate current and emerging risks from the applicable portfolio. In this position, employees are responsible for supporting the Manager of Credit Risk and are accountable for the credit and liquidity risk management of a dynamic portfolio of counterparts engaged in the North American wholesale energy markets for NextEra Energy Resources. Employees in this position act as a key subject matter expert in the NextEra credit risk management team.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Delivers robust fundamental credit risk analysis assessments of counterparts in a range of industry verticals including generating shadow ratings using best-in-class credit rating models
• Proposes sensible credit limits for transactions with counterparts
• Manages a large portfolio of counterparts including exposure analysis, annual reviews, limit management, portfolio surveillance and derisking solutions
• Partners with the commercial teams to negotiate transaction structures as well as master agreements
• Works with a range of insurance companies / banks to deliver credit risk mitigation options to support business development
• Acts at times as a multiplier by supporting and coaching more junior members of the team
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Experience: 6+ years

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s - Business Administration
• Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)