Risk Analyst, Gas Product Control

NRG Energy, Inc.•Princeton, NJ

66d•Hybrid

About The Position

As an NRG employee, we encourage you to take charge of your career and development journey. We invite you to explore exciting opportunities across our businesses. You'll find that our dynamic work environment provides variety and challenge. Your growth is key to our ongoing success-take the lead in shaping your career development, goals and future! Job Summary: NRG is looking for an Analyst to join its Gas Product Control team. The successful candidate will possess a strong technical and data analytics background. The candidate must be adept at working independently as well as have strong collaborative capabilities to assist Commercial Operations, Supply, Finance, Accounting, and Customer Operations teams to adequately mitigate risk and preserve expected margins. This position will report to the Product Control Senior Manager within the Gas Product Control group and will be in our Princeton, NJ office.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in quantitative disciplines like Finance, Accounting, Mathematics, Engineering, or Sciences

Nice To Haves

Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Extensive experience with MS Excel
Working knowledge of various reporting tools such as Power BI
Attention to detail, diligent, and highly organized
Proven ability to manipulate and analyze large datasets
Knowledge of energy markets a plus; electricity, natural gas, renewables and/or oil markets
Understanding of common risk metrics and control methodologies within a commodity trading environment also a plus

Responsibilities

Analyze, value, and provide risk analysis around complex transactions and portfolio positions, including complex derivatives, hedging strategies, and trading assets
Develop and monitor position and P&L reports for NRG's energy portfolio
Mark and/or validate end-of-day curves in the risk system
Leverage problem solving and analytical skills along with new technologies such as AI to enhance and automate various risk processes
Collaborate effectively within the Risk team and with other departments on issues/projects
Support requests from NRG's internal and external auditors
Work closely with IT on risk system improvements and testing new enhancements