ET Members, I get emails all the time from headhunters, so I will share some of the more recent vintages:
Portfolio Manager
Req.# GDF298
Purpose: Develop and manage portfolio hedging and risk management strategies across LNG, Retail, Generation assets, regionally and across business units while optimizing within corporate risk mandates.
Location: Houston, TX
Job Functions
Essential Functions
▪ Identify portfolio level commodity and credit synergies across business units based on in-depth understanding of the companyâs diverse asset performance and operating characteristics.
▪ Position requires very good understanding of current and emerging energy, environmental and financial market regulatory developments as well as tracking and working with Regulatory staff to forecast and quantify potential portfolio impact of regulations.
▪ Must have mastery of Excel and Access and proficiency in Word and Powerpoint.
Systems: Must know/be able to use Zainet, Matlab, e-views, SAS, Reuters, Visual Basic, SQL
Education /Experience
▪ MBA or equivalent Master's level degree with concentration in Finance
▪ Three (3) years of relevant experience in risk management/optimization of a broad range of energy assets (Retail, Generation assets, LNG)
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Director, ERCOT Term Trading
Req.# 1558
Purpose: The Director, ERCOT Term Trading is responsible for creating value through analyzing and understanding the ERCOT market, predicting its behavior, placing trades with predetermined exit and stop levels, monitoring the market and executing risk management actions, and evaluating the results.
Reports to: Vice President, Trading - North America, IPR-GDF SUEZ
Location: Houston, TX
Job Functions
Requirements:
The Director, ERCOT Trading must have the following technical/specialized skills:
▪ Broad understanding of the characteristics, drivers, and key elements of the ERCOT markets.
▪ Solid demonstrated understanding of regulated and non-regulated industry operations, including fuel supply, transmission, pipelines, trading, and bidding/dispatch functions.
▪ Well-developed knowledge of hedging and trading techniques.
▪ Well-developed understanding of options theory, including valuation techniques of standard and exotic options.
▪ General understanding of risk measurement techniques such as VaR.
▪ The Director, ERCOT Trading will have a working knowledge of finance, accounting, production, operations, and public policy issues facing the ERCOT market. He will be a team player and share information frequently with Originators, Portfolio Managers and Analysts, and Operations personnel.
▪ He/she will be accountable for delivering positive financial results from the use of the company's capital. In the process of trading, there will be a wide range of activities involved in market analysis, including scanning for trading opportunities, deciding how much capital to allocate to specific trades, developing optimal trade execution strategies, and managing the risks of trades.
▪ The Director, ERCOT Trading operates in a fast-paced dynamic commodity market environment, where there are often time constraints and time sensitive deadlines. He/she must consider the potential trades over several different time horizons and the interrelations and connectivity between several disparate factors, such a wind forecasts, coal pricing, natural gas basis, volatility, transmission availability, and market rules.
▪ The Director ERCOT Trading will have a broad network of internal and external resources, and will gather information relevant to the execution of the trading strategies. He/she also will:
▪ Execute hedges at the request of CPM or LPMs
Education /Experience
▪ Bachelor's Degree in business, scientific or other technical/quantitative field. Masters degree or MBA preferred .
▪ Five to ten years experience in the energy trading business with at least five years experience in the ERCOT market.
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Manager, Short Term Trading â Northeast
Req.# 1559
Purpose: The Manager Short Term Trading NE is responsible for creating value through analyzing and understanding the ISO-NE market in the nearby two months, predicting its behavior, placing trades with predetermined exit and stop levels, monitoring the market and executing risk management actions, and evaluating the results.
Reports to: Director, Power Trading, New England/New York
Location: Houston, TX
Job Functions
Requirements:
The Manager, Short Term Trading NE must have the following technical/ specialized skills:
▪ Broad understanding of the characteristics, drivers, and key elements of the ISO-NE and adjacent markets.
▪ General knowledge of hedging and trading techniques.
▪ General understanding of options theory, including valuation techniques of standard and exotic options.
▪ General understanding of risk measurement techniques such as VaR.
▪ The Manager, Short-Term Trading NE will have a working knowledge of finance, accounting, production, operations, and public policy issues facing the ERCOT market. He will be a team player and share information frequently with Originators, Portfolio Managers and Analysts, and Operations personnel.
▪ He/she will be accountable for delivering positive financial results from the use of the companyâs capital. In the process of trading, there will be a wide range of activities involved in market analysis, including scanning for trading opportunities, deciding how much capital to allocate to specific trades, developing optimal trade execution strategies, and managing the risks of trades.
▪ The Manager, Short-Term Trading NE operates in a fast-paced dynamic commodity market environment, where there are often time constraints and time sensitive deadlines. He/she must consider the potential trades over several different time horizons and the interrelations and connectivity between several disparate factors, such a wind forecasts, coal pricing, natural gas basis, volatility, transmission availability, and market rules.
▪ The Manager, Short-Term Trading NE will have a broad network of internal and external resources, and will gather information relevant to the execution of the trading strategies. He/she also will:
▪ Execute short-term hedges at the request of CPM or LPMs
▪ Work closely with the Director, Term Trading NE/NY
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Director PJM Trading
Req. #1537
Purpose: The position of Director, PJM Trading develops and executes trading Strategies in power and natural gas markets with an emphasis on proprietary trading, also executes, as required, natural gas financial hedges for the Company's LNG, Generation, and Retail businesses.
Reports to: Vice President, Trading
Location: Houston, TX
Job Functions
Essential Functions
▪ Routinely trades power forwards, heat rate spark spread or power basis products, NG futures, options and swaps on exchanges and look-alikes in the OTC markets relating to the PJM power markets to which the company has exposure.
▪ Analyzes PJM markets and develops and executes proprietary trading strategies
▪ Provides market assessments to assist CPM and LPMs in developing long term hedging strategies.
▪ Provides periodic presentations to management with regard to strategy and financial performance.
Education /Experience
▪ Bachelor degree (technical, economics, finance, or accounting) and 5 years trading experience
▪ Demonstrated knowledge in all aspects of financial power trading
▪ Thorough understanding of North American power and gas markets, including, but not limited to, supply and demand, logistics, regulations and operations
▪ Strong understanding of derivative financial trading products, including swaps, futures and options.
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TO APPLY:
IPR-GDF SUEZ North America encourages individuals to apply for open positions using the Apply Online button below.
►Apply Online:
http://www.gdfsuezna.com/careers/postings.shtml .
However, if you are unable to complete your application on-line you may mail your resume to our address: IPR-GDF SUEZ North America, Attn: Human Resources, 1990 Post Oak Boulevard, Houston, TX 77056.