Risk Analyst Jobs in Texas
Risk Analyst jobs in Texas are in strong demand, with active hiring concentrated in financial services, energy, insurance, and healthcare sectors and openings at every level from entry-level analyst through senior risk manager. Houston, Dallas, and Austin are the primary hiring centers, where major employers such as JPMorgan Chase, Chevron, and USAA maintain substantial operations and post consistently for risk professionals. Quantitative modeling, enterprise risk management, and credit risk are the most sought-after specialties across these markets. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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About us
At ExxonMobil, our vision is to lead in energy innovations that advance modern living and a net-zero future. As one of the world’s largest publicly traded energy and chemical companies, we are powered by a unique and diverse workforce fueled by the pride in what we do and what we stand for.
The success of our Upstream, Product Solutions and Low Carbon Solutions businesses is the result of the talent, curiosity and drive of our people. They bring solutions every day to optimize our strategy in energy, chemicals, lubricants and lower-emissions technologies.
We invite you to bring your ideas to ExxonMobil to help create sustainable solutions that improve quality of life and meet society’s evolving needs. Learn more about our What and our Why and how we can work together.
About Houston
ExxonMobil's state-of-the-art campus north of Houston serves as home to its Upstream, Product Solutions and Low Carbon Solutions businesses and their associated service groups. The facility opened in 2014 and accommodates more than 10,000 employees and visitors.
By bringing many global functional groups together, the campus provides employees with the tools and capabilities needed today, and in the future, to achieve business objectives and accelerate the discovery of new resources, technologies and products. It was designed to foster improved collaboration, creativity and innovation and enhance the company’s ability to attract, develop and retain the top talent in the industry.
The campus is located in Spring, Texas, on 385 wooded acres immediately to the west of Interstate Highway 45 (I-45), at the intersection of I-45 and the Hardy Toll Road, approximately 25 miles from the cultural vibrancy of downtown Houston.
The campus was constructed to the highest standards of energy efficiency and environmental stewardship. Its design incorporates extensive research into best practices in building and workplace design through extensive benchmarking of the world’s top academic, research, and corporate facilities.
What role you will play on our team
The Market Risk Analyst position is responsible for monitoring trading activities for compliance with Market Risk Management policies and developing and maintaining tools for Global Trading activities. You will be responsible for independently identifying, measuring, and reporting trading gross margin, exposures, and the market risk of the portfolio of transactions that are executed and owned by the Commercial organization. You will work with a dynamic, global team in a high-visibility role that provides advice to the Commercial organization on risk appetite, risk limit utilization and market risk mitigation strategies, and risk assessments and insights to senior management.
What you will do
- Act as Market Risk focal point for front-office and senior stakeholders. Develop strong relationships with Commercial stakeholders and possess deep end-to-end understanding of Global Trading strategies, associated exposures and future growth aspirations for the trade desk supported
- Understand supply and demand fundamentals, including regional/locational price differences, fundamental drivers of changes in these spreads, historical market direction and trends/underlying fundamental causes
- Show a strong commitment to market risk management principles, including being proactive, transparent, and open to debate with Global Trading as necessary
- Independently assess and advise on risk profiles from the trade to portfolio level (e.g., risk reward trade-off, optimization of constrained risk, liquidity, market fundamentals, and market sentiment sensitivities)
- Ensure adherence to mandated exposure and risk limits and provide guidance on actions to be taken to reduce risk if necessary
- Execute daily market risk processes and generate risk reports, collaborating closely with Global Trading teams to manage market risk
- Provide daily, insightful commentary of key portfolio activity including their implications for market intelligence, exposure changes, and new deal activity
- Collaborate with Global Trading support functions (e.g. Finance, Accounting) for deal support and general portfolio queries
- Ensure Global Trading data integrity by validating positions and reconciling any inconsistencies with responsible traders
- Review plan for hedging and provide support to develop Global Trading limits. Ensure that the proposed transaction and associated hedges can be properly valued and reported by the risk management system of record
- Further develop and build out Risk reporting and ad-hoc analysis tools using advanced computer skills (e.g. Excel, VBA, SQL, Python, R, Tableau, Power BI)
- Participate in month, quarter, and year-end closing processes
- Work closely (daily) with refinery coordinators and optimizers, product schedulers and crude traders to validate production data and trades impacting inventory positions and generate hedging signals
About you
Skills and Qualifications
- 2-4 years of experience in financial, energy or chemical risk management
- Strong knowledge of crude oil, refined products, natural gas, and/or freight markets, as well as other energy and traded markets
- Strong understanding of physical trading, derivatives, and financial products
- Excellent quantitative and analytical skills
- Excellent proficiency in Excel, SQL, and quantitative programming languages such as Python
- Experience with Energy Trading Risk Management Systems
- Collegiality and truly good interpersonal skills balanced with a disciplined risk management approach
- Bachelor's degree or above (Master's, MBA, CFA, or Ph.D.) in Economics, Finance, Mathematics or Statistics
Preferred Qualifications/Experience
- Experience with Python/SQL
- High level of Excel proficiency
- Familiarity with trade capture and nomination/scheduling systems
Your benefits
An ExxonMobil career is one designed to last. Our commitment to you runs deep: our employees grow personally and professionally, with benefits built on our core categories of health, security, finance, and life.
