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Optimus4 months ago

Middle Office Analyst

On-site · Houston, Texas, United States

Type
Full Time
Level
Mid Level
Education
Bachelors Degree
Company size
Unknown

Job Summary

Lead risk management oversight for Power trading activities, including open position monitoring, valuation controls, and MTM valuation. Deliver daily analysis and explanations of key risk metrics and any limit breaches. Coordinate deal and price validation within the trading system, including deal checks, curve updates, and data reconciliation. Ensure timely and accurate deal capture and compliance with internal trading limits and risk policies to maintain transactional integrity. Apply critical thinking to risk reporting and exposure analysis across multi-product trading portfolio. Evaluate forward price movements, maintain and enhance risk models, and test new risk calculations. Assess model assumptions against market fundamentals, proposing improvements to enhance valuation accuracy and risk quantification. Collaborate closely with Traders to identify, quantify, and explain key portfolio risk drivers, supporting informed decision-making. Support senior management reporting, contributing to the preparation and communication of trading results and position summaries.

Required Qualifications

  • Degree in Economics, Finance, Business, Mathematics, or another quantitative discipline
  • Strong understanding of risk management methodologies and valuation models
  • Solid knowledge of MTM, VaR, and exposure quantification
  • Direct experience with North American power markets, particularly ERCOT, PJM, and CAISO
  • Strong understanding of power pricing structures, including experience validating prices using external market sources
  • Proficiency with Power BI, Python, or other data management tools such as Alteryx
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