Risk manager

In this role, you will work closely with our trading teams and use your risk expertise to challenge trading strategies and commercial decisions to optimise risk exposure. You will also collaborate with our Risk Modelling and Risk Control colleagues to ensure we stay on top of PnL and changes in risk metrics.

Your key responsibilities include:

• delivering daily risk advisory through close, proactive collaboration with our trading teams
• preparing monthly and quarterly management reports, as well as ad hoc risk assessments and stress scenario analysis
• advising senior leaders across the business by aligning risk efforts and delivering clear, actionable recommendations

You will have the option to work from either our Aarhus or Copenhagen office

As our new risk manager, you will join our Market Risk Management team, which helps our trading teams make informed decisions that strike the right balance between risk and reward. Our advice is driven by data and a deep understanding of market dynamics, which is why we work closely with commercial colleagues such as traders, business developers and originators.

We are a team of five risk managers and analysts with diverse backgrounds in tech and economics. With a strong focus on global and European market developments, we take a big-picture view and keep a close eye on financial and energy markets.

Since you will be working with colleagues across the business, we are looking for someone with great stakeholder management skills who enjoys taking the lead when needed. We also picture you as someone who is great at grasping the full overview and understands energy trading, global economics and finance well enough to spotting patterns and confidently challenging our trading teams in their decisions.

We also imagine that you:

• hold a relevant educational background in Economics, Finance or a technical field
• have at least four years’ experience in a similar position such as risk management, trading or portfolio management
• are proficient in derivative valuation, including options and risk analysis (such as VaR, CFaR and Greeks)
• have experience coding in SQL and using advanced Excel
• are proficient in English – both written and spoken

You can read more about our recruitment process here. Please note that if you are an international candidate, we will reimburse travel expenses in connection with potential interviews and support you with the relocation process.

We're a tech-driven energy trading company present in +40 markets across five continents. Our +600 people are driven by a need to constantly better things. If you are too, we could very well be the right place for you. You'll join a collective of thinkers and doers. Aspiring chefs, runners, parents, beekeepers, gamers – the list goes on. We're highly specialised experts within our fields. But it’s actually our diversity of ideas we’re most proud of, which is why we continuously work on strengthening an inclusive culture where diverse teams thrive.

Our organisation is flat with an open-door policy. We expect you to care. About your work. About your own and your colleagues’ collective successes. And about the difference we make at Danske Commodities. Together with our parent company Equinor, we have the vision and strength to accelerate the energy transition and make an impact. Like no other.

In summer 2025, we'll be moving to our brand-new headquarters in Aarhus. Our future home, Akson, will be located in Sydhavnskvarteret – a vibrant district where business meets culture. On top of being in this urban oasis, we’ll enjoy state-of-the-art facilities – including our own barista coffee shop, modern fitness facilities and breathtaking views that will make every day at the office even sweeter. We can't wait.