Risk Control Manager, WM Renewable Energy

I. Job Summary

We are seeking a strategic and hands-on Manager, Risk Control to build and lead our energy commodity risk management function. Reporting to the Senior Director of Finance, this role will play a critical part in developing risk frameworks, systems, and reporting capabilities to support our physical production trading, procurement, and operations teams. The role will also work in close partnership with our Corporate Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) function to align commodity exposures with broader enterprise risk strategies.

II. Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Help build and scale the commodity risk function, potentially including recruitment and mentorship of credit risk analyst
• Build and implement comprehensive risk frameworks including VaR, PaR, PFE, stress testing, and scenario analysis
• Develop and enforce risk policies, limits, controls, and governance processes in coordination with finance and ERM
• Create actionable dashboards and reporting packages: MtM, VaR, stress testing, limit breaches, and P&L attribution
• Deliver regular risk insights and reports to the Senior Director of Finance, Risk Committee, and cross-functional leadership
• Serve as the finance liaison and partner to front office teams while proactively surfacing insights and mitigation strategies and to develop effective hedging strategies
• Track and report on open positions, exposures, and counterparty risk; escalate breaches and propose corrective actions
• Help build and scale the commodity risk function, potentially including recruitment and mentorship of credit risk analysts
• Monitor daily market, credit, and operational risks across commodity portfolios
• Manage and enhance ETRM platforms (experience with Endur, Allegro, Molecule a plus) and risk data infrastructure
• Review and validate forward curves and pricing inputs for MTM, ensuring consistency with market data

III. Qualifications

A. Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree (accredited) or in lieu of degree a High School Diploma GED (accredited) and 4 years of relevant work experience.
• 7 years of previous experience (in addition to education requirement)

B. Preferred Qualifications

• MBA
• Experience in both physical and financial commodity trading or corporate procurement environments.
• Experience with building and enhancing ETRM platforms (experience with Endur, Allegro, Molecule a plus) and risk data infrastructure.
• Proven ability to build or scale a risk function within a trading or asset-intensive environment.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to influence cross-functional stakeholders.

C . Other Knowledge, Skills or Abilities Required

• Must be authorized to work in the US.
• Must be local to the Houston area; No relocations for this role.

IV. Physical Requirements

Listed below are key points regarding physical demands, physical and occupational risks, and the work environment of the job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

• Repetitive Motions - Frequently
• Eye/Hand/Foot Coordination - Frequently
• Sitting - Constantly
• Talking - Constantly
• Hearing - Constantly

Office: This job primarily operates in a professional office environment and routinely requires the use of standard office equipment such as computers, phones, copy machines, etc.

Benefits
At WM, each eligible employee receives a competitive total compensation package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance and Short Term Disability. As well as a Stock Purchase Plan, Company match on 401K, and more! Our employees also receive Paid Vacation, Holidays, and Personal Days. Please note that benefits may vary by site.

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