Confirmations & Trade Control Manager

EDF Trading North America, LLC is a major participant in wholesale energy markets and delivers customized energy solutions for our customers.

We operate in every market and provide coast to coast coverage of financial and physical products in power, natural gas and NGLs, environmental products and financial crude oil products. We provide our customers with products and services that deliver access to markets, optimize their energy portfolio, hedge risk and manage assets. Our Wholesale Business operates throughout the value chain in the North American wholesale power markets and we are one of the leading wholesale natural gas marketers.

Additionally, we provide environmental, congestion management and value added derivative products. With extensive pipeline agreements, we can manage natural gas offtakes, deliveries, capacities and supply anywhere across the continent.

EDF Trading North America, LLC is part of the EDF Group, a global leader in low-carbon energies.

Job Description:

The Confirmations & Trade Control Manager is responsible for end to end oversight of post execution trade controls and confirmations for physical and financial commodity transactions. This role ensures trades are accurately captured, validated, confirmed, amended, and governed in compliance with internal controls and external regulatory requirements. The Manager leads the Confirmations and Trade Control teams and partners closely with Front Office, Transaction Management, Legal, Credit, Risk, Compliance, Finance, and IT to resolve issues, mitigate operational risk, and drive continuous improvement across the trade lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities
Confirmations Management & Regulatory Compliance

• Manage day to day operations of the Confirmations team, ensuring accurate and timely execution of all confirmation activities.

• Ensure confirmations are generated, drafted, executed, and governed in accordance with regulatory and internal requirements.

• Oversee review and execution of confirmation documentation, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance with departmental standards.

• Ensure confirmation issues, discrepancies, and outstanding items are identified, prioritized, and resolved in a timely manner.

• Manage and monitor confirmation workflow queues to ensure proper prioritization and workload balance.

• Oversee exception reporting for outstanding confirmations and ensure appropriate follow up and resolution by the team.

• Liaise with Front Office, Commercial, Legal, IT and/or Compliance on:
o Trade lifecycle events (e.g., novations, terminations, amendments)
o Dodd Frank and other regulatory reporting requirements
o Resolution of deal entry errors and counter party disputes

• Monitor changes in industry regulations and implement required updates to confirmation procedures and templates in coordination with internal stakeholders.

• Establish clear goals, objectives, benchmarks, and performance metrics to measure team effectiveness and success.

• Develop and cross train team members to ensure adequate coverage, scalability, and support for company initiatives.

Trade Control & Deal Lifecycle Oversight

• Oversee validation and control of trades from execution through settlement, ensuring accurate capture, attributes, and status in the ETRM system.

• Manage complex trade lifecycle activities, including:
o Trade amendments, corrections, and rebooking
o Deal splits, novations, terminations, and unwinds
o Profile regeneration and related system adjustments

• Monitor and resolve trade exceptions such as missing pricing, resets, structural attributes, or system limitations requiring manual intervention.

• Oversee exchange and gateway activity, including ICE autoflow trades and manually entered non auto gateway trades, ensuring proper mappings and validated trade status.

• Monitor additional trading platforms and gateways, ensuring trades are accurately updated, amended, or canceled as required.

• Support interbook trade validations and related control requirements.

• Provide guidance to Front Office on deal templates, trade attributes, fee structures, and booking standards.

• Partner with internal stakeholders to resolve trade discrepancies and…