Selby Jennings · 20 hours ago
Director of Risk Management - North America/LATAM
Houston, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
10+ years expSelby Jennings is partnering with a global leading energy trading firm that is looking for an outstanding market risk leader to lead strategic risk oversight across refined products, crude oil, and related derivative trading activity across North American & LATAM markets. In this role, you will serve as the senior regional authority on risk, providing strong oversight and ensuring close alignment with global risk standards and frameworks.
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Hiring Manager
Sam Ramey
Responsibilities
Provide regional oversight of risk management activities for physical energy portfolios, including pipeline movements, ground transport, and marine logistics
Ensure that enterprise‑wide risk standards, controls, and limit frameworks are consistently implemented across regional support functions such as Back Office, Product Control, and Market Risk
Serve as the primary escalation contact for significant risk events, breaches of limits, and material exposure concerns
Guide, support, and develop the regional risk organization through strong leadership and mentorship
Build trusted partnerships with senior commercial leaders, regional executives, and global risk stakeholders to enable balanced decision‑making
Offer independent, thoughtful challenge on trading approaches, emerging business proposals, and complex commercial structures
Represent the risk function in regional leadership meetings, governance forums, and cross‑functional committees
Oversee the accuracy, timeliness, and clarity of daily financial results, risk metrics, and exposure reporting for front‑line and senior stakeholders, ensuring all movements are well‑understood
Maintain full transparency and precision in valuation processes across physical and derivative positions
Ensure that regional use of trade and risk systems accurately reflects commercial activity and adheres to internal data standards
Collaborate closely with Operations and Trade Finance to confirm accurate and timely booking of logistics details, cost accruals, and quantity updates
Strengthen end‑of‑month reconciliation workflows between the Risk and Accounting teams to ensure complete alignment
Contribute to the continuous improvement and documentation of risk governance frameworks and procedural controls
Manage key external relationships related to regional clearing, brokerage, and market infrastructure partners
Uphold rigorous oversight of market data inputs, price verification processes, and related governance practices
Qualification
Required
10+ years of risk management experience in physical energy markets, particularly involving refined products and crude‑related commercial activity
Proficiency with advanced trading and risk platforms
A bachelor's degree in a business, finance, economics, or related field of study; professional certifications or postgraduate studies such as CFA, MBA, or equivalent credentials are advantageous
Broad understanding of front‑to‑back trade lifecycle functions, including commercial operations, risk oversight, and supporting control environments
Strong analytical capability with the ability to interpret market movements, assess how valuation shifts influence financial results, and understand the economic drivers behind transactional events
Company
Selby Jennings
Global recruitment firm specialising in Banking
1001-5000 employees
Funding
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