Senior Resource Specialist - Energy Risk Management
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| Verified Pay check_circle | Provided by the employer$76 - $84 per hour |
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| Hours | Full-time, Part-time |
| Location | Los Angeles, CA 90035 Los Angeles, California open_in_new |
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Senior Resource Specialist, Energy Risk Management
Location: Los Angeles, CA (Hybrid).
Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:30 PM, with alternating Fridays off.
Employment Type: Contract, up to 6 months.
Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:30 PM, with alternating Fridays off.
Employment Type: Contract, up to 6 months.
Pay Rate: $76.15 to $84.71/hr DOE.
We are seeking a Senior Resource Specialist with deep Energy Risk Management expertise to support a high-performing team in a fast-paced, analytical environment. This role is ideal for a seasoned energy risk professional who understands wholesale power markets, commodity pricing, quantitative modeling, and enterprise risk oversight.
This is a highly visible opportunity where you will play a critical role in helping manage financial and operational risk across a complex energy portfolio, while influencing strategic decision-making through advanced analytics, risk reporting, and market intelligence.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead development and implementation of Energy Trading & Risk Management (ETRM) workflows and systems.
- Build and maintain risk management policies, controls, and exposure limits.
- Conduct Value at Risk (VaR), Mark-to-Market (MtM), Monte Carlo simulations, and stress testing.
- Monitor and analyze portfolio exposures across power, natural gas, and renewable energy markets.
- Validate forward curves and pricing methodologies.
- Develop executive-level risk dashboards and reporting tools.
- Support middle office governance, trading compliance, settlements, reconciliation, and risk oversight.
- Analyze basis risk, shape risk, pricing volatility, and hedging effectiveness.
- Lead or participate in Risk Oversight Committee meetings.
- Identify opportunities to improve efficiency through automation, analytics, and emerging technologies.
Required Qualifications:
- 10+ years of energy industry experience in Energy Risk Management.
- Strong knowledge of wholesale energy markets, including power, natural gas, and renewables.
- Experience with ETRM systems, trade lifecycle management, settlements, and pricing curves.
- Advanced experience with quantitative risk modeling, VaR, MtM, and stress testing.
- Experience supporting risk governance and trading compliance frameworks.
- Strong analytical, reporting, and executive presentation skills.
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field required.
- Master’s or Ph.D. strongly preferred in a quantitative discipline such as:
- Mathematics
- Quantitative Finance
- Economics
- Statistics
- Data Science
Ideal Background:
We are looking for someone who is:
- Highly analytical and detail-oriented.
- Comfortable operating in a fast-moving, high-pressure environment.
- A collaborative team player with executive presence.
- Experienced in energy commodities, pricing models, and risk frameworks.
- Able to bridge technical analysis with strategic business decision-making.
Additional Requirements:
- Southern California local candidates preferred.
- Must be authorized to work in the U.S.
- No sponsorship available.
If you have a strong background in energy markets, quantitative modeling, and risk oversight, this is a unique opportunity to step into a strategic role where your expertise will directly impact portfolio performance and enterprise risk management.
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