Job Title: Senior Credit Risk Analyst

Work Place Flexibility: Hybrid 

Legal Entity: Entergy Services, LLC 

Job Summary/Purpose

The incumbent is considered a technical expert in credit risk management and is responsible for providing credit risk analysis and mitigation advice for business-to-business transactions, including securitization of customer obligations. The position is also responsible for ensuring that collateral requirements associated with positions in the wholesale energy markets are appropriately managed. The person in the position provides guidance to less experienced staff members.

Job Duties/Responsibilities

• Assesses the credit worthiness of non-residential customers and collaborates with cross-functional teams to negotiate appropriate amounts and forms of securitization of customer obligations.
• Leads the credit evaluation team for the acquisition of generating resources via a competitive Request for Proposal process. Provide formal credit risk evaluation services in support of the corporate risk committee process, ongoing counterparty research and ad hoc analyses at the request of internal customers.
• Develops and maintains a strong, visible presence where she/he is recognized as a credit risk management expert for the enterprise.
• Actively supports the negotiation of credit terms for standard and nonstandard contracts including standard enabling agreements like NAESB and ISDA.
• Suggests and implements process improvements to benefit the team and/or the organization.
• Assists in managing liquidity, including by ensuring collateral management processes supporting activities in the wholesale energy markets are well developed and executed.
• Participates in special projects to support business processes.
• Trains and develops less experienced staff members and guide their day-to-day activities. Ensure the group timely executes its processes and delivers on its work product. Ensures robust procedures for the group’s processes are in place and properly documented.

Minimum Requirements

Minimum education required of the position

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience

Minimum experience required of the position

• 7 years of experience in a related field

Minimum knowledge, skills, and abilities required of the position

• Extensive credit risk management knowledge, preferably in a business-to-business setting
• Ability to analyze and extract information from financial statements to assess the creditworthiness of counterparties
• High level of familiarity with the types of third-party transactions inherent in the electric utility or other capital-intensive industries
• Proficient knowledge of MS Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel
• Ability to work within a team environment and lead a team with minimal supervision
• Ability to prioritize and handle multiple time sensitive projects effectively

Any certificates, licenses, etc. required of the position

• Preferred: CPA or CFA 

Primary Location: Texas-The Woodlands Texas : The Woodlands 
Job Function: Professional
FLSA Status: Professional 
Relocation Option: No Relocation Offered
Union description/code: NON BARGAINING UNIT 
Number of Openings: 1
Req ID: 116609
Travel Percentage:Up to 25%

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Additional Responsibilities: As a provider of essential services, Entergy expects its employees to be available to work additional hours, to work in alternate locations, and/or to perform additional duties in connection with storms, outages, emergencies, or other situations as deemed necessary by the company. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties.

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WORKING CONDITIONS:
As a provider of essential services, Entergy expects its employees to be available to work additional hours, to work in alternate locations, and/or to perform additional duties in connection with storms, outages, emergencies, or other situations as deemed necessary by the company. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties.

Please note: Authorization to work in the United States is a precondition to employment in this position. Entergy will not sponsor candidates for work visas for this position.