Market Risk Analyst

TOTSA TotalEnergies Trading SA

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  • Publication date:

    22 February 2024
  • Workload:

    100%
  • Contract type:

    Unlimited employment
  • Place of work:

    GENEVE-WTC1

Market Risk Analyst

Land

Schweiz

Ort

Switzerland

Ort des Arbeitsplatzes

GENEVE-WTC1(CHE)

Unternehmen des Arbeitgebers

TotalEnergies Gas & Power Ltd

Domain

Finance

Art des Auftrags

Unbefristeter Vertrag

Erfahrung

Weniger als 3 Jahre

Profil der Bewerberin/des Bewerbers

Your Profil

  • Master degree or equivalent in Finance or Quantitative discipline.
  • Good programming skills (Python/VBA/SQL…) and visualization frameworks (PBI…).
  • You have minimum 2 years of experience in a role where you have been exposed to energy markets and commodity trading.
  • You have a comprehensive understanding of risk management methodologies (commodities/FX) and valuation models.
  • Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
  • High levels of numeracy and computer literacy.
  • High degree of accuracy and efficiency under set deadlines.
  • High levels of flexibility with regards working hours.
  • Good interpersonal skills. Fluent in English.

At TotalEnergies, we believe that our employees’ fulfilment has its roots in the wealth of the experiences they are offered. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to respecting diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard for race, color, gender, religion, national origin, disability, military status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender

Aktivitäten

About us:

TotalEnergies has developed a strong expertise in oil and biofuels, natural gas and electricity trading. Trading entities are based in Geneva, Paris, Houston and Singapore.

TotalEnergies installed its European trading hub across in Geneva, which now bring together very large teams around trading activities: TotalEnergies Trading & Shipping (T&S) and TotalEnergies Gas and Power (TGP).

TotalEnergies Gas and Power (TGP) is the trading arm of TotalEnergies in the field of low carbon energies (mainly gas, LNG and power). As such, it operates in fast-evolving market dynamics influenced by internal and external factors that require constant adaptation and evolution. Uncertainties specific to the trading environment (volatility of prices, supply & demand mismatches) are coupled with those coming from the broader energy sector (climate change policies, changes in the energy mix, developments of new energy sources, etc). In such context, TGP helps to ensure growth and profitability to a key segment of the business in order to reach the objective of Carbon Neutrality by 2050.

We are looking to hire an Analyst to join our Market Risk and Method team.

What you will do:

You will work in the Trading Support department, under the supervision of Market Risk and Method Manager, and will seek to measure, analyse, and monitor the P&L, exposure and the Value-At-Risk of the Trading desks. You may be expected to develop new tools to secure and optimise the process and build new reports and market risk indicators adapted to the business evolutions. The position is based in Geneva and include oversight of energy markets.

As part of the Trading Support team, activities involve contributing to any risk control process of the entities covered by the Global team:

  • Analyse, model, and report market risk for all trading activities. Assess and monitor physical and financial trades, transportation, storage, options portfolio and foreign exchange deals. Analyse mark-to-market valuations, risk positions, basis changes, and P&L results on a daily basis.
  • Develop and maintain risk reporting and analytical tools to communicate position, P&L and market risk to traders and management.
  • Monitor timely deal capture, internal trading limits, and risk policy requirements to ensure the representativeness and integrity of transactions in the trading system.
  • • Design, develop and implement new risk metrics and new risk models. Evaluate model assumptions against fundamentals and communicate suggested modelling/valuation enhancements to achieve better valuation and risk quantification. Communicate effectively with Front Office, Operations, Back Office and Finance teams on inputs and assumptions.
  • Provide critical thinking around risk reporting processes, quantification, and analysis of commodity exposure and forward price movements for TGP’s multi-products trading activities.
  • • Work closely with traders to quantify and explain the sources of risk in their portfolios. Promote innovative ways of leveraging existing data monitor and manage their risks.
  • Contribute to the reporting of Trading Result / Position to Senior management.
  • • Support, identify, and assist in process improvement implementations, from system testing and implementations to desk level process.
  • Work closely with Back Office, Finance, Credit, Legal & Compliance, Front Office to improve the flow of data across departments and the accuracy of analysis.
  • Identify and communicate operational risks, define risk mitigating measures and priorities.

Accountabilities:

  • Compliance with internal trading limits.
  • Accurate and independent analysis, valuation, and reporting of risk positions and trading results.
  • External regulatory compliance

Kontext & Umgebung

Our Culture:

We are committed to meet the energy needs of a growing population and we are committed to the energy transition. The volatility of the energy trading markets requires excellence in risk management and a culture of innovation. We are fully embracing the digital revolution.

Our people flourish in an environment that promotes expertise, entrepreneurship spirit, agility and a purpose-driven culture, generating boundless opportunities to learn, grow and achieve collaborative success.

Reinforcing the competencies of our people is a key pillar of our culture: we train our people to ensure their development and we pledge to encourage safety in all our actions.

We look for passion, ambition and open-mindedness. While we evolve in a demanding industry that requests to be always on the edge, we cultivate a friendly workplace where our people feel good, where team spirit and respect guide our daily routine, where the diversity of our people and their skills create a nourishing experience for all of us.

Contexte and environment:

  • Fast-paced, dynamic trading environment with time-sensitive, business critical activities requiring instantaneous analyses and generation of reports.
  • The Market Risk Analyst is part of the Middle Office team in the Trading Support team involving Houston, Geneva, and Singapore.
  • The Market Risk Analyst works closely with Front Office, Operations, Back Office, Finance, Compliance, and Trading System teams. The team works across locations and product types including natural gas, LNG, power, emissions, and dry bulk products.
  • The Middle Office team is responsible for calculating profits and losses and for monitoring the risks of the trading department. It is responsible for all aspects of market risk control, such as risk identification, measurement, monitoring and disclosure across various classes of energy commodity assets.
  • The Top Management of Gas branch follows and controls the trading activity through the Middle Office reports.

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