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Jr Risk Analyst-Power & Natural Gas
Job in
Houston, Harris County, Texas, 77007, USA
Listed on 2026-03-09
Listing for:
Optimus
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-03-09
Job specializations:
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Finance & Banking
Financial Consultant
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Qualified candidates, please send your resume to your Optimus recruiter or me at Jen
Job Responsibilities
Support senior staff to develop/maintain risk models and reports that accurately capture material risks specific to market/asset/region and trading strategy.
- Produce and analyze daily P&L, conduct portfolio valuation, and perform detailed position analysis to assess risk exposures, sensitivities, and performance attribution
- Adherence to risk management policies with focus on maintaining effective controls for trading and business processes.
- Support of compliance and audit activities.
- Interact with traders, originators, accounting staff, and management to understand and answer questions about portfolio positions, changes, and risk factors.
- Collaborate with I.T. organization to improve the underlying risk system infrastructure (models, calculations, data flows, reports, etc.).
- Bachelor's Degree in a discipline such as business, engineering, or other quantitative discipline with 1-3 years of industry experience, preferably with power/natural gas.
- Experience with in a power generation entity is preferred.
- Possess a basic understanding of power generation fundamentals, wholesale electricity market structures, and physical and financial power trading mechanisms.
- Knowledge base should cover a significant subset of the following topics:
- Model-building skills; experienced with analytical and data manipulation applications such as Excel, SQL, Visual Basic, Python, and other programming languages preferred.
- Analytical and quantitative skills (preferably with coursework in risk management and option pricing)
- Ability to analyze large volumes of data and present results in a clear, concise written and oral form
- High sense of responsibility and ability to work autonomously; able to excel under the pressure of multiple deadlines.
- Ability to automate routine tasks to create efficiencies in daily processes.
- Naturally curious team player who is used to diving into issues, brainstorming solutions, and learning new methods and tools to address; results oriented.
- Willingness to be in office daily, working extended hours when necessary
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