AltaGas - Senior Trading and Risk Specialist

Job Description

AltaGas - Senior Trading and Risk Specialist

Reporting to the Senior Director, Commodity Risk Management & Fundamentals, the Senior Trading and Risk Specialist is responsible for the commercial trading activities involved in supporting AltaGas’ Export Terminals. 

You Will:

• Develop and execute trading & risk management activities to support AltaGas’ Export Terminals

• Balance daily, monthly and future positions through active trading and position monitoring

• Responsible for modelling, pricing, and establishing profitable hedging strategies across several types of exposures

• Monitor the Mark-to-Market of various physical and financial positions

• Provide P&L reports and forecasts and make recommendations to Senior Management of trading and hedging strategies

• Develop an expert understanding of global propane market fundaments

• Responsible for financial hedging VLGC cargo freight exposure

• Maintain high communication levels across internal departments

• Communicate trading and risk mitigation strategies to senior management and AltaGas’ Risk Management Committee

• Develop and maintain business processes and systems to ensure proper administration of executed contracts

• Sensitivity analysis and assist in budgeting and planning process

You Have:

• Post-secondary Degree in Commerce, Economics, Finance, or Engineering

• 10+ years of progressive and successful Trading or Marketing experience

• Technical understanding of liquids processing would be an asset

• Exceptional Excel skills

• Experience using ETRM and Trading screens

• Experience analyzing, measuring and evaluating product pricing, budgets and profitability

• Experience researching and problem-solving

• Superior oral, written and interpersonal communication skills

Why work at AltaGas?

AltaGas is a North American energy infrastructure company with a focus on owning and operating assets that provide clean and affordable energy to our customers. AltaGas assets include Washington Gas/WGL, SEMCO, and Petrogas. Our talented team, nearly 3,000 strong, leverages the strength of our assets and expertise along the energy value chain to connect customers with premier energy solutions – from the well sites of upstream producers to the doorsteps of homes and businesses to new markets around the world.

We deliver clean and affordable natural gas to approximately 1.6 million customers’ homes and businesses through regulated natural gas distribution utilities across five jurisdictions in the United States and two regulated natural gas storage utilities in the United States. Learn more about our team, vision, and strategy.

To learn more about our mission: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6N-LEcGJRQ

For Canadian hires: AltaGas hires personnel on the basis of job-related qualifications. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to a person's ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, record of offences, marital status, family status or disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.