Senior Internal Control Analyst, US

JERA Global Markets; United States; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

JERA Global Markets is seeking a Senior Internal Control Analyst to join its growing North American Gas Trading business from its Singapore HQ. You will oversee control activities across gas and power trading, maintaining control processes, reporting and risk mitigation in a fast-paced environment.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years in internal control, compliance or operational risk within energy or commodities, with strong English communication and IT controls experience.

Qualifications

• Experience in energy/commodities trading or related regulatory environment.
• Minimum 8 years of relevant internal control, compliance or operational risk experience.
• Experience in control evaluation and design and in maintaining business processes.
• Experience in financial controls and assessing risk within complex financial processes is highly desirable.
• Experience with IT general controls is preferred.
• Experience in incident investigation and reporting is preferred.
• Strong command of English (written and spoken) is essential.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional qualification.

Responsibilities

• Maintain an appropriate and tailored internal control framework for business activities, including IT risk considerations.
• Develop and maintain risk management policies, standards and procedures aligned with objectives and regulatory requirements.
• Coordinate annual reviews and updates of key policies, procedures and business process maps.
• Provide internal control guidance and support to commercial and functional teams to manage operational risks and improve efficiency.
• Identify, prioritise and drive control and process improvement initiatives through continuous improvement.
• Support new business activities and projects, including leading the Operational Sign-off process and coordinating sign-off from relevant functions.
• Conduct reviews of control gaps and incidents, including root-cause analysis, recommendations, reporting, and tracking remediation actions to closure.
• Review privileged ID usage and key application user access, and assess IT projects, system changes and deployment pipelines to identify vulnerabilities and control gaps.
• Partner with cross-functional teams (including IT Operations, Cybersecurity and development) to evaluate risks in system rollouts and technology changes.
• Prepare and present the monthly Internal Control report (including metrics and KPIs) to management and relevant committees.
• Support internal and external audits, including IT risks and controls, from evidence collection through to tracking action closure.

Skills

Internal control

Regulatory compliance

Risk assessment

IT general controls

Incident investigation

Analytics

Stakeholder management

Power BI

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Excel

Visio

PowerPoint

Power BI

Job description

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

About the Company

The JERA Global Markets Group (JERAGM) is a leading utility-backed energy trader specialising in LNG, power,coaland freight.

As JERA’s exclusive trading and optimisation platform for majority shareholder, JERAGM operates one of the most exciting energy portfolios in the world, which gives it an in-depth understanding of the way local,regionaland international energy markets behave. Thisexpertiseenables us to capture trading opportunities, optimise portfolios, createvalueand enhance security of supply for our customers.

Headquartered in Singapore, JERAGM has a global talent pool of about 400 people across officeslocatedin five strategic locations: Singapore, the UK (London), Japan (Tokyo), the US (Houston)and Australia (Brisbane).

RESPONSIBILITIES

Position Description

This role forms part of JERA's growing North American Gas Trading business, which is expected to transition onto JERAGM’s trading platform. This business is wholly owned by JERA Co., Inc. and will focus on US natural gas trading,optimisationand market development across North America. Successful candidates will join during the build-out phase ahead of the business's planned operational launch.

The Senior Internal Control Analyst supports the Senior Manager, Internal Control(JERAGM)in overseeing control activitiesinGMA,covering bothgas and powertrading.

The role reviews processes and controls,identifiesweaknesses in the control framework and works with commercial and functional teams to design and implement effective mitigating controls.

The role alsomaintainsbusiness process maps and internal procedures, proactivelyidentifiesbreaches and control gaps that could create material risk, and provides internal control reporting to internal management and external stakeholders.

Main responsibilities

Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Maintainan appropriateand tailored internal control (IC) framework for business activities, including IT risk considerations.

• Ensure consistency of the IC approach alignswith JERAGM standards.

• Develop andmaintainrisk management policies, standards and procedures aligned with organisationalobjectivesand regulatory requirements.

• Coordinate annual reviews and updates of key policies,proceduresand business process maps.

• Provide internal control guidance and support to commercial and functional teams to manage operational risks and improve efficiency.

• Identify,prioritiseand drive control and process improvement initiatives through continuous improvement.

• Support new business activities and projects, including leading the Operational Sign-off process and coordinating sign-off from relevant functions.

• Conduct reviews of control gaps and incidents, including root-cause analysis, recommendations, reporting, and tracking remediation actions to closure.

• Review privileged ID usage and key application user access, and assess IT projects, systemchangesand deployment pipelines toidentifyvulnerabilities and control gaps.

• Partner with cross-functional teams (including IT Operations,Cybersecurityand development) to evaluate risks in system rollouts and technology changes.

• Prepare and present the monthly Internal Control report (including metrics and KPIs) to management and relevant committees.

• Support internal and external audits, including IT risks and controls, from evidence collection through to tracking action closure.

QUALIFICATIONS

Experience required

• Experience working in an energy/commodities trading environment or a related regulatory environment.

• Minimum 8 years of relevant industry experience in internal control,complianceand/or operational risk.

• Experience in control evaluation and design, and inmaintainingbusiness processes.

• Experience in financial controls and assessing risk within complex financial processes is highly desirable.

• Experience with IT general controls is preferred.

• Experience in incident investigation and reporting is preferred.

• Strong command of English (written and spoken) is essential.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional qualification.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel,Visioand PowerPoint.

• Power BI competency is a strong advantage.

Person specification

• Strong control mindset with excellent analytical skills.

• Self-starter who can work with minimal supervision andmaintainsa positive attitude.

• Ability to prioritise multiple projects, meet deadlines and deliver high-quality work in a fast-paced environment.

• Hands-on and pragmatic approach.

• Constructively critical with strong organisational awareness.

• Strong communication, interpersonal and writing skills.

• Strong stakeholder management skills.

• Willingness to learn and take on new challenges with an open mind.

• Flexible, proactive team player.

• Able to thrive in a fast-changing environment.