Middle Office Analyst

at  Robert Half

We are offering an exciting opportunity to join a Global Middle Office team located in Houston, Texas. This role will primarily focus on physical Power and Gas commodity trading. It will involve processing and reconciling trades, preparing daily reports, and liaising with various stakeholders.

• Prepare daily Profit & Loss and position reports for multiple businesses, specifically within the North American physical and financial Power & Gas markets.
• Perform daily reconciliations of trades and positions to maintain data accuracy.
• Act as a key liaison between the trading desks, ISOs, and FCMs, facilitating smooth operations.
• Manage static data setups for internal systems, including products and prices.
• Reconcile exchange and index curves against 3rd party systems to our internal ones to ensure consistency.
• Comment daily on P& L movements, explaining and critiquing major positions and risks taken by the desk.
• Liaise with various stakeholders, including market risk, ALM, operations, finance, IT, and business managers.
• Proactively participate in internal projects to enhance processes and controls.
• Ensure that processes are continually reviewed and improved, risks are managed, and results meet expectations.
• Price Futures, Options, and Physical Power & Gas products, maintaining a thorough understanding of market dynamics
  Must have 5 years of commodity experience - Power and Gas physical experience
  Degree in Finance or Accounting
  Knowledge of some or all exchanges: CME, ICE, NODAL, and NGX.
  Working knowledge of ISO operations and the markets they administer (PJM, MISO, CAISO, NYISO, SPP, etc.).
  Previous understanding of financial derivatives (futures and options) and physical power and gas.
  Familiarity with trade flow at commodity exchanges.
  Proficiency in Excel is a must
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