Market Risk Senior Analyst- LNG

  • Robert Walters
  • Aug 18, 2026
Full time Transportation Automotive

Job Description

We are working with a rapidly growing LNG trading and shipping business to appoint a Senior Associate within its London-based Risk & Middle Office team.

Senior Associate - LNG Market Risk & Middle Office

We are working with a rapidly growing LNG trading and shipping business to appoint a Senior Associate within its London-based Risk & Middle Office team.

This is a broad, commercially focused market-risk position supporting an expanding physical LNG and derivatives portfolio. The successful candidate will combine strong LNG market-risk expertise with the ability to enhance frameworks, controls, reporting and risk-system capability within a fast-scaling trading environment.

Key responsibilities
  • Produce, analyse and explain daily risk P&L and key market drivers

  • Monitor LNG exposures, hedging activity and risk-limit utilisation

  • Independently validate forward curves and portfolio valuations

  • Review physical and financial transactions from a market-risk perspective

  • Support hedging across LNG, freight, bunker fuel, FX and EU ETS

  • Develop VaR, stress-testing, scenario analysis and management reporting

  • Improve market-risk controls, dashboards, processes and ETRM functionality

  • Partner closely with Trading, Chartering, Finance, Legal and IT

  • Provide guidance to junior team members and act as senior team cover where required

Candidate profile
  • At least five years' market-risk experience within LNG or wider energy trading

  • Strong understanding of physical LNG trading, P&L, VaR, exposure and limit monitoring

  • Experience with OTC and exchange-traded energy derivatives

  • Ability to work independently, challenge front office constructively and operate in a non-siloed environment

  • Exposure to LNG freight, bunker fuel, EUA/EU ETS, EMIR or REMIT would be advantageous

  • Previous experience enhancing risk frameworks, controls, reporting or ETRM platforms is highly desirable

If you meet the above set criteria, please apply or send a copy of your CV to

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