New York, NY

A global energy trading & marketing firm is searching for candidates with experience in physical power middle-office risk. The focus of this position is risk control and middle office reporting and analysis on the power trading & origination/marketing portfolios.

Key responsibilities include:

• Measuring, valuing, and reporting the daily mark-to-market P&L;
• Price Curve validation;
• Understanding of trading portfolios and strategies (by deal, portfolio, trader, and region) in conjunction with the overall power markets from a risk, liquidity, and fundamentals perspective;
• Providing management insightful commentary on trading activity;
• Monitoring trader risk to ensure compliance with control policies and trader limits;
• Supporting the electricity / power desk with reporting and ad hoc analysis around FTRs, Tolling and Load-Following deals, RECs, REP-deals, and EMAs;
• Develop strong relationships with the front-office traders, originators, and other finance staff;
• Supporting the cash forecast and monthly accounting processes; and
• Participating in projects to automate and streamline processes.

Professional and educational requirements include a bachelor’s degree in Finance or related numerate field; 3+ years’ experience in risk, trade reporting, valuations, product control, or a middle-office PnL role and ideally supporting a power trading & marketing desk; strong working knowledge of the physical and financial electricity/power markets including experience in one or more of the following markets: PJM, ISO-NE, NYISO, MISO, ERCOT, SPP and CaISO; strong understanding of vanilla and exotic options and other power-traded instruments; ability to communicate complex trading transactions; analytical skills; and advanced technology skills including Excel/VBA/SQL/Python/R are a plus. Submit resumes to chynes@salthillgroup.com.