• You are someone who possesses the following experience and credentials:
•  Bachelors degree in Business/Economics/Finance or related discipline is mandatory
•  Graduate degree in Economics/Finance/Business/Mathematics or quantitative discipline and/or certification is preferred
•  3 to 7 years in operational or market compliance, preferably at a commodity trading business, is required
•  Experience with swap reporting and other US commodity and financial trading compliance reporting is necessary
•  As the Senior Analyst will be interacting with various channels within the company, the following traits are particularly desirable:
•  Excellent presentation, oral, and written communication skills with the ability to apply these skills at all levels of the organization
•  Ability to be present and respond efficiently to time-sensitive demands of trading and compliance
•  Ability to keep composure under time-sensitive and volatile commodity market scenarios
•  An intellectual curiosity in risk, compliance, and markets 
•  Resilience for ethics and strength to apply operational compliance policy
•  The Operational role holder will play an active role for the accuracy and completeness of all compliance control reports of the risk control department, the following skills are important:
•  Strong attention to detail and proven due diligence
•  Ability to be an analytical problem-solver and improve upon business processes
•  Comprehensive understanding of finance and risk management methodologies
•  Comfortable in understanding legal text and ability to transpose the documentations on the day-to-day activity
•  Preferred numerical fluency and computer literacy: ability to use Microsoft Excel, Power BI, Scripting Tools and programs (Python, Alteryx, etc)

The Senior Operational Compliance Analyst will actively monitor regulatory and risk mitigation activities and ensure that controls are current, adapted, and appropriate to the  activity and current regulatory practices. Responsibilities include:

• Ensure that all trading operations are in compliance with domestic financial and physical regulations (i.e. CFTC, FERC, EIA, State Utility Commissions) and in accordance with TGPNA risk and compliance policies.
• Report the trading activities in an efficient and timely manner to TGPNA management and regulators while ensuring the information is accurate and has been received properly.
• Report any breach in the daily compliance processes to Operational Compliance Management and the Head of Risk Control.
• Analyze and reconcile daily compliance issues and address them when appropriate to existing channels for investigation and resolution.
• Responsible for L2 CFTC Swap Reporting of an active trading and evolving power business.
• Swap reporting includes but is not limited to working with data feeds (API, FTP), understanding of contracts for reporting delegation, and careful analysis and reporting in TGPNA’s internal risk systems and power business intelligence tools.
• Provide and solve any operational risk requests asked by the different National Regulation Authority (NRA’s).
• Maintain appropriate documentation, records, and reports for review by auditory purposes and retention.
• Support the continual review and process improvements of TGP’s operational procedures and compliance framework by identifying potential areas of compliance vulnerability and risk, developing and implementing corrective action plans for resolution of problematic issues, and lead various projects in collaboration with other departments to develop compliance tools and ensure its implementation in the business.
• Provide education and understanding and expertise for trading and trade support functions.
• Be called upon to support the global operational risk team as needed, including assisting with European and Asian reporting processes (EMIR, REMIT, MIFID  II, MAS, ASIC);

• Rapidly evolving U.S. energy markets during energy transition
• Highly competitive environment for new business and growth opportunities due to new market entrants 
• Highly skilled and mobile workforce 
• Fast moving trading environment involving time critical activities and high/risk rewards from trading operations 
• The Company is responsible for the Company’s gas, power, dry bulk, and LNG trading and marketing activities in North America

PURPOSES

The Senior Operational Compliance Analyst is responsible for understanding the federal, state and local regulatory framework, existing risk mitigation processes, documenting and updating the new risk control procedures related to operational compliance and help develop responses to new and evolving regulatory environments.

The role holder will have the opportunity to work with key American and European legislations and play an active role to ensure Middle Office, Back Office and Finance provide a compliant and accurate operational result.