[Hiring] Senior Lead Energy Trading & Risk Solutions Consultant @FIS

Role Description

As a Senior Lead Energy Trading & Risk Solutions Consultant, you’ll utilize your in-depth product and market knowledge to help sales staff uncover requirements, recommend and demonstrate the FIS Aligne Energy Trading, Risk, and Logistics Platform (ETRLP). Your unique expertise will help us advance the way the world pays, banks and invests, while you advance your own career with a growing, global organization.

• This is an advanced professional role with broad understanding of energy trading, risk management, and market operations including risk as well as gas and pipe operations.
• Requirements include expertise of:
  • Physical and financial trading in Power, Natural Gas, LNG, as well as Pipe Operations.
  • Energy Trading Back Office operations.
  • Advanced Analytics including performing VaR and PFE calculations.
• Perform risk calculations and reporting, demonstrating the lifecycle of a trade in the Aligne ETRLP solution in front of veteran traders and Risk Officers.
• Exercise judgment in decision making, determining approach, methods and procedures to use on new assignments.
• Utilize advanced knowledge of all products within a specific business unit and their relationship to other business unit solutions to assist sales team in addressing unique client/prospect requirements.
• May coordinate and guide the work of others to ensure success.
• Typically requires a minimum of five years business experience with specific solutions, products and marketplace.
• Develop appropriate product solutions to meet client/prospect business requirements mainly as Proof Of Concept solutions.
• Present and demonstrate the FIS Aligne Platform, either standalone or in conjunction with other FIS Solution offerings.
• Drive solutioning process on behalf of sales executives to obtain client/prospect requirements, identify and prioritize functionality gaps, initiate request-source process, and gather necessary information for internal suppliers.
• Complete RFPs (Request for Proposal) and RFIs (Request for Information) against tight deadlines.
• Participate in business requirement review sessions with clients/prospects, document requested scope, and provide effort estimates.
• Create proposal documents outlining project scope and requirements.
• Configure the presentation environment to the client’s requirements and deliver product presentations/demonstrations.
• Create and maintain product presentations (pptx) and application environments.
• Participate in product release process and liaise with development to maintain presales presentation environments with upgrades and configuration of new functionality.
• Train members of the presales team on new functionality.
• Provide feedback on client/prospect requirements to FIS product managers on an ongoing basis.
• Interact with vendors and other organizations to implement integration with third-party vendor solutions within the demo platform.
• Liaise with platform architects and technical teams to improve the presentation environment.

Qualifications

• Possesses in-depth knowledge of Energy trading (Trade entry/scheduling/nominations) as well as operations experience.
• Possess a deep understanding and ability to calculate VaR (Historic, Monte Carlo, custom) as well as PFE.
• Must have at least 5+ years of experience with the FIS Aligne Platform (As a user, In Sales, or Professional Services).
• Works well in an independent, as well as team environment.
• Demonstrated ability to interact with and provide appropriate communications to senior management as well as veteran energy traders.
• Be based anywhere in the United States of America/Canada – Preferably based in Texas.

Requirements

• Familiar with competitors and their products.
• Have a strong working familiarity with FIS and its various business units utilizing knowledge to expedite enhancement estimation activities.

Benefits

• Opportunities to innovate in fintech.
• Tools for personal and professional growth.
• Inclusive and diverse work environment.
• Resources to invest in your community.
• Competitive salary and benefits.