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Vistra Risk Control Confirmations Senior Analyst in Irving, Texas
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Job Summary
This role serves as a senior analyst and control owner responsible for end‑to‑end trade confirmation, regulatory reporting, and exchange reconciliation activities across energy trading operations. The position exercises independent judgment to ensure regulatory compliance, risk limit adherence, data integrity, and strong SOX‑aligned controls, while partnering closely with Trading, Risk Management, Accounting, and external counterparties. Acting as a key liaison and subject matter expert, the role supports governance, audit readiness, and continuous improvement across the trade lifecycle.
Job Description
Key Accountabilities
• Partnering with the Manager of Confirmations, owns the end‑to‑end trade confirmation lifecycle for all applicable transactions with external counterparties, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and adherence to contractual and regulatory standards.
• Leads Dodd‑Frank regulatory reporting activities , including end‑user exception filings, and maintenance of all required regulatory mappings within ETRM and reporting systems.
• Provides oversight of trade capture and verification , resolving complex or non‑standard transactions and ensuring proper system representation and downstream reporting.
• Manages CME/ICE mappings and counterparty/contract setup , establishing controls and governance standards to ensure consistency, accuracy, and audit readiness.
• Performs independent risk control activities including daily monitoring of trader position and exposure limits , ensuring adherence to approved limits and escalation of breaches in accordance with Vistra Risk Management Policy.
• Monitors exchange position and accountability limits (e.g., CME/ICE), evaluates limit utilization, and proactively coordinates with Trading and Risk Management to mitigate potential limit exceedances.
• Owns exchange trade reconciliation processes , ensuring executed trades are fully and accurately reflected between exchanges, clearing brokers, ETRM systems, and internal risk reports.
• Acts as a primary point of contact for Trading, Risk Management, Contract Administration, and external counterparties to resolve confirmation discrepancies, regulatory inquiries, and settlement issues.
• Partners with Accounting on settlement and reconciliation issues , performing root‑cause analysis and implementing corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Ensures compliance with SOX, operational controls, and internal risk management policies , identifying gaps and recommending enhancements to strengthen control effectiveness.
Education, Experience, & Skill Requirements
•Experience gained through college degree programs and/or certifications is applicable to below skills
•Experience in commodity or equity trading in energy
•3-5 years experience in finance, economics or related experience.
•Excellent computer skills particularly Microsoft suite of products (Excel, Word, etc.)
•Experience with Allegro or a similar ETRM system
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Job Family
Risk Management
Company
Vistra Corporate Services Company
Locations
Irving, Texas
Texas
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Vistra (NYSE: VST) is a leading Fortune 500 integrated retail electricity and power generation company based in Irving, Texas, that provides essential power resources to customers, businesses, and communities from California to Maine.
Vistra is the largest competitive power generator in the U.S., with a capacity of approximately 41,000 megawatts, or enough to power 20 million homes, operating in all of the major competitive wholesale markets in the country. Vistra is a leader in the energy transformation and expansion with an unyielding focus on reliability, affordability, and sustainability, powered by a diverse portfolio that includes natural gas, nuclear, coal, solar, and battery energy storage facilities. The company continues to grow its zero-carbon resources, operating the second-largest fleet of competitive nuclear power plants in the country, substantial battery energy storage capacity, and a growing number of solar facilities.
Vistra is one of the largest competitive electricity providers in the country and takes an innovative, customer-centric approach to retail, offering solutions to meet customers’ needs, including more than 50 renewable energy plans. Through its family of retail brands, Vistra serves approximately 5 million residential, commercial, and industrial retail customers.
As a leader in the responsible transformation of the country’s energy supply, Vistra has made significant progress towards its 2030 and 2050 targets. The company has committed to a 60% reduction of Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, as compared to our 2010 baseline, and net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, assuming necessary technological advancements and public policy incentives are achieved. Learn more about our environmental, social, and governance efforts and read the company’s sustainability report at https://vistracorp.com/sustainability/ .
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It is the policy of the Company to comply with all employment laws and to afford equal employment opportunity to individuals in all aspects of employment, including in selection for job opportunities, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military service, protected veteran status, or any other consideration protected by federal, state or local laws.
If you are an individual with a disability and need assistance submitting an application or would like to request an accommodation, please email us at assistance@vistraenergy.com to make a request.