Product Control Analyst

Edf Trading - Houston, TX

Full-time - Entry Level

Houston, TX

About the position

The Product Control Analyst will support the trading and finance teams at EDF Trading North America by managing daily P&L tracking and compiling finance reports. This role is crucial for ensuring accurate financial reporting and analysis related to commodity trading, particularly in Power, Gas, and Environmental Products.

Responsibilities

• Understand/perform daily P&L production and reporting for commodity trading books and structured deals, focusing on Power, Gas, and Environmental Products.
• Resolve any queries from traders or other departments relating to P&L and provide analysis and commentary.
• Create and maintain a daily balancing dashboard and work with the commercial team to resolve discrepancies from intercompany activity.
• Provide and maintain commentary for trading margin analysis for monthly and yearly performance (unrealized vs realized).
• Assist with monthly liquidity reserves for all commodities and provide commentary.
• Manage TPM workflows generated by the ETRM.
• Assist in enhancing existing processes and developing new procedures to improve the efficiency of P&L production and tighten controls.
• Understand and perform independent price validation on various commodities.
• Perform analysis, create, and present presentations monthly to the curve committee.
• Provide additional ad hoc reporting as required.
• Perform and maintain applicable controls and monthly close activities.

Requirements

• Undergraduate Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or Computer Science.
• A minimum of 1 year of experience in Product Control/Risk Management/Settlements/Volumes Analyst within energy trading, including internship experience.
• Programming and coding knowledge highly preferred.
• Experience creating reports in a viewer such as Power BI or Tableau is highly preferred.
• Knowledge of Commodities/Energy.
• Ability to work under pressure without compromising the quality of deliverables.
• Good understanding of business processes and data management.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Highly motivated and enthusiastic, able to respond to changes in priorities.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with financial reporting in energy trading environments.
• Familiarity with ETRM systems.

Benefits

• Equal opportunity employer with consideration for all qualified candidates.
• Participation in the E-Verify Employment Verification Program.