Financial Risk Analyst

Our client is looking for a Financial Risk Analyst who will be responsible for providing support and oversight of the risk management department activities, compliance and procedures. Acting as liaison for multi-functional departments, you will identify and analyze areas of potential risk threatening the assets, earning capacity and success of the organization.

This position is based in Portland, OR.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure compliance with the organization’s Financial Risk policies and procedures.
• Enhance and maintain an effective internal control structure over transactions.
• Perform calculations of credit exposure for physical and financial commodity transactions.
• Review and approve all physical and financial transactions to ensure compliance with relevant company policies, procedures, SOX controls implementation and review.
• Determine weaknesses and opportunities for control environment’s improvement; develop solutions and implementation of strategies.
• Perform Middle Office functions including deal validation, confirmation, valuation, contract administration, derivative credit approval and monitoring.
• Support in the contract administration and review of various contracts to ensure compliance with the objectives and policies.
• Manage contract terms; facilitate contract approval process. Coordinate contracts or modifications to existing contracts with different departments. Ensure new contracts are compliant with existing policy and risk tolerance.
• Maintain and operate Financial Risk applications and models; develop models for forecasting.
• System administration of data feeds, trades, and compliance within trading system.
• Apply statistical methods to supply planning to optimize management of the natural gas portfolio.
• At-Risk analysis (VaR, CFaR; EaR; simulations) to measure and monitor risks using analytical tools.
• Monitor and report on the organization’s derivative counterparty credit risk exposures; maintain and enhance credit exposure tracking and reporting.
• Assist in selection, development, and implementation of systems to assure accurate, timely, and complete information flow and reporting.
• Support in ongoing and new projects; perform other duties as assigned.
  

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Finance, Accounting, or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of related experience.
• Background within the natural gas market; Contract administration, SOX and or policy compliance experience, a plus.
• Understanding of commodity purchase concepts and operations in a utility environment regarding front, middle and back office.
• Highly proficient with Microsoft Office.
• Experience or knowledge of the following a plus:
  • Modeling techniques (i.e., applied mathematics and statistics, and database skills).
  • Report writing skills (i.e., Power BI, Crystal Report Writer, or SSRS).
  • Market and credit risk measurements: VaR, CFaR, sensitivity, and stress testing.
  • ASC 815 (FAS 133) accounting rule, and its application to energy transactions.
  • Physical commodities and or financial derivative instruments.

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