Market Risk Manager

ETRA Talent; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

ETRA Talent is seeking a Market Risk Manager in London to join a leading international energy and commodities business. The role focuses on managing commodity price exposure, hedging strategies, and delivering market insights to senior stakeholders and clients.

The position sits close to trading and commercial activities, requiring strong quantitative analysis and collaboration across multiple teams. Experience in energy or wholesale markets is highly valued.

Qualifications

• Experience across energy, commodities or wholesale markets.
• Strong analytical and quantitative modelling ability.
• Ability to translate market data into actionable risk insights.

Responsibilities

• Monitoring and analysing commodity price exposure and customer positions.
• Developing hedging and risk management strategies.
• Producing market analyses, price views and forward curve assessments.
• Collaborating with trading, commercial, settlements and technology teams.
• Providing market and risk insights to stakeholders and clients.
• Developing and improving risk tools, processes and reporting.

Job description

London | Energy & Commodities

I’m working with a leading international energy and commodities business that is looking to appoint a Market Risk Manager into its London team.

This is a commercially focused market risk role sitting close to the trading and commercial businesses, with responsibility for managing and analysing commodity price exposure, developing hedging strategies and providing market insight to senior stakeholders and clients.

The role

You will be responsible for:

• Monitoring and managing commodity price risk and customer positions


• Developing and implementing effective hedging and risk management strategies


• Producing market analysis, price views and forward curve assessments


• Analysing supply, demand and fundamental market data


• Performing quantitative modelling and portfolio analysis


• Monitoring portfolio performance and market exposures


• Working with trading, commercial, settlements and technology teams


• Providing market and risk insight to internal and external stakeholders


• Supporting the development of risk management tools, processes and reporting

The background

I’m particularly interested in speaking with candidates who have experience across energy, commodities or wholesale markets, ideally with exposure to:

• Commodity Trading Risk


• Hedging and derivatives


• Natural Gas and/or Power markets


• Physical and financial commodity products


• Quantitative market analysis and modelling

You could be coming from an energy supplier, commodity trading house, broker, TPI or wholesale energy business.

Strong commercial awareness and the ability to translate complex market information into clear recommendations are essential.

If you have genuine experience in energy/commodity market risk and hedging, I’d be very interested in speaking with you.