Market Risk Analyst

Market Risk Analyst

Department: Risk

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: Gibraltar

• Reporting To: Steve McEwan

Description

This role focuses on the preparation and production daily P&L reporting to enable the business to understand and manager commercial & trading performance across a specific region e.g. Europe, Americas. 

This includes daily volume exposure reporting, stock control, P&L reporting, analysis, limit monitoring and monthly Management Information to Management Accounts reconciliations. 

Main Responsibilities

• Working closely with Traders internally to ensure data is accurate and timely; and, with the physical operations teams for reviewing all stock movements, either in tank, barges, waterborne, in pipe, etc (delivered or to be delivered); 
• Help to implement process and system improvements to streamline activities
• Reviewing and checking daily physical and paper transactions have been posted correctly, and also to ensure the hedging is carried out correctly each day;
• Providing commercial analysis; specifically, monthly commercial performance measures, fixed cost reporting and analysis, analysis of pricing and basis risk around physical operations; 
• Analyse the operative performance of Peninsula barges (loadings, deliveries, transfers, loss control) and terminals and look for cost reduction opportunities 
• Ensuring the integrity of data through the implementation and use of suitable controls;
• Work closely with the Finance team at month end to ensure accurate reporting.

Knowledge, Skills And Experience

Essential:

• Business level of English language essential
• Relevant experience within oil trading; additionally, the candidate may have held other relevant positions within an energy trading environment.
• Strong understanding of risks and P&L attribution.
• Excellent communication and relationship management skills, internationally across the group and externally.
• Track record of improving existing procedures.
• Experience in physical oil operations.
• Experience of managing or supporting business growth.
• Working under pressure and to tight deadlines.
• Fast learner, active thinker who can gain an in-depth knowledge of the business and detailed familiarization of the daily reports.
• To identify easily when something doesn’t look or feel right.
• Ambitious, self-motivated and demonstrating a willingness to continually develop own knowledge and skills 
• High level of computer literacy including proficiency of MS Office package 
• Knowledge of other languages

Desirable