Risk Controller - Essen, Deutschland - RWE Supply & Trading

RWE Supply & Trading
RWE Supply & Trading
Geprüftes Unternehmen
Essen, Deutschland

vor 2 Wochen

Lena Wagner

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Lena Wagner

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Beschreibung

RWE Supply & Trading GmbH

To start as soon as possible, Full time, Permanent

Your future plans


Risk Controlling at RWE Supply & Trading GmbH ensures the effective risk control of trading activities by providing the Board with unbiased, comprehensive, accurate and timely information on market risk and performance.

As the second line of defence, the team is positioned close to the commercial desks with direct oversight of the various trading strategies and positions.

The team also provides advice to senior management, trading desks and the Finance department through the translation of market risk dato into value adding information.


  • Preparing accurate P&L, position and other risk reports for the desks' trading books on a daily and monthly basis
  • Providing detailed analysis of risk measures, positions, P&L and trading strategies for senior management, finance and Gas Portfolio Management on a regular basis
  • Working with the traders to identify, quantify and communicate the market risks they carry, but also confirming that they operate within the agreed framework and challenge decisions if necessary
  • Keeping up to date with market developments and providing frequent briefings to the team and stakeholders
  • Engaging in analysis, valuation and risk assessment of new markets, products or assets
  • Working on various projects and initiatives, collaborating with other Risk teams across locations, to deliver improvements across the business, which can include maintenance and enhancement of internal tools, Cloud migration of the deal capture and Risk reporting systems, illiquid risk and nonstandard risk methodology, storage and swing contract implementation in the trading system
  • Supporting the continuous improvement of proprietary risk controls, reporting and analysis in line with business requirements

Your powerful skills

  • Knowledge of Greeks, VaR concepts and stress testing
  • Knowledge of pricing models, option theory and Monte-Carlo simulation techniques
  • Good ability to selforganise and good attention to detail
  • Able to manage relationships with colleagues and stakeholders (both Support Functions and Front Office), to ensure good working relations and negotiated deliverables
  • University degree or equivalent, preferably in the field of Mathematics, Physics, Economics with quantitative focus or similar
  • Fluent verbal and written communication skills in English

Advantageous, but not a must

  • Strong understanding of commodity trading, trading lifecycle, physical asset trading instruments and financial trading instruments, including P&L reporting, MtM Accounting and GAAP
  • Knowledge of specialist IT systems and software, especially Open link Endur and Oracle SQL
  • Proven experience of project and process management with evidence of consistent delivery against targets and ability to manage workload in a pressurised environment
  • Fluent verbal and written communication skills in German
What we value most is curiosity, ambition, resilience and authenticity. So if you can't display all of the skills above we would still like to hear from you.


Benefits you can rely on


Opportunity to work in Risk Controlling Essen, one of the most interesting and emerging areas of RWE's trading business - being driven by physical assets and transactions, with a streng link to the global LNG market.

You will be in daily close contact with both originators and traders while managing the interface to other support functions - thus receiving a great overview about the business but also about the structure of the company and other support functions.

Any questions? Pia König (Recruiting),

We look forward to meeting you

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