About the Role
Pangea is working with a leading global energy trading firm in seeking a Senior Market Risk Analyst to support its LNG and Natural Gas trading desk in London. This role sits close to the front office, providing independent risk insight across complex physical and financial gas portfolios.
The position offers strong exposure to global LNG and gas markets, with responsibility for market risk analysis, limit monitoring, stress testing, and direct engagement with traders and senior stakeholders. Ideal candidates will have solid commodities market risk experience (Gas/LNG preferred), strong quantitative skills, and the confidence to operate in a fast-paced trading environment.
Role Overview:
The position offers strong exposure to global LNG and gas markets, with responsibility for market risk analysis, limit monitoring, stress testing, and direct engagement with traders and senior stakeholders. Ideal candidates will have solid commodities market risk experience (Gas/LNG preferred), strong quantitative skills, and the confidence to operate in a fast-paced trading environment.
Role Overview:
- Daily analysis of the trading positions, P&L and VaR, on an aggregate portfolio basis down to the trading portfolio level.
- Monitor trading activity daily against established trading authority limits and working with Traders to adjust limits as business dictates.
- Ensure adherence to Supply & Trading Control Policy and escalate to appropriate level when appropriate.
- Create, adjust and validate price curves working with front office to ensure accuracy to market exposure.
- Work with IT and Risk Control Global teams on system and ad-hoc projects driving adoption of digital tools, global alignment and timely implementations.
- Perform ad hoc analysis of commodity price volatilities, correlations, absolute prices, VaR or other duties as assigned.
- Act as steward for trading system data.
- Location of this role is on a fast paced, open concept, trade floor
- Bachelor’s degree
- 5+ years’ experience in Market Risk in a Trading Environment
- Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to explain complex subjects to all levels from Traders through to Senior Managers.
- Ability to prioritise and work under deadlines
- Understanding of the underlying fundamentals of commodity and product flow.
- Ability to analyze large data sets to enable insightful analysis that explains drivers in exposure, P&L and VaR to Supply & Trading organization.
- Highly proficient with Excel and trading database applications.
- Work closely with IT on system and digital projects, troubleshooting issues and drive changes needed.
- Work closely with Supply & Trading and trade analysts to provide theory and logic of the risk values presented in the Daily Management Risk Report.
- Ability to effectively interact and communicate with team members, Supply & Trading personnel and Senior Management from all functions.
- Provide clear, logical recommendations in a concise manner, to both internal and external stakeholders.
- Ability to synthesize complex topics and present appropriate level of detail for the audience