Requisition ID: 85711
NextEra Energy Marketing is one of the nation’s leading electricity and natural gas marketers. We are responsible for electricity and fuel management for all of NextEra Energy Resources’ generation fleet, which includes the largest renewable energy portfolio in North America. We also provide marketing and trading services to electric and gas utilities, municipalities, cooperatives and other load-serving entities, as well as to owners of electric generation facilities. Are you interested in customizing power and gas solutions to meet each client’s needs? Join our world-class team today!
Position Specific Description
We are looking for a highly skilled, hands-on market risk manager and product controller to join our market risk management team. This team operates several areas of support that some firms may operate separately: market risk management, product control, and independent price verification. We see these areas as inseparable for a complete understanding of the trading risks. The person we are seeking is a seasoned professional who is excited about energy risk management and can translate that into building a first-class risk function.
This role reports to the Director, Head of Market Risk Management and is based at NextEra Energy’s headquarters in beautiful Juno Beach, FL. NextEra is uniquely positioned in the US power markets, especially in renewables, and continues to grow. While we expect the successful candidate to make a commitment to this role, the company offers extensive career opportunities at this location.
Responsibilities
Qualifications
Proven success on a leading power and gas trading floor as a risk manager and/or product controller or closely related roles, e.g., trader, 8+ years Strong knowledge of power and gas markets, as well as other energy and traded markets Strong understanding of physical trading, derivatives, and financial products Excellent quantitative and analytical skills Excellent proficiency in Excel, SQL, and quantitative programming languages such as Python Experience with Energy Trading Risk Management Systems Degree in a quantitative discipline Collegiality and truly good interpersonal skills balanced with a disciplined risk management approach Job OverviewEmployees will be highly skilled, hands-on market risk managers and product controllers with proven experience in a trading floor environment. Strong technical skills are expected with a deep understanding of traded markets, especially power and other energy commodities. While this role has no direct reports, leadership and mentoring of junior staff is an important part of the role.
Job Duties & Responsibilities Engage with traders, originators, and other business units to understand the strategies and risks across the trading floor and embed that understanding in risk management operations Develop and implement market risk models, including VaR, stress testing, and scenario analysis Monitor, analyze, and report on market risk exposures and assess exposures versus established limits Produce and distribute daily PnL and attribution, position, and risk reports Perform independent price verification of pricing curves, and propose valuation reserves as appropriate Significant involvement in month-, quarter-, and year-end closing processes Support systems upgrades and implementations and Trading Risk Management automation projects Conform to SOX controls processes and innovate controls improvements Mentor junior team members Foster a risk aware culture, model high ethical standards, and be a champion for the company’s values of excellence, doing the right thing, and respect Performs other job-related duties as assigned Required Qualifications Bachelor's Degree Experience: 7+ years Preferred Qualifications Master's Degree
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Employee Group: Exempt
Employee Type: Full Time
Job Category: Energy Trading
Organization: NextEra Energy Marketing, LLC
Relocation Provided: Yes, if applicable
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