A growing UK energy business is hiring a Senior Market Risk Analyst to join its Leeds-based risk function. This is a strong opportunity for someone with a market risk, analytics, or data science background who wants to work in a commercially relevant role with high visibility across the business.
This is a standalone analyst position with no people management responsibility, but significant exposure to stakeholders across risk, commercial, finance, and trading-related teams. The role would suit someone who is technically strong, intellectually curious, and looking for a position that can act as a springboard into broader risk, commercial, or trading pathways over time
.The Ro
leYou will support the identification, assessment, monitoring, and communication of market risks across a large customer-facing energy portfolio. The position combines day-to-day reporting ownership, quantitative risk analysis, and systems/process improveme
nt.Typical responsibilities are likely to inclu
- de:Owning and developing key market risk report
- ingMonitoring positions, hedging activity, and risk lim
- itsProducing regular and ad hoc analysis, including variance analysis and Value at R
- iskSupporting the ongoing improvement and automation of risk reporting proces
- sesContributing to risk system development and reporting consistency during system transiti
- onsReviewing commercial opportunities and assessing them from a market risk perspect
- iveWorking closely with stakeholders across risk, finance, and commercial functi
- onsHelping to document risk processes, controls, and procedu
resWhat they are looking
forThey are looking for someone who is technically strong but also able to engage credibly with a range of stakeholders. In practice, this role leans heavily towards data science and analytical capability applied in a market risk set
ting.Candidates are likely to be relevant if they
- bring:Experience in market risk, commodities, energy, banking, or in
- suranceStrong analytical and quantitative
- skillsExperience working with Python
- and SQLExposure to reporting automation, analytics tools, or risk
- systemsThe ability to interpret data and explain insights clearly to technical and non-technical au
- diencesA proactive, practical approach in a fast-moving envi
ronmentUseful additional experience i
- ncludes:Energy market knowledge, particularly power, gas, or co
- mmoditiesExposure to Dataiku, Power BI, Excel/VBA, or similar reporting and analyt
- ics toolsExperience supporting reporting through a system migration or major proce
- ss changeFamiliarity with VaR, hedging analysis, limit monitoring, or forward curve v
alidationCandida
te profileThis role could suit someone c
- oming from:An energy or commodity market
- s backgroundA banking or insurance mark
- et risk roleA quantitatively focused analyst position with relevant exposure to risk, reporting, or trading
environmentsWhile the title is “Senior”, the role is best suited to someone at an early-to-mid career stage who already has a solid technical base and is ready to step into a broader, more visible position. Around 2–3 years of relevant experience is likely to be a strong fit, although this is flexible for the
right pers
- on.Why apply?Join a business operating in a highly active and evolvin
- g energy marketWork in a role with strong exposure to commercial decision-making and
- market activityBe part of ongoing automation and systems development within
- risk reportingGain visibility across a broad internal stak
- eholder networkStrong long-term progression potential into wider risk, commercial, o
r tradi
- ng rolesPackageSal
- ary up to £60,000Hybrid working, typically 2 days
- per week in LeedsStrong internal development and progress
ion opportunities…