Venture Global LNG (“Venture Global”) is a long-term, low-cost provider of American-produced liquefied natural gas. The company’s Louisiana-based export projects service the global demand for North American natural gas and support the long-term development of clean and reliable North American energy supplies. Using reliable, proven technology in an innovative plant design configuration, Venture Global’s modular, mid-scale plant design will replace traditional designs as it allows for the same efficiency and operational reliability at significantly lower capital cost.
We are seeking qualified applicants for the position:
Analyst, Pricing Risk
Located:
Houston
Summary
We are seeking an Analyst, Pricing Risk to join our Risk Department. This position will report directly to the Director of Risk Management. This position will play a critical role in setting up the pricing and curve validation functions within the Middle Office, while working collaboratively across other analysts and directors. The ideal candidate is a great communicator with a strong focus on accuracy.
General Description Duties & Responsibilities
- Monitor and cross-verify daily Mark-to-Market (MTM) closing numbers, regional basis differentials, and index curves mapped within the ETRM platform.
- Monitor, audit, and validate forward curves and settlement prices ingested from market intelligence suites to ensure structural and financial logic holds true.
- Design and execute independent price verification (IPV) frameworks to identify off-market trades, pricing anomalies, or stale curves before they impact risk reporting.
- Leverage knowledge of LNG, Gas and Power Pricing, regional basis spreads, and index pricing schemas to identify and correct data anomalies.
- Verify that underlying commercial terms, option valuations, pipeline transportation spreads, and storage pricing formulas inside the ETRM closely map to physical reality.
- Interpret daily position changes, valuation shifts, and curve movements, communicating market risk insights directly to Risk leadership.
- Exhibit flexibility in work assignments to accommodate changing priorities and business need deadlines.
- Build and maintain model and database structures related to curve tracking and pricing frameworks.
- Collaborate with internal risk teams and external market data vendors to ensure clear data transmission across systems.
Qualifications
Required experience
- 2 to 5 years of experience in Commodity Price Verification, Market Risk Analytics, or Valuation/Product Control in energy trading.
- Familiarity with ETRM pricing modules (FIS Aligne, Endur, or parallel architectures).
- Advanced Excel skills for data analysis and valuation modeling.
- Understanding of upstream market data feeds (Enverus MarketView, ICE, or Platts).
- Strong analytical curiosity, understanding of market mechanics, and the confidence to communicate effectively with front-office trading desks.
Required Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Financial Engineering, or a highly quantitative field.
Venture Global LNG is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law.