A leading independent power producer in Houston is seeking a
Senior Trade Control Analyst to join its Middle Office team. This role serves as a key liaison between Trading, Risk, Accounting, Settlements, and IT, ensuring the integrity of trade capture, controls, and reporting within the commercial trading organization.
NOTE: Candidates must have risk management experience within a power and natural gas trading entity to be considered.
Key Responsibilities
- Perform daily trade reconciliations, including internal risk limits, trade amendments, and Day One P&L validation.
- Validate daily forward price curves and reconcile exchange and FCM limits.
- Support the end-of-day trader checkout process.
- Provide day-to-day support to the Commercial Trading team, including trade flow, amendments, and technical issues.
- Coordinate with Trading, Risk, Accounting, and IT on non-standard trades and new pricing curve setup.
- Review trade control reports to ensure compliance with trading controls, risk policies, and Delegation of Authority (DOA).
- Serve as backup for OTC confirmations and ISO, exchange, and ETRM user access/privileging.
- Identify opportunities to improve trade control processes, reporting, and operational efficiency.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field.
- Experience supporting U.S. wholesale power trading operations.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to investigate issues, identify discrepancies, and escalate appropriately.
- Strong ETRM experience (Endur is a plus)
- Advanced Excel skills, including reconciliation of large datasets and clear reporting.
- Experience with VBA, SQL, Python, or similar data analysis/automation tools is a strong plus.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced trading environment.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to serve as the subject matter expert for trade booking and a primary point of contact for Commercial, Settlements, Accounting, and IT.
- Self-motivated, naturally curious, and eager to learn and grow in a dynamic commercial organization.
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