Trading Risk Analyst

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Company: Next Era Energy

Requisition : 91923

Next Era Energy Marketing is one of the nation’s leading electricity and natural gas marketers, and a key player in the energy markets in the United States and Canada. As a part of Next Era Energy Resources, we specialize in innovative energy strategies that maximize market value for our customers and stakeholders. Our team is skilled in market analysis, trading, risk management and delivering tailored customer solutions across North America.

If you are a strategic thinker eager to make a significant impact in the fast-paced energy industry, join our team today.

Position Specific Description

We are seeking a skilled and dedicated Trading Risk Analyst to drive process improvement, automation and analytics in Trading Risk Management. This role will focus on Independent Price Verification (IPV) processes that ensure our curves are accurate, unbiased, and reflective of current market conditions. Additional responsibilities will include dashboard development to streamline daily IPV operations and support for quantitative analytics modeling during our ongoing ETRM transition.

This position reports to the Director of Trading Operational Excellence and is based at Next Era Energy's headquarters in Juno Beach, FL. The successful candidate will contribute to our mission-critical IPV operations with extensive growth opportunities in our expanding team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop deep understanding of curve data structure in ZEMA, its evolving capabilities, and integration with ETRM, Bloomberg, and IPV data vendors.
• Monitor and validate daily trader curve uploads, broker data feeds, consensus data submissions, ISO settlements, and published index data in ZEMA.
• Build and map new curves and settlements feeds, while participating in design and optimization of system tools to improve IPV workflows.

• Implement controls and develop AI and/or other digital tools to mitigate IPV-related risks and improve data quality in daily P&L reports.
• Reduce manual interventions and eliminate operational redundancies through automation initiatives.
• Perform root cause analysis on IPV issues and act as subject matter expert on IPV operational risk and process improvement.

• Create KRIs and reporting dashboards to monitor and communicate IPV risk exposures.
• Support quantitative analysis and modeling, advanced data analytics and visualization, systems upgrades and TRM automation projects.
• Develop and maintain dashboard tools for improved user experience in data self-service.

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics, or related quantitative fields.
• 4+ years of strong programming experience in Python for data analytics and automation.
• Excellent proficiency in SQL, Excel, and advanced data analysis tools.
• Understanding of commodity markets, trading operations, and risk management frameworks.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with excellent interpersonal abilities.
• Passionate about operational excellence and continuous improvement.

• 3+ years of experience in energy commodity trading, power markets, or related financial services.
• Familiarity with IPV vendor solutions such as S&P Global Totem or Skylight and curve construction systems such as ZEMA.
• Previous experience in operational risk management and process improvement.

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 review 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.

• Conducts daily transaction exposure analysis and review including troubleshooting and investigation of Profit…