Eaglecliff Recruitment
Market Risk Operations Analyst: World Energy Trading Co: 12 Month Contract
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Market Risk Operations Analyst
Start Date: August 2026
Salary: £60,000 Per Annum equivalent / £320 Umbrella Day Rate
Location: Hybrid – 3 days in London office per week
About the Role
This is an exciting time to join this world-leading Energy company as it evolves from a traditional Oil & Gas enterprise into a future-focused Energy leader. This transformation includes the establishment of a highly successful new Power Trading desk within the Energy Trading team and ventures into cutting-edge solutions that address the evolving demands of the Energy sector. These initiatives include advanced Gas infrastructure, LNG technology, effective Energy Storage systems and Green Energy solutions.
Responsibilities
- Works closely with the other risk teams across the Trading and Supply business including a significant Business Operations component, regular discussions with Market Risk, Valuation, Front Office, Finance and Back Office, and a focal point for forward curve and pricing related queries from across the group.
- Ensures the smooth running of daily risk reporting activities on the appropriate applications and the various tools dependent on them.
- Maintains observable valuation inputs e.g., exchange prices, broker quotes, derivable volatilities and correlations to risk calculations.
- Analyses mark-to-market curves price movements to ensure trading systems are correct.
- Works on liquidity reserve calculations and ensures that it is correctly communicated to the desk.
- Delivers regular and ad hoc risk metrics and portfolio analytics for the commercial teams, risk management teams and various other stakeholders.
- Works under close supervision of Manager / Team Lead for all activities. Delivers the works as assigned, applying the work procedures, frameworks. Work is reviewed by more senior colleagues.
- Identifies shortcomings in current processes, systems and procedures within the assigned unit and suggests improvements. Analyses, proposes and (where possible) implements alternatives.
- Impacts the quality of parts of reports by delivering high quality analysis. Provides indirect advice which is further synthesized by senior colleagues.
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Requirements
- Minimum of three years working experience within a trading, financial or risk management organization, which could have been gained in a Market Risk, Product Control or Trade Control roles.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Economics, Mathematics, Science, Engineering or IT
- Knowledge of financial, commodity and energy markets, derivative instruments, and hedging.
- Intermediate to Advanced Excel skills, such as pivot tables, lookups, queries, VBA macros.
- SQL and Python an advantage, other coding languages can also be useful.
- Experience with Endur or comparable energy trading risk management system.
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Additional Requirements
- Positive attitude and ability to work within a large, globally dispersed project team in a multi-cultural environment.
- Self-starter, logical thinker and quick learner, with strong initiative and excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills, able to write clearly and concisely.
About Us
We believe in equality of opportunity for all job applicants regardless of gender, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic origin, creed or religion, disability, sexual orientation or age. With a focus within Energy Trading, Oil & Gas, Financial Markets and Commodities, we offer a transparent Recruitment Service that has proven to be reliable and effective for over 40 years. We are ISO accredited and proud of our excellent TrustPilot Reviews.
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