Deals Desk Analyst - Natural Gas

Main Purpose

• Risk Management & Reporting and Product control functions of accounting and financial reporting are the core aspects of the Deals Desk role.
• Risk Management entails measuring, verifying, reporting and mitigating risks arising out of the physical and derivative natural gas business.
• Product Control entails validating the accuracy and legitimacy of the accounting and financial reporting of the Profit and Loss numbers arising out of the business.
• Management Reporting of performance with historic comparisons and market analysis.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities, Key Responsibilities

• Product level management and reporting of Risk, Exposures and P&L arising out of physical and derivative natural gas trading strategies.
• Generating forward curves used to mark-to-market the business on a daily basis.
• Product Level analysis of performance of the business through Positions, Profit and Loss and Volume analysis and reporting these to the Product Head and other Senior Management.
• Liaising with other key departments of Credit, Tax, Accounting, Operations and Chartering to ensure smooth functioning of the day-to-day business translates into accurate reporting on a daily basis.
• User Acceptance Testing (UAT) with IT to constantly improve proprietary Trading and Risk Management systems. Ensuring all basis risk and volumetric positions are correct and appropriate hedge actions taken, and that all executions are correctly allocated within trading system.
• 2-4 years of experience in physical & derivative natural gas markets inclusive of its underlying structures and instruments.
• Comprehensive understanding of trading models and trading strategies and exposures that arise out of them.
• Cross-product or Multiple Region experience is beneficial.
• Expertise in Trading and Risk Management System, especially Allegro.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Experience with SQL and Python.
• Strong work-ethic & organizational skills.
• Excellent communication.
• Multi-tasking ability.
• Experience in training/mentoring junior talent.

Key Relationships and Department Overview

Reports into Regional Deals Desk Manager with business level reporting into Global Product Manager.