What are the responsibilities and job description for the Product Control Analyst position at Uniper?
Uniper seeks a Product Control Analyst to join its North American team
Your responsibilities
- Deliver accurate, timely and relevant information for all Uniper’s reportable activities pertaining to portfolio positions, performance and risks
- Responsible for ensuring complete and correct market prices in the daily reporting
- Actively manage data flow in the relevant reporting tools, assuring data integrity, automating activities where possible
- Prepare and validate daily P&L reports for portfolio activities (natural gas trading & environmental products)
- Analyze and explain P&L drivers, market trends, and trading strategies to Front office & senior management.
- Ensure that all trading positions are fairly valued in accordance with relevant accounting standards and market conditions.
- Collaborate with the trading team to understand and monitor open positions, trading strategies, and market risks.
- Support the month-end close process, including reconciliation of P&L and balance sheet items related to natural gas trading.
- Participate in the development and enhancement of risk management tools and methodologies.
- Liaise with internal and external auditors to provide required information and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
- Contribute to ad-hoc projects and analysis as required by the Product Control Manager or other senior stakeholders.
Your profile
- Undergraduate degree in the areas of Business Administration/ Economics/Finance, Business Engineering, Mathematics or Computer Science (or comparable).
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in product control, risk management, or a similar role within the energy sector.
- Strong understanding of the US natural gas markets and related financial instruments.
- Proficiency in financial modeling and analysis.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to explain complex financial concepts to non-finance stakeholders.
- Detail-oriented with a strong focus on accuracy and timeliness.
- Advanced proficiency in Excel and other financial systems.
- Work experience in reporting, commodity trading and working with trading systems like CXL and – especially – Endur would be an advantage
- Strong analytical mind-set & experience in understanding, improving, and developing analytical tools to support portfolio movement analysis
- Strong team player with demonstrated experience of working in an international team.
- Excellent communication skills, fluent in English
- Proficient knowledge in Office, VBA, SQL and BI-tools (PowerBI, Python preferred)
