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Senior Market Compliance Analyst, Gas & LNG
senior · Risk & Compliance
Context & Environment
TGPNA participates in North American physical and financial commodity markets, including power, natural gas, LNG, environmental products, dry bulk commodities, and related derivatives. The Company operates in a dynamic and highly regulated environment that is subject to evolving market rules, tariff requirements, regulatory developments, and market conduct expectations across multiple jurisdictions and organized markets.
Under the general supervision of the Senior Market Compliance Analyst (Natural Gas, LNG, and Dry Bulk), this role supports the monitoring of external market developments and the surveillance of internal transactions and communications to help ensure compliance with applicable market rules and regulations. The position contributes to compliance oversight, surveillance activities, regulatory analysis, and advisory support for the Company's commodity trading and commercial operations.
Working closely with Trading, Commercial, Risk, Operations, Legal, senior management, Market Analysts, and Data Analysts, the incumbent provides practical guidance on market rules, regulatory requirements, and compliance risks that impact day-to-day business activities. The role also supports regulatory change management, market rule interpretation, compliance program development, investigations, training initiatives, governance activities, and regulatory readiness efforts.
The successful candidate will possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to independently assess complex trading activities, evaluate regulatory developments, identify compliance risks, and communicate practical, risk-based recommendations to business stakeholders.
Activities
- Independently monitor physical and financial natural gas, LNG, and related commodity transactions to ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, market rules, and exchange requirements.
- Conduct daily surveillance of trading activity, position limits, accountability levels, benchmark pricing periods, bid week trading, and market fundamentals to identify potential compliance risks.
- Monitor and analyze market, pipeline, storage, LNG, transportation, scheduling, and operational data, as well as OTC and exchange-traded transactions, including swaps, options, ISDA, brokered, and structured transactions.
- Review trading communications, surveillance alerts, and escalated compliance matters; conduct investigations and recommend appropriate risk-based actions.
- Partner with Front Office personnel to review, investigate, and document trading strategies and activities, while providing ongoing compliance guidance and risk assessments.
- Develop, maintain, and enhance surveillance models, dashboards, and reporting tools using Power BI and other analytical platforms to support monitoring and risk detection.
- Translate regulatory and compliance requirements into quantitative surveillance scenarios and analytical controls designed to detect potentially non-compliant trading behavior.
- Design, test, implement, and refine surveillance reports and detection scenarios to identify anomalous trading patterns, deviations from historical behavior, and potential market manipulation indicators.
- Support new product and business activity reviews by assessing compliance risks and performing testing from a market compliance perspective.
- Collaborate with Trading, Risk, Operations, Legal, Operational Compliance, and other control functions to ensure adherence to regulatory and internal compliance requirements.
- Prepare and provide data, analyses, and documentation for internal reporting, audits, regulatory filings, inquiries, and investigations.
- Maintain market rules, enforcement action, and regulatory knowledge bases for Natural Gas and LNG markets; publish periodic compliance alerts and regulatory updates for business stakeholders.
- Regularly report on emerging compliance risks, regulatory developments, and surveillance findings to management and relevant stakeholders.
Candidate Profile
- Bachelor's degree in Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Statistics, Accounting, Finance, Engineering, or a related quantitative discipline. An advanced degree is preferred.
- Minimum of five (5) years of experience within an energy trading organization, including at least two (2) years in Market Compliance, Trading Compliance, Market Surveillance, Trading Surveillance, or a related function.
- Strong understanding of physical and financial trading activities across Natural Gas, LNG, and Dry Bulk markets, including associated transportation, storage, and trading practices.
- In-depth knowledge of applicable market and regulatory requirements, including FERC, CFTC, ICE, and CME rules governing natural gas and LNG trading activities.
- Demonstrated experience interacting with regulatory and enforcement bodies, including the FERC Office of Enforcement and the CFTC Division of Enforcement.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, with the ability to effectively convey complex compliance and regulatory issues to diverse stakeholders.
- Proven ability to analyze large and complex datasets, identify unusual trading patterns, and assess potential market conduct risks.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic trading environment.
- Self-motivated and capable of working independently with minimal supervision while exercising sound judgment.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
- Hands-on experience with data analytics and reporting tools, including SQL, Python, Power BI, Power Query, Alteryx, Excel VBA, and/or Spotfire.
- Experience working with electronic trading and surveillance technologies, including FIX/FIXML messaging, drop copy feeds, REST APIs, and market surveillance platforms such as SMARTS, CubeWatch, Behavox, Whistler, Steeleye, or similar solutions.
What We Offer:
At TotalEnergies we know that you're more than what's on your CV. If this opportunity excites you, but your profile doesn't exactly match the description above...give it a try & apply. Diversity of perspectives & experiences make us stronger.
TotalEnergies celebrates diversity and is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity:
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, protected veteran status, disability status or any other category protected under applicable federal, state or local law. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures.
All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs.
TotalEnergies believes that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.
About the company:
TotalEnergies is a multi-energy company that produces and markets energies on a global scale: oil and biofuels, natural gas and green gases, renewables and electricity. Our 105,000 employees are committed to energy that is ever more affordable, clean, reliable and accessible to as many people as possible. Active in more than 130 countries, TotalEnergies puts sustainable development in all its dimensions at the heart of its projects and operations to contribute to the well-being of people.
TotalEnergies Gas and Power (TGP) is the trading arm of TotalEnergies in the field of low carbon energies (mainly gas, LNG and power). As such it operates in fast-evolving market dynamics influenced by internal and external factors that require constant adaptation and evolution. Uncertainties specific to the trading environment (volatility of prices, supply & demand mismatches) are coupled with those coming from the broader energy sector (climate change policies, changes in the energy mix, developments of new energy sources, etc). In such context TGP helps to ensure growth and profitability to a key segment of the business in order to reach the objective of Carbon Neutrality by 2050.
Our Culture:
We are committed to meet the energy needs of a growing population while fulfilling our ambition to be a major player in the energy transition. The volatility of the energy trading markets requires excellence in risk management and a culture of innovation.
Our people flourish in an environment that promotes expertise, entrepreneurship spirit, agility and a purpose-driven culture, generating boundless opportunities to learn, grow and achieve collaborative success while ensuring safety in all our operations.
We look for passion, ambition and open-mindedness. While we evolve in a demanding and ever-changing industry, we cultivate a friendly workplace where team spirit and respect guide our daily routine, and where the diversity of our people and their skills create a nourishing experience for all of us.
Domain: Governance and Information
Type of contract: Regular position
Experience: Minimum 6 years
Employer company: TotalEnergies Gas & Power North America, Inc.