Market Risk Manager

Talen Energy

About The Position

The Market Risk Manager is responsible for daily market risk and P&L reporting, risk limit monitoring, portfolio analytics, and cross-functional communication to ensure transparent performance and risk management. This role delivers timely executive-ready insights, maintains key reporting processes and controls, and partners with Commercial, Operations, Finance/FP&A, and Investor Relations to support decision-making.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
10+ years experience in market risk management, portfolio analytics, trading support, FP&A, or a related role with strong preference in PJM power markets, plus if experience with market risk reporting for generation assets
Strong understanding of P&L drivers, risk metrics/limits, and valuation concepts (including mark-to-market where applicable).
Advanced Excel skills and ability to work with large datasets; comfort working with dashboards and recurring reporting routines.
Ability to synthesize complex results into clear written and verbal explanations for both technical and non-technical audiences.
Strong process discipline, documentation mindset, and attention to controls and data quality.

Nice To Haves

Experience in commodities/power/gas markets and hedge performance reporting.
Proficiency with SQL and/or Python for automation, analytics, and data validation.
Experience with planning and reporting tools (e.g., Planful) and BI platforms (e.g., Power BI/Tableau).
Familiarity with risk systems, ETRM/CTRM platforms, and/or valuation models, experience with Endure Openlink a plus
Demonstrated experience improving reporting processes, controls, and data pipelines.

Responsibilities

Produce a morning preview of daily P&L and communicate key drivers.
Perform P&L attribution and explain results versus expectations.
Prepare P&L explained narratives suitable for executive and stakeholder consumption.
Monitor risk limits and deliver risk limit and executive reporting.
Maintain portfolio scorecards, dashboards, and recurring presentations.
Document P&L assumptions and maintain a controlled assumptions library.
Deliver ad hoc analysis to support trading, hedging, and management decisions.
Develop and maintain PTC price buildup and related supporting analytics.
Translate and load P&L assumptions into databases to improve traceability and reporting automation.
Rebuild and enhance P&L reports to improve accuracy, usability, and delivery timelines.
Drive continuous improvement in data management, controls, and portfolio analytics views.
Support Finance/FP&A with mark-to-market (MtM) valuation analysis (e.g., AWS MtM) and related reconciliations.
Build forward margin and portfolio value roll-forwards to support forecasting and planning.
Maintain and update modeling inputs (e.g., PTC inputs) and related documentation.
Prepare and maintain scorecards used for management reporting and planning processes.
Deliver planning outputs in required formats (e.g., Planful extracts) to internal stakeholders.
Run fuel impact analysis on power plants for Operations and Finance stakeholders and summarize implications for current-quarter performance.
Distribute results at the beginning of each month and respond to inbound questions with clear, supportable explanations.
Maintain repeatable processes, inputs, and controls to ensure consistent monthly delivery.
Send UCO requests and develop/maintain a schedule of expected unit characteristic updates for generation assets.
Partner with Operations, Commercial, and Finance to gather updates and validate assumptions.
Stage UCO updates and run current-quarter (cQ) impact analysis; finalize impacts through to P&L.
Communicate impact analysis, document rationale, and seek required approvals.
Manage ad hoc UCO requests and maintain a tracker of changes and impacts, including source references.
Provide backup support for presentation deck reviews, REC & EFEC reporting, and new portfolio views/analysis.
Provide cross-coverage for UC staging and approvals as needed.
Back up daily morning commercial reporting, including pricing, dashboard, position, position limit, cash month position, and position dashboard maintenance.
Support coal impairment processes by running cQuant with provided WACI, refreshing downstream analysis, and providing results to Finance with documented controls.