Senior Credit Risk Analyst

TL;DR

Senior Credit Risk Analyst (Energy Commodities): Preparing in-depth credit reviews based on financial statements, industry trends, and commodity markets with an accent on complex structured finance and derivative transactions in power, PPAs, renewables certificates, and gas. Focus on recommending credit limits, evaluating risks, onboarding counterparties, and building automated credit reporting dashboards.

Location: London, United Kingdom (London office)

Company

Commodities trading company founded in 2013, diversified across energy markets with advanced quantitative analysis, strong risk management, and recent acquisition of Trailstone for renewables and natural gas expertise.

What you will do

• Prepare detailed credit reviews analyzing financial statements, cash flows, capital structures, industry trends, and energy commodity prices.
• Recommend credit limits and internal ratings within given authority.
• Evaluate and assess risks for structured finance and derivatives like Power, PPAs, renewables certificates, and gas.
• Assist in creating reports from CRisk, developing automated dashboards, and ad-hoc credit reporting.
• Onboard counterparties, Master Agreements, CSAs, and credit terms into ETRM systems.
• Backup global OTC margining processes.

Requirements

• Experience in credit risk for energy commodity trading company or bank focused on energy commodities.
• Knowledge of commercial credit risk and counterparty analysis.
• Experience with Renewables, Power, and Emissions Certificates in Europe; Gas and Freight desirable.
• Negotiation of energy Master Agreements (PPAs, EFET, ISDA, GTMA, etc.), CSAs, and confirmations.
• OTC margining and collateral processes (cash, Letters of Credit).
• Knowledge of European TSOs, SQL data mining, CRisk, Endur, Affinity, Bloomberg, MS Office.

Nice to have

• Prior credit training and knowledge of rating agencies (Fitch, Moody’s, S&P).
• Understanding of PFE for global counterparty portfolios.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive compensation with discretionary bonus.
• 25 days annual holiday plus UK public holidays.
• Medical, dental, life insurance, generous pension, supplemental benefits.
• External and internal training opportunities.
• Collaborative culture emphasizing Performance, Agility, Collaboration, Entrepreneurship.
• Inclusivity across diverse backgrounds.