Risk Analyst - Hybrid

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Job Summary:

Hybrid work schedule; a combination of working remotely from home and 3 days a week in the office. NRG is looking for an Analyst/Sr. Analyst to join its Risk team. The successful candidate will possess a strong technical and data analytics background. The candidate must be adept at working independently as well as have strong collaborative capabilities to assist Commercial Operations, Supply, Finance, Accounting, and Marketing teams to adequately mitigate risk and preserve expected margins. This position will report to the Product Control Manager within the Risk group and will be in either our Princeton, NJ or Houston, TX office.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

• Analyze, value, and provide risk analysis around complex transactions and portfolio positions, including power generation, load contracts, complex derivatives, hedging strategies and trading assets.
• Develop and monitor position reports, PnL reports for energy portfolio.
• Mark and/or validate end-of-day curves in the risk system.
• Leverage problem solving, analytical skills, and new technologies to enhance and automate various risk processes.
• Collaborate effectively within the Risk team and other departments on issues/projects.
• Support reporting requests from NRG's internal and external auditors.
• Work closely with IT on risk system improvements and testing new enhancements.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Working Conditions:

• Open office environment.
• Some overtime required as special projects arise.
• Hybrid work schedule, 3-4 days onsite.
• Travel (minimal).

Minimum Requirements:

• At least 2 years' experience in finance, risk management or energy industry .
• Bachelor's degree in quantitative discipline like Finance, Business, Economics, Engineering, Science, Computer Science, or equivalent quantitative risk experience.
• Extensive experience with MS Excel, and highly skilled with other MS Office products including Access, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Attention to detail, diligent, strong organizational skills, curious, confident and creative.
• Strong financial acumen and analytics background.
• Knowledge and experience using relational databases and SQL.

Preferred Qualifications:

• SQL Proficiency: Able to maniuplate and analyze data.
• Knowledge of energy markets a plus; electricity, natural gas, renewables and/or oil markets.
• Understanding of common risk metrics and control methodologies within commodity trading environment. Experience with trading and risk management systems like Aligne, Endur, etc.
• Demonstrated ability to deal with and communicate complex portfolios and transactions.

Additional Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Strong analytical and quantitative skills.
• Strong communication skills.
• Attention to detail, diligent, strong organizational skills, curious, confident and creative.

Physical Requirements:

• None

Why NRG is a great place to work:

• Great company culture!! Voted as a BEST employer by Forbes
• A competitive total compensation package, including annual incentive and/or commission
• Stock Purchase Plan
• Benefits on the first day of employment -Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, and Short Term Disability, Wellness program, etc.
• Company-paid life insurance and disability insurance
• 401 (k) plan to help save for retirement
• Generous PTO plan, plus 8 company holidays, and 3 floating holidays
• Numerous discounts, including electricity discounts on NRG brands

If you reside in or intend to work remotely from California, Colorado, New York or Washington State, you may contact [email protected] for compensation information related to this position and other information as required by applicable law. Please include the job title in your request.

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