Senior Quant Risk Specialist - Energy Trading & Model Validation

Vallum Associates; Greater London; Vor Ort; GBP 120.000 - 180.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Vallum Associates is seeking a senior quantitative risk specialist for a highly technical role supporting trading and origination in the energy sector. You will work closely with Front Office, Risk and wider commercial teams, independently reviewing pricing and valuation approaches, challenging methodologies and strengthening how the business measures risk across complex energy transactions.

This role emphasizes hands-on model validation, risk methodology development and robust, well-understood

Qualifikationen

• Strong energy / utilities experience across power, gas, energy trading, supply or origination.
• Hands-on Python capability, with SQL and/or VBA as complementary tooling.
• Deep quantitative risk experience across VaR, stress testing, valuation, risk methodology, stochastic modelling, and structured transactions.
• Clear understanding of how quantitative models are used in trading and risk environments.

Aufgaben

• Review pricing and valuation approaches, challenge methodologies and strengthen risk measurement for complex energy transactions.
• Validate models and support development of risk methodologies to ensure robustness and transparency.
• Collaborate with Front Office, Risk and Technology to implement robust risk frameworks and validate model assumptions.
• Apply specialist quantitative risk skills to model validation and hands-on analytics rather than governance.

Kenntnisse

Python

Energy / utilities experience

VaR

Stress testing

Valuation

Stochastic modelling

Risk methodology

Structured transactions

Ausbildung

Master's degree or higher in a quantitative field

Tools

SQL

VBA

Jobbeschreibung

Vallum Associates is seeking a senior quantitative risk specialist for a highly technical role supporting trading and origination in the energy sector. You will work closely with Front Office, Risk and wider commercial teams, independently reviewing pricing and valuation approaches, challenging methodologies and strengthening how the business measures risk across complex energy transactions.

This role emphasizes hands-on model validation, risk methodology development and robust, well-understood