Market Risk Supervisor

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Job Description

The Market Risk Supervisor position is responsible for leading a team of analysts that monitor trading activities for compliance with Market Risk Management policies and develop and maintain tools for Global Trading activities. You will be responsible for independently identifying, measuring, and reporting trading gross margin, exposures, and the market risk of the portfolio of transactions that are executed and owned by the Commercial organization.  You will work with a dynamic, global team in a high-visibility role that provides advice to the Commercial organization on risk appetite, risk limit utilization and market risk mitigation strategies, and risk assessments and insights to senior management.

Position Responsibilities can include

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Market Risk analysts, setting clear priorities, reviewing deliverables, providing performance feedback, and ensuring high-quality execution of all risk management processes.
• Serve as the primary Market Risk focal point for front‑office and senior commercial stakeholders. Build strong, trust‑based relationships with Global Trading leadership and demonstrate deep, end‑to‑end understanding of trading strategies, key exposures, and future business growth plans for the supported trade desk.
• Oversee the assessment of supply and demand fundamentals, ensuring the team develops insight into regional/locational price differences, drivers of market spreads, historical patterns, and forward‑looking market trends.
• Champion and enforce strong market risk management principles, promoting a culture of proactive risk identification, transparency, and constructive challenge with Global Trading and related functions.
• Supervise the independent evaluation of risk profiles from trade to portfolio level, guiding the team in analyzing risk‑reward trade‑offs, constrained risk optimization, liquidity considerations, market fundamentals, and sentiment sensitivities.
• Ensure compliance with mandated exposure and risk limits, reviewing exceptions and directing necessary mitigation actions. Communicate risk concerns and decision recommendations to leadership.
• Oversee and ensure the accuracy and completeness of daily market risk processes, risk reporting, and commentary. Provide senior‑level insights on portfolio changes, market intelligence, exposure drivers, and deal activity.
• Guide collaboration with Global Trading support functions (Finance, Accounting, Operations) to resolve deal-related questions and support portfolio management.
• Ensure the integrity of Global Trading data by supervising validation work, reviewing reconciliations, and escalating systemic issues to the appropriate stakeholders.
• Review and challenge hedging strategies and limit proposals, confirming that transactions and associated hedges can be properly valued, monitored, and reported within the risk management systems.
• Drive continuous improvement of risk reporting tools and analytical capabilities, overseeing the team’s use of advanced technologies (Excel, VBA, SQL, Python, R, Tableau, Power BI) and encouraging innovative problem‑solving.
• Direct and support the team’s involvement in month‑end, quarter‑end, and year‑end closing processes, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and appropriate documentation.
• Maintain close working relationships with refinery coordinators and optimizers, product schedulers, and crude traders, ensuring the team accurately validates production data, trade flows, and inventory positions while identifying and communicating hedging signals.

Qualifications

Academic:

• Bachelor's degree or above (Master's, MBA, CFA, or Ph.D.) in Economics, Finance, Mathematics or Statistics

Required Qualifications:

•    5+ years of experience in financial, energy or chemical risk management; prior supervisory or management experience required

•    Strong knowledge of crude oil and freight markets, as well as other energy and traded markets

•    Strong understanding of physical trading, derivatives, and financial products

•    Excellent quantitative and analytical skills

•    Excellent proficiency in Excel (experience with SQL or quantitative programming languages such as Python preferred)

•    Experience with Energy Trading Risk Management Systems

•    Collegiality and truly good interpersonal skills balanced with a disciplined risk management approach

Preferred Qualifications:

•    Experience with Python/SQL

•    High level of Excel proficiency

•    Familiarity with trade capture and nomination / scheduling systems

Functional Skills