Market Risk Manager
A leading competitive power generation company is seeking a Market Risk Manager who will be 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.
Responsibilities:
- P&L and Market Risk Reporting
- 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.
Minimum Qualifications:
- 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.
Preferred Qualifications:
- 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.
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