Risk Strategist

Company Description Vitol is a leader in energy and commodities. Vitol produces, manages and delivers energy and commodities to consumers and industry worldwide. In addition to its primary business of trading, Vitol is invested in infrastructure globally, with $10+billion invested in long-term assets.

Vitol’s customers include national oil companies, multinationals, leading industrial companies and utilities. Founded in Rotterdam in 1966, today Vitol serves its customers from some 40 offices worldwide. Revenues in 2023 were $400bn.

For more information: vitol.com

Job Description In order to better equip the front office teams, and in the context of tremendous growth in our trading portfolios, we are developing a greenfield Risk & PnL engine within our CTRM (Commodity Trading & Risk Management system). We are seeking someone with strong C++ and Python development skills, coupled with an understanding of risk and an interest in commodities trading.  You will join one other team member in Houston, with the rest of the team based in London.

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As a Risk Strategist you will be at the crossroads of the development of this new Risk & PnL engine, facing both business priorities and technical challenges. You will often face ambiguous problems requiring you to define not only the answer but also the question.

This role involves regular travel to London, to ensure close collaboration with the rest of the new risk engine Dev team.

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