Trade Control Analyst

My client is an international energy trading firm, and they are looking for a Trade Control Analyst / Trade Support Analyst / Product Control Analyst to join their team in London supporting the Gas Trading and LNG Trading area of the business.

Responsibilities include:

• Production of daily P&L and Exposure, ensuring that all positions and P&L moves are clearly understood and commented on;
• Daily forward curve price uploads and verification;
• Manual invoice pricing for complex off system deals ;
• Daily volume limit monitoring;
• FX exposure reporting;
• Monthly MI to accounts reconciliation to ensure that the accounts are accurate and in line with the daily P&L;
• Monthly price validation;
• Design and implementation of appropriate controls for new business.

You will have:

• Extensive Product Control experience;
• Experience of running daily P&L and a thorough understanding of a typical deal lifecycle and appropriate Front to Back controls;
• A deep understanding of trading concepts and exposure;
• Strong analytical capabilities and high degree of numeracy. To be able to understand business questions and provide clear responses supported by robust analysis;
• Strong IT skills and aptitude (Excel – lookups, pivots, etc essential);
• Good interpersonal skills and a team player, able to build working relationships within and across teams;
• Able to take an independent approach and challenge where appropriate;
• An understanding of the accounting policy relevant to a trading business;
• Good degree;
• Experience of commodity trading and any understanding of energy markets would be beneficial.

Please contact Paul Furlong at Connect Resourcing for further details and apply online with a Word format CV.