Head of Risk leading Wallee Group’s Risk function in a fast - growing payment company. Driving risk management aligned with business goals and regulatory compliance.
About the role
- Principal Market Risk Specialist leading the assessment and mitigation of market risk in diverse energy portfolios. Collaborating with executive leadership and leveraging analytical expertise.
Responsibilities
- Lead the assessment and mitigation of market risk exposures across SMUD's diverse energy portfolios, including power, gas, and renewables.
- Oversee the assessment and monitoring of market risk exposures across power, gas, renewables, and other commodity portfolios.
- Design and implement quantitative risk models and tools (e.g., Value-at-Risk, stress testing, scenario evaluation, gross margin).
- Partner with front-office trading, finance, treasury, and operations teams to provide actionable risk insights and ensure compliance with risk limits.
- Present complex risk findings to executive management, including the Risk Oversight Committee and Board of Directors.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, engineering, mathematics, statistics, or a related field from an accredited college or university, or equivalent experience.
- At least seven (7+) years of experience in market risk, energy trading, quantitative risk management within the utility or energy sector.
- Deep knowledge of North American energy markets (e.g., ISO/RTO structures such as PJM, CAISO, ERCOT).
- Working knowledge with energy trading and risk management systems (e.g., Endur, Allegro, PowerBI, ETRM platforms).
- Skills to demonstrate strong analytical and quantitative modeling skills with proficiency in risk tools and programming languages (e.g., Energy Market Simulation Software, Python, R, MATLAB, SQL).
Benefits
- Health insurance
- 401(k) matching
- Professional development opportunities
- Paid time off
- Flexible work arrangements
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