Lead Risk Advisor

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Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Motiva refines, distributes and markets petroleum products throughout the Americas. The company’s Port Arthur Manufacturing Complex in Port Arthur, TX, is comprised of North America’s largest refinery with a total throughput of 720,000 barrels per day, the largest base oil plant in the western hemisphere, and an integrated chemical plant. Under exclusive long-term brand licenses with Shell and Phillips 66 (for the 76® brand), Motiva’s commercial operations supply more than 12 billion gallons of fuel to customers annually. Motiva is wholly owned by Aramco, one of the world’s largest integrated energy and chemicals companies.

Position Overview:

Motiva is seeking an experienced and highly principled Lead Risk Advisor to serve as a senior individual contributor within the independent second-line risk control function in the Middle Office. This role is responsible for the end-to-end ownership of risk analytics and controls for assigned commercial supply portfolios, while providing technical leadership across the analyst team.

The Lead Risk Advisor ensures the integrity of exposure measurement, daily mark-to-market P&L validation, and risk reporting—delivering decision-ready transparency on inventory and market price exposures. The role partners proactively with Commercial, Supply Optimization, Finance, and IT teams to improve data quality, strengthen controls, and enable new activities within the Motiva Risk Policy and control framework.

This position does not have direct reports; however, it carries delegated authority for risk analytics standards, portfolio methodologies, and quality review, and acts as the escalation point for complex issues before they reach risk management leadership.  This is an on-site position with hybrid flexibility, located at Motiva’s downtown Houston corporate headquarters. and operates on a 9/80 work schedule, providing alternating Fridays off to support work–life balance.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the accountable risk analytics owner for assigned portfolios, including exposure measurement methodology, data lineage, and control design.

• Own and maintain exposure decomposition standards and ensure consistent application across positions, pricing, and hedge structures.

• Independently challenge and validate inventory, pricing exposures, flat-price and spread exposures; ensure the integrity of opening/closing positions and valuation inputs.

• Develop and maintain portfolio-specific analytics playbooks (methodology notes, control points, reconciliation steps) to ensure audit-ready documentation.

• Lead daily mark-to-market P&L validation and publish P&L driver commentary; conduct and/or lead P&L attribution reviews for assigned portfolios.

• Investigate, reconcile, and drive closure of complex exposure or P&L discrepancies with Commercial and Finance; document root cause and corrective actions.

• Ensure adherence to risk policies, limits, and segregation-of-duties standards; identify exceptions and escalate per governance requirements.

• Record, track, and escalate KRIs and business incidents per policy; recommend control enhancements when thresholds or trends indicate elevated risk.

• Deliver scenario-based and forward-looking risk analysis to inform commercial decisions (inventory positioning, term structure, contract optionality, product flows, logistics strategy).

• Translate complex risk topics into decision-ready insights for stakeholders; provide concise written and verbal commentary.

• Lead risk assessment and control design for new commercial activities, structures, instruments, or reporting requirements within assigned portfolios.

• Define required exposure logic, controls, KRIs, reporting, and readiness steps for new activity; coordinate validation with Commercial, Finance, and ETRM stakeholders.

• Provide formal risk analytics sign-off (within delegated authority) for portfolio methodology changes, new reporting, and readiness deliverables.

• Own the design and continuous improvement of risk reporting and dashboards for assigned portfolios (e.g., Power BI views, exposure reports, limit usage, P&L drivers).

• Act as a portfolio product owner for ETRM/risk analytics enhancements: requirements definition, UAT planning/execution, controls testing, and post-implementation validation.

• Drive automation and process improvement initiatives that improve timeliness, accuracy, transparency, and control effectiveness (including data-quality monitoring).

• Provide day-to-day technical leadership across Risk Analysts and Senior Risk Analysts through coaching, peer review, and standard-setting.

• Review and challenge analyst work product for completeness, accuracy, and consistency with methodology; serve as first escalation point for complex issues.

• Establish standard templates and analytical practices to raise consistency and rigor across the Middle Office risk control function.

Experience and Qualifications:

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Engineering, or other quantitative discipline.

• Typically 7+ years of experience in market risk, middle office, commodity analytics, or risk control.

• Demonstrated expertise in exposure measurement, exposure decomposition (flat, time, basis), and daily P&L/position validation.

• Strong understanding of inventory and price-risk concepts, including flat-price risk and spread exposures, across physical and derivative positions.

• Experience with one or more commodities/complexes (Crude, Intermediates, Products, Renewables, Petrochemicals) and familiarity with refining/commercial transaction lifecycles.

• Strong proficiency with ETRM systems (RightAngle preferred) and analytical tools such as Power BI and Excel.

• Proven ability to lead cross-functional resolution of discrepancies and deliver clear, concise risk commentary to leadership.

• Working understanding of logistics modalities (pipeline, marine/vessel, rail, truck) and impacts to exposure and valuation.

• High integrity and independence consistent with a second-line control role; comfort challenging assumptions with facts and data.

Preferred Education and Experience:

• Master’s degree and/or professional certifications (CFA, FRM).

• Experience supporting ETRM implementations, reporting builds, or risk analytics platform enhancements (requirements, UAT, controls validation).

• Knowledge of VaR/@Risk concepts, scenario analysis, stress testing, and structured-deal risk assessment.

• Experience with crack-spread margin management and corporate hedging programs.

• Experience leading new activity enablement or designing control frameworks for new business processes.

We reserve the right to amend or withdraw Motiva jobs at any time, including prior to the closing date. Depending on qualifications, the successful candidate may be offered a position at a more appropriate level and/or grade.

Applicants for regular U.S. positions must be authorized to work in the United States for Motiva Enterprises LLC without the need for sponsorship of an immigration authorization or visa (for example, TN, H-1B, or other employment-based immigration authorization or visa).

Motiva participates in E-Verify.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, citizenship, genetic information, or other protected status under federal, state, or local laws.