Market Risk Manager - Tallahassee, United States - NextEra Energy Resources

    NextEra Energy Resources
    NextEra Energy Resources Tallahassee, United States

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    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
    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:
    Join a team of 4 to 5 market risk analysts, mentor junior team members
    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
    Daily reconciliation and verification of trading P&L
    Explain profit and loss performance to management
    Produce and distribute daily P&L and attribution, position, and risk reports
    Perform independent price verification of pricing curves, propose valuation reserves as appropriate
    Evaluate complex transactions including calculating Day 1 and other reserves
    Application of company accounting policies to support external financial reporting
    Significant involvement in month-, quarter-, and year-end closing processes
    Conform to SOX controls processes and innovate controls improvements
    Work closely with other risk functions to ensure a holistic approach to risk management
    Support systems upgrades and implementations and Trading Risk Management automation projects
    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

    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
    Collegiality and truly good interpersonal skills balanced with a disciplined risk management approach
    Professional passionate about risk management
    Job Overview

    This position is responsible for ensuring the energy marketing functions are operating in a controlled environment and within established risk management limits.

    Employees in this role oversee a team of analysts responsible for reviewing daily trading position exposures, including time and location spreads, cross commodity arbitrage, options and hedging activity against approved limits.

    This position works with the Front Office and Risk teams to understand new and existing trading strategies for risk review and reporting and ensures correct application of pricing methodologies.

    Job Duties & Responsibilities
    Oversees and manages a team of Trading Risk analysts in support of energy marketing functions
    Reviews daily risk reports prepared by analysts prior to submission and regular review of deal amendments log for exceptions
    Reviews reports to support earnings and prepares reports for management on a monthly basis
    Manages confirmation processes, independent pricing validations and origination deal processing
    Supports systems upgrades and implementations and Risk automation projects
    Maintains oversight of Risk Controls including maintenance of Trading and Risk Manuals and supports SOX, FERC and any other internal audit testing processes
    Liaises between the front office personnel, accounting (back-office), credit, and systems (IT) on a daily basis
    Prepares executive management reports including associated analysis of asset related and proprietary trading market exposures
    Performs other job-related duties as assigned
    Required Qualifications
    Bachelor's Degree

    Experience: 8+ years

    Preferred Qualifications
    None
    Job Overview

    This position is responsible for ensuring the energy marketing functions are operating in a controlled environment and within established risk management limits.

    Employees in this role oversee a team of analysts responsible for reviewing daily trading position exposures, including time and location spreads, cross commodity arbitrage, options and hedging activity against approved limits.

    This position works with the Front Office and Risk teams to understand new and existing trading strategies for risk review and reporting and ensures correct application of pricing methodologies.

    Job Duties & Responsibilities

    Oversees and manages a team of Trading Risk analysts in support of energy marketing functions
    Reviews daily risk reports prepared by analysts prior to submission and regular review of deal amendments log for exceptions
    Reviews reports to support earnings and prepares reports for management on a monthly basis
    Manages confirmation processes, independent pricing validations and origination deal processing
    Supports systems upgrades and implementations and Risk automation projects
    Maintains oversight of Risk Controls including maintenance of Trading and Risk Manuals and supports SOx, FERC and any other internal audit testing processes
    Liaises between the front office personnel, accounting (backoffice), credit, and systems (IT) on a daily basis
    Prepares executive management reports including associated analysis of asset related and proprietary trading market exposures
    Performs other job-related duties as assigned
    Required Qualifications

    Bachelor's Degree

    Experience: 8+ years

    Preferred Qualifications

    None

    Employee Group:
    Exempt

    Employee Type:
    Full Time

    Job Category:
    Energy Trading

    Organization:
    NextEra Energy Marketing, LLC

    Relocation Provided:
    Yes, if applicable
    NextEra Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

    Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, age, national origin, religion, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetics, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law.

    We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace.

    NextEra Energy provides reasonable accommodation in its application and selection process for qualified individuals, including accommodations related to compliance with conditional job offer requirements, consistent with federal, state, and local laws.

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    NextEra Energy will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.

    However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.

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    Nearest Major Market:
    Palm Beach

    Nearest Secondary Market:
    Miami

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