Bonhill Partners
Front Office Risk Manager - Energy Trading
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Senior Front Office Risk Manager
We are seeking an experienced Senior Front Office Risk Manager to join a high-performing risk function and act as a key partner to trading, origination, analytics, and executive leadership teams. This is a highly visible role offering significant influence over portfolio risk oversight, strategic decision-making, and governance processes.
The successful candidate will combine deep market knowledge, strong quantitative capabilities, and commercial judgement to challenge, support, and guide trading activity across a complex portfolio.
Role Overview
Reporting to the Head of Risk, you will play a leadership role within the Front Office Risk team, helping to shape risk strategy, develop junior team members, and provide independent oversight of trading activities.
You will be responsible for assessing portfolio exposures, evaluating new commercial initiatives, and ensuring senior stakeholders have a clear understanding of material risks and opportunities across the business.
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Key Responsibilities
- Provide independent assessment of risk exposures across trading portfolios delivering insightful analysis on market, portfolio, and structural risks to senior management and trading leadership.
- Work closely with traders, originators, analysts, and quantitative teams to understand trading strategies and portfolio positioning.
- Lead the review and approval process for new trading activities, products, and commercial initiatives.
- Produce high-quality analysis and reporting for senior executives and risk committees.
- Provide day-to-day guidance, coaching, and oversight to members of the Front Office Risk team.
Experience & Qualifications
Essential
- Significant experience within commodity trading, energy markets, investment banking, hedge funds, or other trading-intensive environments.
- Proven track record in market risk, commercial risk management, or front-office trading roles.
- Experience engaging directly with traders, commercial teams, and senior decision-makers.
- Strong understanding of derivatives, structured products, and portfolio risk management techniques.
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Preferred
- Knowledge of Power, Gas, LNG, environmental products, or related commodity markets.
- Experience with quantitative risk models, scenario analysis, and portfolio optimisation techniques.
- Experience developing analytical tools, reporting frameworks, or risk systems.
Technical Skills
- Advanced understanding of market risk methodologies, including VaR, stress testing, scenario analysis, and exposure measurement.
- Strong quantitative and statistical analysis capabilities.
- Advanced Excel skills and experience working with large datasets.
- Familiarity with Python programming, data analytics, or risk technology platforms would be advantageous.
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