Energy Risk Manager for North America

E&C•Columbus, OH

About The Position

E&C advises a portfolio of large international companies on their risk management for buying electricity and natural gas. Every day, these customers have to take decisions on whether they will fix, not fix or unfix forward natural gas and electricity prices. E&C sets up a risk management strategy for these clients and gives pro-active advice on those hedging decisions. We are searching for an energy risk manager to enforce our team. The energy risk manager plays a key role in analysing the markets and giving advice to clients on fixing and unfixing decisions.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in finance, energy, business management or similar
C1 level in English
A keen interest in the energy markets is key.
Well organized, used to prioritize tasks in order of importance and urgency.
Take accountability for the ins and outs beyond your own role; can work independently, set goals for yourself and others and give substance to them.
Dare to take decisions, act adequately and quickly, and are not afraid of taking (calculated) risks to obtain a certain advantage.
Proficient at analysing data and synthesizing the information for clients and colleagues.

Nice To Haves

Experience in the energy market is a plus

Responsibilities

Make an analysis of the global energy markets and assess what they mean for clients in North America.
Run through hedge recommendations generated by the ePoint system and decide whether to make the recommendations or not.
Execute hedge recommendations using the hedge recommendation tool that generates messages for clients.
Comment market evolutions and recommendations to clients and consultants.
Assist clients in the administrative execution of their decisions to fix or unfix.
Assist clients that receive OTC price quotes to evaluate them and negotiate with suppliers to obtain better prices.
Track all activity in the ePoint system.
On days with low hedging activity, make fundamental analysis of energy markets that results in text material that can be used in market reports, white papers, blog articles, video’s, podcasts, etc.