Description

The Opportunity

You will play a critical role in delivering a clear, commercial, and forward‑looking view of commodity risk, enabling the business to scale responsibly while remaining agile and competitive.

Operating at the intersection of risk, trading, and technology, you will challenge decision‑making, enhance risk infrastructure, and help onboard new markets and products across power and gas.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a strategic risk partner to physical and financial power & gas trading desks
• Challenge profit generation, portfolio construction, and risk usage with a strong commercial mindset
• Design, build, and scale commodity risk capabilities, including:
  • Enhancing risk systems
  • Developing Python‑based tools and analytics
• Translate complex risk exposures into clear, concise insights for senior stakeholders
• Proactively educate broader risk teams on commodity‑specific dynamics
• Support the onboarding of new power and gas markets, assets, and products
• Build robust risk frameworks covering:
  • Physical assets
  • Storage, swings, and capacity
  • Intraday trading and balancing risk
• Maintain a hands‑on approach, remaining close to data, models, and desks

What We're Looking For

• 8+ years' experience in commodity risk, trading, or quantitative roles
• Deep expertise in European physical power and gas markets
• Strong understanding of:
  • Physical asset structures
  • Intraday trading and balancing mechanisms
• Proven experience challenging trading desks in a constructive, commercial way
• Advanced knowledge of risk and performance metrics (VaR, stress testing, scenarios)
• Strong technical capability:
  • Python (pandas, numpy)
  • SQL
  • Advanced Excel
• Quantitative academic background (engineering, maths, physics, economics, finance, or similar)

Advantageous Experience

• Exposure to LNG, freight, oil, or refined products
• Experience onboarding new markets or products into a risk framework
• Professional certifications (FRM, CFA, PRM, ERP)

Why This Role?

• Join a rapidly growing commodity platform in build‑out mode
• High visibility and influence on strategy, risk architecture, and decision‑making
• Work closely with senior traders and leadership
• A rare opportunity to help shape a world‑class commodity risk function from the inside
• This role is based in Denmark...my client will offer full relocation for the perfect candidate :)