The Risk Market Analyst will be responsible for working within the wholesale and retail market teams to evaluate EDF’s portfolio risk and risk profile. This position will utilize different risk evaluation methodologies and models for major desk positions in the gas and power markets.

Job title: Market Risk Analyst

EDF Trading North America, LLC

EDF Trading North America, LLC is a major participant in wholesale energy markets, and our retail business delivers customized energy solutions for large commercial and industrial consumers, power generation and retail energy providers.

We operate in every market and provide coast to coast coverage of financial and physical products in power, natural gas and NGLs, environmental products and financial crude oil products. We provide our customers with products and services that deliver access to markets, optimize their energy portfolio, hedge risk and manage assets. Our Wholesale Business operates throughout the value chain in the North American wholesale power markets and we are one of the leading wholesale natural gas marketers. Additionally, we provide environmental, congestion management and value added derivative products. With extensive pipeline agreements, we can manage natural gas offtakes, deliveries, capacities and supply anywhere across the continent. For Our Retail Business we provide wholesale fuel supply and structured products for its extensive base of electricity and natural gas customers including gas-fired power plants, large scale commercial and industrial retail consumers and retail energy aggregators. 

Our Retail Business is our customer-facing operation providing integrated energy management services to commercial and industrial, power generation, and retail supply customers. Taking into account a customer’s entire energy portfolio, solutions are structured to provide competitive market pricing and to optimize energy usage and generation assets. We offer a complete suite of services to energy-intensive retail customers, from energy supply and hedging to on-site generation management and demand response. And we provide wholesale market access and ISO interface services to a broad network of retail energy providers with footprints across the deregulated markets. For power generation customers, we provide energy management services that encompass fuel supply, scheduling, dispatch, market analysis and risk management all within a single contract. Focused on service, we created a digital integrated platform and customer interface that allows transparent views into energy portfolios and invoices, market prices, analytics and weather. 

EDF Trading North America, LLC is part of the EDF Group, a global leader in low-carbon energies. 

Job Summary

The Risk Market Analyst will be responsible for working within the wholesale and retail market teams to evaluate EDF’s portfolio risk and risk profile. This position will utilize different risk evaluation methodologies and models for major desk positions in the gas and power markets.

Responsibilities

• Support risk identification and quantification for both retail and wholesale energy businesses
• Work with other risk staff, trading desks, marketing, origination, and management to quantify the risk profile of trades, positions, books, desks, and the overall company
• Proactively analyze the risk in the company’s portfolio across commodities, instruments, and geographies
• Prepare analysis as directed by the manager and generally contribute to the activities of Front Office Risk for management
• Interact regularly with commercial functions to understand markets, trends, and other challenges and opportunities in a risk context for open exposures and contemplated positions or deals
• Assess risk/reward balance for existing positions and contemplated positions
• Provide support for risk systems development and testing and promote efficiencies where possible
• Work across functional teams to maintain a robust control environment and manage business process change

Requirements & Qualifications

• A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative discipline
• A minimum of one internship at an energy trading or financial institution
• SQL, Python, Matlab, or R coding skills are highly desirable
• Working knowledge of energy risk metrics/models is desirable
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office products including Excel and VBA