Risk Analyst Commodity Trading Ph.D

Energy Quant (m/f/d) – Risk Analyst Commodity Trading (Ph.D.)

• Contributing to the analysis and assessment of liquidity, financing and valuation risks arising from global trading activities in the commodities market.
• Working closely with traders in the trading room and monitoring daily transactions from a quantitative perspective to ensure profitability, capital efficiency and a controlled level of risk‑taking.
• Ongoing support of trading decisions with the development of advanced quantitative models to price and manage derivatives, running capital and liquidity models.
• Further development of quantitative tools and methods for the Quant Library in collaboration with the Trading, Finance, Credit, Compliance, Risk Management and IT teams.
• Ensuring robust risk assessment for every planned transaction.

• Ph.D. in a quantitative discipline.
• Professional experience in commodities trading at a bank or within the commodities sector.
• Experience with pricing and valuation for commodity business, e.g., oil & gas.
• Familiarity with derivatives modelling.
• Programming skills in Java, Scala, C++, Python, SQL, VBA, etc.
• Analytical mindset with attention to detail.
• Team‑oriented and good communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, and stakeholders as well as strong problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to explain complex quantitative concepts to traders.
• German and English language proficiency.