(Global Oil Gas) Interest Rate - Fx Hedging Specialist

This role required candidate to permanently relocate at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

About the Company


This company engages in the exploration, production, transportation, and sale of crude oil and natural gas. It operates through the following segments: Upstream, Downstream, and Corporate. The Upstream segment includes crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids exploration, field development, and production. The Downstream segment focuses on refining, logistics, power generation, and the marketing of crude oil, petroleum and petrochemical products, and related services to international and domestic customers. The Corporate segment offers supporting services including human resources, finance, and information technology. The company was founded on May 29, 1933 and is headquartered in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

Job Summary

We are seeking an Interest Rate and FX Hedging Specialist to join the Credit and Market Division of the Financial Risk Management Department at This Company. The Interest Rate and FX Hedging Specialist is responsible for analysis, monitoring, and hedging of these market risks within the group. Additionally, experience with commodity risk hedging will be preferred. The successful candidate will assess market risk exposures, perform quantitative and qualitative analysis on positions and risks of the respective portfolios, and report the findings to risk management and to key areas of the Company. The specialist will interface with various internal departments, including compliance, finance, operations, and the trading desk, and also with other subsidiaries and joint ventures of the group.

Responsibilities:

• Assist in the setup, configuration and implementation of hedging of market risks and related risk analytic systems.
• Understand and report on market risk dynamics of the specific portfolio, key drivers impacting prices, volatility and values and their prospective impact on the risks and earnings of the portfolio.
• Analyze and quantify interest rate, FX and commodity risk exposure of the group and propose hedging strategies to mitigate such risks.
• Ensure that volatilities, market prices, forward curves, correlations, and other key valuation components are accurately and consistently defined and updated.

Requirements:

• Willing to permanently relocate at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
• Experience with the development, implementation, application, and oversight of financial markets risk models, hedging alternatives, pricing and hedge execution strategies.
• Strong preference for a professional certification such as CFA, FRM, or PRM.
• Ability to coach junior analysts in developing their analytical skills and reporting capabilities.
• Prior experience and knowledge of trading concepts, derivative instruments, ISDA agreements, hedge accounting, and operations.
• 10+ years' experience in experience financial markets risk management in a corporate or bank environment.
• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field. An MBA or other advanced business degree is preferred.
• Advanced proficiency with Excel.