Risk Analyst

Startup Atlas; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Sympower is scaling its risk analytics for trading across wholesale and balancing markets in Europe. The Risk Analyst will monitor market risk, track P&L, VaR, exposure metrics, and ensure compliance while collaborating with traders, quants, and engineers.

Reporting to the Trading Risk Manager, you will support end-of-day PnL, risk attribution, curve validation, and post-trade analytics; you’ll help strengthen limit frameworks and risk controls across the desk.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in a front-line risk role in energy trading.
• Degree in a quantitative field; FRM/CQF advantageous.
• Experience with risk metrics like PnL, VaR, EaR.

Responsibilities

• Monitor market risk for wholesale and balancing markets.
• Track P&L, VaR, EaR, and exposure; ensure limits.
• Support compliance, reporting, and risk attribution.
• Collaborate with traders, quants, and engineers.

Skills

Energy trading risk

Data analysis

Compliance monitoring

English fluency

Education

Quantitative degree

Tools

Trade surveillance tools

Job description

Sympower combines technology, finance, and partnership to optimize battery storage and energy flexibility across European markets, managing over 3 GW of flexible assets with more than 10 years of experience.

The Risk Analyst will monitor market-risk and analytics for trading in wholesale and balancing markets, track position limits, P&L, Value at risk, and exposure metrics, and ensure compliance standards are met while collaborating with traders, quants, and engineers.

Job Description

The position

Sympower is quickly scaling its flexible asset trading and optimization platform in Europe. Our portfolio and pipeline include sizable BESS projects, which we optimize across wholesale and ancillary services markets in different countries.

The risk analyst will monitor market-risk and analytics for trading in wholesale and balancing markets, while tracking position limits, P&L, Value at risk, and exposure metrics. The position also includes monitoring trading activity to ensure that trading and operations meet set compliance standards. In this function you will pair closely with traders, quants, and engineers.

In this role you will report to the Trading Risk Manager.

What is in it for you

We are committed to creating an inclusive, values-based culture where everyone feels that they belong and has the opportunity to do meaningful work.

We offer a market competitive compensation package, including but not limited to:

• Focusing on short-term power market specifics - PnL / Earnings-at-Risk (EaR) / VAR / stress analytics - run real-time risk
• End of day PnL reports, risk attribution, and validation of curves and market result
• Algo & model validation - participate in development process to identify potential risk and compliance issues
• Limit framework & monitoring - Follow up exposure compared to set limits and report deviations
• Post-trade performance analytics - decompose PnL into forecast error, execution slippage and asset availability; feed insights back to the trading and data-science / Machine learning teams.
• Provide guidance on market rules and bidding methodologies to ensure Remit compliant trading strategies
• Work with stakeholders to continuously identify and reduce operational risk
• Reporting: Verify trade reporting, Check trade logs, support regulatory audits
• Promote a culture of ethical behavior, transparency, and accountability across the organization

Job requirements

Experience and education

• 3+ years' hands-on experience in a front line risk position within the energy trading sectors.
• Degree in a quantitative field such as Engineering, Data or Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics or Finance Engineering; professional risk certifications (e.g. FRM, CQF) are an advantage.
• Experience with trade surveillance tools and compliance monitoring systems.
• Strong understanding of BESS operations and market participation structures is a plus.
• Fluent written & spoken English; additional European languages a plus.

What you will need

• Hands-on, self-starter DNA - you're comfortable rolling up sleeves, shipping quick wins and iterating fast.
• Deep knowledge of European short-term power markets - DA, ID continuous, FCR, aFRR/mFRR, BRP imbalance settlement is a must have
• Experience in an asset-backed trading environment , particularly with focus on BESS / Flex asset optimization is a strong plus
• Experience in algorithmic trading risk and compliance is a strong plus

Who we are

Sympower is accelerating the global transition towards 'net-zero' by helping to build smarter, cleaner renewable energy systems. Using our proprietary software platform, we help balance the supply and demand of electricity across international energy networks.

We help businesses, grid operators, asset owners and other energy stakeholders around the world reduce their carbon emissions, integrate more distributed renewable energy resources, and generate new revenue streams by participating in demand-side response services.

Since 2022, Sympower has been a certified B Corp , which shows the company is meeting high standards of verified performance, accountability, and transparency across 5 impact areas: governance, workers, community, environment, and customers.

Sympower is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage a diverse workforce and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all team members.