Senior Internal Controls Analyst – Energy Trading

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

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.