Lead portfolio manager

Title: Lead Portfolio Manager Location: Midlands Salary: Up to GBP71,634 Industry: Energy Working patterns: 4 days a week in office Brief Overview: Forsyth Barnes have partnered with a large Energy business within the UK that are looking to recruit a Lead Portfolio Lead on a permanent basis. This candidate will take charge of their strategy and risk management approach, ensuring high level service to their portfolio of risk-managed and strategic customers. Your role will be important in ensuring that their service offering remains at the front of the industry, adding value and going beyond the expectations of their customers. Responsibilities: * Lead the Flex Portfolio Management team on strategy and risk management approach, implementation, and monitoring. * Ownership of a limited portfolio of key strategic risk-managed customers, implementing and advising on risk and hedging strategies. * Drive the team to deliver and maintain an industry leading service to our customers. * Work with I C Sales and Product Development teams and the Optimisation Desk Manager to ensure the Flex Portfolio Solutions (FPS) product is relevant, valued by customers, delivered cost effectively and adding real value to the business both through direct fees and indirectly through customer retention. * Ensure the Flex Portfolio Management team are transacting within the bounds of the FPS product, recording all trades in a timely and compliant manner. * Monitor the performance of the Client Portfolio Managers through appropriate metrics. Requirements Essential * Detailed understanding of wholesale markets drivers * Experience of applying Energy Risk Management tools * Strong attention to detail * Strong analytical capability * Excellent communication and leadership skills Desirable * Advanced Excel, VBA or PowerBI experience * Experience working with customers