Business Analyst - Trading & Risk Management

• Managing the middle-office and back-office operations of the trading operations at CCD


• Analyze, model and report market risk for all trading activities at CCD


• Analyze mark-to-market valuations, risk positions, basis changes, and P/L results on a daily basis


• Develop and maintain risk reporting/analytics to communicate position, P/L and market risk to traders and management


• Coordinate and review deal and price in trading system by performing deal check, price validation, curve update, and data reconciliation


• Develop controls and governance frameworks to accommodate the bespoke nature of the structured business


• Monitor timely deal capture, internal trading limits, and risk policy requirements to ensure the representativeness and integrity of transactions in the trading system


• Work closely with traders in creating, testing and executing trading strategies and to quantify and explain the sources of risk in their portfolios


• Identify and communicate operational risk, define risk mitigating measures and priorities


• Conduct secondary and primary research using public and paid databases


• Gather and evaluate policies and regulations on energy & carbon sector to identify opportunities and risks for the trading function

Job Requirements

• Experienced professionals with Bachelor’s degree in Economics or STEM, MBA or master’s in economics can apply


• Experience of 2-4 years’ within a trading and risk management organization, including a strong understanding of trading, operations, risk, compliance and mid/back-office business processes, policies, procedures and controls will be preferred


• Experience/knowledge of the voluntary carbon markets and associated standards (e.g., VCS, Gold Standard, REDD+) and energy markets will be an added advantage


• Comprehensive understanding of risk management methodologies and valuation models


• Must be proactive in looking for ways to improve processes and controls


• Exceptional curiosity, energy, drive, and desire to figure out the world


• Strong presentation skills, commercial sense and a knack of thinking from a business standpoint, delivering high accuracy output


• Consistently produce work to a high standard of quality, thoughtfulness, and insight within prompt deadlines


• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, strong work ethic, a “team player,” organized and high level of attention to detail


• Willingness to learn nuances of new sectors (carbon and energy utilities) quickly with support from an expert team


• Proficiency in using Microsoft Office- PowerPoint, Excel (preferably VBA/macro) and Google Workspace products

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  Flexible working hours and leave policy


• Learning and development opportunities


• Access to industry and domain thought leaders