Senior Vice President Market Risk (f/m/d)

 Our Market Risk team in Düsseldorf is looking for an SVP Market Risk   

 

We are Uniper

 

At Uniper, we are pro-actively transforming the world of energy whilst at the same time ensuring security of energy supply. As an internationally operating company, we work in very diverse teams with the greatest possible working time flexibility for our employees. Our corporate culture is characterized by equal opportunities, mutual appreciation, and respect. With us, you will be able to develop new business models, work on technological solutions for a modern, sustainable, and future-oriented energy supply as well as pro-actively help to shape changes. Interested? Then we will look forward to meeting you!

 

Your responsibilities

 

The Market Risk function monitors, controls and steers commodity price risk, interest rate risk, and foreign exchange risk arising from Uniper’s commercial business. The role requires the individual to lead multiple direct reports and an overall team-size exceeding 20 team members. The SVP Market Risk reports to the Chief Risk Officer. The position is based in Düsseldorf, Germany. 

 

• Lead the Düsseldorf-based team of market risk managers, as well as functional responsibility for the US-based market risk team
• Work closely with the heads of the Chief Commercial Officer / Chief Operations Officer areas and senior risk leadership to ensure risks are addressed early and the overall portfolio is well-balanced, from a risk reward perspective
• Communicate effectively across various committees and actively advise on relevant decision making within Uniper’s Risk Committee and other governance bodies
• Formulate the market risk management strategy via appropriate de-risking/ risk warehousing of exposures in line with established commercial mandates and Uniper’s risk appetite
• Facilitate the understanding and modelling of all material market risks across the portfolio to gain an accurate representation of the commodity risks and enable portfolio steering
• Appropriately size, allocate, and optimally manage market risk limits
• Maintain and further develop market risk metrics, e.g., VaR 
• Evaluate risks from non-standard / complex transactions and implement risk-adequate control frameworks for new businesses

 

  

Your profile

• University degree in business, finance, economics, mathematics, or related field 
• 10+ years’ experience in market risk or similar roles
• Demonstrated ability to develop and lead high performance teams
• Excellent communication skills across various hierarchical levels in the organization
• Extensive knowledge of and passion for energy commodities, specifically power and/or gas
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• A track record of successfully supporting and leading strategic business change projects
• Ability to cultivate strong positive working relationships internally and externally

 

 

Your benefits

  At Uniper, we not only reward our employees with attractive salaries, an excellent company pension and health related benefits for their hard work and dedication to shaping the future energy transition. You can also expect a supportive working culture that offers a wide range of creative and innovative ideas. We enable various flexible working arrangements, whilst also supporting with home office equipment.   Through regular training and workshops, together we work towards visualising yourself in our company as if it were your own. We support you in highlighting your individual potential, achieving your personal goals, and reaching your ambitions. We invite you to become part of our diverse company with international colleagues from more than 80 countries. As an employer, Uniper has committed itself to providing special support to certain areas: