Senior Energy Market Risk Analyst

Primary Purpose
Responsible for developing and performing a broad spectrum of quantitative analyses in support of Sempra Infrastructure risk management group overseeing the wholesale trading functions.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Manages and/or performs the processes, models and data used to calculate daily/weekly/monthly risk and position metrics and market summarization and prepares associated reports.
• Risk management contact for trade capture system maintenance including maintaining trading books, markets, locations, product definitions and any other risk management activity within the trade capture system.
• Provide analytical and modeling support to risk management and product structuring efforts.
• Monitors risk limits and notifies Risk Manager and traders of limit breaches in a timely manner.
• Provides quality control review for reporting and modeling prepared by others in the Risk and Structuring group.
• Works with IT, Back Office, Credit, Traders and Schedulers to resolve issues that arise from time to time.
• Performs other duties as assigned (no more than 5% of duties).

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree Mathematics, statistics, economics, business, or other quantitative field from a top tier program.
• 5+ Trading, structuring or quantitative analysis experience in energy or financial markets.
• Ability to apply understanding of abstract theory in a focused, practical manner to develop and implement effective solutions to real world problems. Must also be a team player, comfortable with multitasking and responding rapidly to frequent changes.
• Knowledge of VaR, options valuation, and risk management methodologies.
• Knowledge of commodities markets (especially natural gas) and common finance/risk management practices.
• Knowledge of Excel.
• Ability to quickly familiarize oneself with industry fundamentals.
• Ability to organize thoughts and clearly explain work to others orally and in writing.
• Ability to interact with all levels of management in a professional and team-building manner.
• Knowledge of OpenLink.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree Mathematics, statistics, economics, business, or other quantitative field from a top tier program.
• Energy or commodity industry experience strongly preferred.

Sempra Services Corporation will consider qualified applicants with a criminal history consistent with the San Diego County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act. You do not need to disclose your criminal history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. Find out more about the Fair Chance Ordinance by visiting the San Diego County Office of Labor Stands and Enforcement webpage.