Market Risk Principal Analyst

EDF UK; Greater London; On-site; GBP 59,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus potential

Market-leading pension

Electric vehicle leasing

Discounted gym membership

Life assurance

Tech vouchers

Experience days

Job summary

EDF UK is seeking a Market Risk Principal Analyst to independently analyze and report on market risk across trading, hedging and commercial activity. You’ll develop models and reporting processes, using Power BI, SQL and Python, to support senior stakeholders and drive informed decisions.

You’ll join a team based in the UK, with weekly attendance at the London Victoria site, contributing to EDF’s transition towards an Electric Britain.

Qualifications

• Strong quantitative and numerical background.
• Experience in Market Risk or similar role.
• Knowledge of Value at Risk, stress testing and scenario analysis.
• Experience communicating complex analysis to senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high‑quality market risk reporting, including VaR and stress testing.
• Develop risk methodologies and quantitative models to measure and report risk.
• Support and challenge commercial decisions with clear analysis.
• Monitor the Market Risk Mandate and Risk Control Framework, escalating breaches.
• Improve risk reporting and automation using Power BI, SQL and Python.

Skills

Quantitative background

Market risk experience

VaR

Stress testing

Scenario analysis

Clear communication

Tools

Power BI

SQL

Python

Job description

• Career area: Finance, Tax, Trading & Risk
• Primary Contractual Location: Nova North
• Term of Employment: Permanent

Job Description

Ready to use your quantitative expertise to influence how one of the UK’s largest energy portfolios manages market risk? At EDF, Success is Personal. You’ll have the opportunity to challenge, analyse and improve how we understand risk, while building a career that’s unique to you.

The Opportunity

As a Market Risk Principal Analyst, you’ll provide independent, accurate and insightful market risk analysis across our trading, hedging and commercial activities, helping EDF understand and manage risk across its portfolio while supporting our transition towards An Electric Britain.

This role will typically involve weekly attendance at our #London Victoria office, so you'll need to live within a reasonable commute of the site.

You’ll develop risk methodologies, quantitative models and reporting processes using tools including Power BI, SQL and Python. Working with stakeholders across trading, supply, pricing and valuations, you’ll turn complex risk analysis into clear insight that supports effective commercial decisions.

In Customers Finance, our SPIRIT values, Supportive, Professional, Inquisitive, Respectful, Inclusive and Transparent, are at the heart of how we work. Whatever your role, you’ll help create a culture built on trust, collaboration, curiosity and continuous improvement, helping us deliver great outcomes for our customers, colleagues and business.

Who You Are

We’re looking for a Market Risk Principal Analyst who enjoys getting beneath complex problems, challenging thinking and turning quantitative analysis into clear insight for senior stakeholders. To be shortlisted, you need to offer:

• A strong quantitative and numerical background
• Experience in Market Risk or a similar role
• Knowledge of Value at Risk, stress testing and scenario analysis
• Experience communicating complex analysis and insight clearly to senior stakeholders

What You’ll Be Doing

• Delivering high-quality market risk reporting, including Value at Risk, stress testing and other risk metrics
• Developing risk methodologies and quantitative models to understand, measure, monitor and report risk
• Supporting and challenging commercial decisions through clear, insightful analysis
• Monitoring the Energy Market Risk Mandate and wider Risk Control Framework, identifying and escalating breaches
• Improving risk reporting and automation using tools such as Power BI, SQL and Python

Pay, Benefits and Culture

Alongsidecirca £65000per annum, potential for an annual bonus, and a market-leading pension scheme, your package will include customisable benefits such as electric vehicle leasing, discounted gym membership, life assurance, tech vouchers, experience days, and more.

At EDF, we believe there are multiple definitions of what it means to succeed. That’s why we offer you the freedom to develop a career that’s unique to you. Here, Success is Personal – it’s your journey, powered by us.

Everyone is welcome at EDF; we’re committed to building a workforce that reflects gender balance, social mobility, and inclusion of minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+ communities, and those with disabilities. As a Disability Confident employer, we will support applicants requiring adjustments.

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