Risk Manager (f/d/m) - Energy Trading, Focus on Gas - #2133914

Because digital energy trading can't wait any longer: At EWE TRADING GmbH, we handle the energy trading activities of the EWE Group and act as the Group´s interface to the wholesale markets for power, natural gas, emission rights and renewable energy. Join our mission and our great team to grow with us.

Your Role

As a Risk Manager in our risk department supporting energy trading, you will play a key role in the analysis, monitoring, and development of a complex gas portfolio.

Key Responsibilities:

• Daily PnL Monitoring: Independent assessment of trading activity, identifying and explaining key drivers of results.
• Close Collaboration with Front Office: Regular exchange on market developments, portfolio drivers, and risk impacts.
• Risk Analysis & Adjustments: Conduct in-depth risk analyses and implement changes as needed to reflect portfolio risks, ensure data integrity, or align with strategic shifts.
• Portfolio Oversight (Risk Perspective): Ensure risk-accurate representation of the portfolio in Endur and related systems by identifying and resolving data, valuation, or modeling issues.
• Quantitative Modeling & Enhancement: Improve and apply quantitative models to assess valuation and risk metrics of structured gas contracts (e.g. Sigmoid, ToP), supporting more accurate risk representation and decision-making.
• Reporting & Automation: Maintain and evolve automated reporting (e.g., in Power BI), ensuring relevance and clarity for stakeholders.
• Portfolio Familiarization & Risk Perspective: With established systems and models in place, you are expected to independently build your understanding and enhance the quality and depth of risk insights over time.
• Proactive Contribution: Take initiative, contribute your ideas, and actively drive improvements - with support from and in close coordination with your team.

Your Profile:

• Education: University degree in a relevant field (e.g., Engineering, Economics, Energy Management, (Financial) Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science) or equivalent professional experience.
• Gas Market Expertise: Solid understanding of gas trading markets, including Sigmoid and ToP contracts, hedging strategies, and options.
• System Knowledge: Experience with Endur (especially in deal validation and portfolio analysis); familiarity with database systems - Snowflake experience is a plus.
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in Python for modeling and automation.
• Reporting Know-how: Basic experience in reporting tools, ideally Power BI.
• Regulatory Understanding: Solid understanding of risk principles and relevant regulatory frameworks (e.g., MaRisk); ability to apply them pragmatically in a trading context.
• Languages: Basic German (reading and following conversations), fluent in English.
• Personality: Communicative, pragmatic, and cooperative - with a strong sense of team responsibility and professionalism.
• Mobility: Regular on-site presence in Bremen is expected; flexible commuting or partial remote work is possible.

What we offer you:

• Attractive remuneration package and development opportunities with one of the leading energy companies in Germany
• Great creative freedom in projects and tasks
• The opportunity to actively shape the energy transition in the energy trading sector and the further development of EWE TRADING GmbH
• A varied area of responsibility in a motivated, diverse and performance-oriented team
• Working with the best view of Bremen from our 21st floor open space office

Contribute to our success story!

Please submit your application documents along with your desired salary, your earliest possible starting date, and the EWE reference number.

We're looking forward to meeting you!
We are committed to the integration of people with disabilities and therefore encourage them to apply. This position is open to people of all genders.

We emphasise diversity and reject discrimination. What's important to us is that you fit in as a person. You're all that counts!