We offer you:
- Pension Plan: Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you. The basic benefit is a monthly annuity to be paid to you in retirement for the rest of your life.
- Savings Plan: You can contribute between 6% and 20% of your pay and are encouraged to enroll right away. If you contribute at least 6% to your savings plan, the Company will contribute a 7% match.
- Workplace Flexibility: We have several programs such as “Flex your Day”, providing ad-hoc flexibility around when and where you work, as well as longer-term programs such as leaves of absence and part-time work. Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.
- Culture of Health: Programs and resources to support your wellbeing.
- Employee Health Advisory Program: Provides confidential professional counseling for you and your family, including tools and resources promoting mental health and resiliency at no additional cost to you.
- Disability Plan: Income replacement for when you cannot work due to illness or injury occurring on or off the job. Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you.
More information on our Company’s benefits can be found at www.exxonmobilfamily.com. Please note benefits may be changed from time to time without notice, subject to applicable law.
Equal Opportunity Employer
ExxonMobil is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or physical or mental disability.
About us
At ExxonMobil, our vision is to lead in energy innovations that advance modern living and a net-zero future. As one of the world’s largest publicly traded energy and chemical companies, we are powered by a unique and diverse workforce fueled by the pride in what we do and what we stand for.
The success of our Upstream, Product Solutions and Low Carbon Solutions businesses is the result of the talent, curiosity and drive of our people. They bring solutions every day to optimize our strategy in energy, chemicals, lubricants and lower-emissions technologies.
We invite you to bring your ideas to ExxonMobil to help create sustainable solutions that improve quality of life and meet society’s evolving needs. Learn more about our What and our Why and how we can work together.
About Houston
ExxonMobil's state-of-the-art campus north of Houston serves as home to its Upstream, Product Solutions and Low Carbon Solutions businesses and their associated service groups. The facility opened in 2014 and accommodates more than 10,000 employees and visitors.
By bringing many global functional groups together, the campus provides employees with the tools and capabilities needed today, and in the future, to achieve business objectives and accelerate the discovery of new resources, technologies and products. It was designed to foster improved collaboration, creativity and innovation and enhance the company’s ability to attract, develop and retain the top talent in the industry.
The campus is located in Spring, Texas, on 385 wooded acres immediately to the west of Interstate Highway 45 (I-45), at the intersection of I-45 and the Hardy Toll Road, approximately 25 miles from the cultural vibrancy of downtown Houston.
The campus was constructed to the highest standards of energy efficiency and environmental stewardship. Its design incorporates extensive research into best practices in building and workplace design through extensive benchmarking of the world’s top academic, research, and corporate facilities.
What role you will play on our team
The Market Risk Analyst position is responsible for monitoring trading activities for compliance with Market Risk Management policies and developing and maintaining tools for Global Trading activities. You will be responsible for independently identifying, measuring, and reporting trading gross margin, exposures, and the market risk of the portfolio of transactions that are executed and owned by the Commercial organization. You will work with a dynamic, global team in a high-visibility role that provides advice to the Commercial organization on risk appetite, risk limit utilization and market risk mitigation strategies, and risk assessments and insights to senior management.
What you will do
- Act as Market Risk focal point for front-office and senior stakeholders. Develop strong relationships with Commercial stakeholders and possess deep end-to-end understanding of Global Trading strategies, associated exposures and future growth aspirations for the trade desk supported
- Understand supply and demand fundamentals, including regional/locational price differences, fundamental drivers of changes in these spreads, historical market direction and trends/underlying fundamental causes
- Show a strong commitment to market risk management principles, including being proactive, transparent, and open to debate with Global Trading as necessary
- Independently assess and advise on risk profiles from the trade to portfolio level (e.g., risk reward trade-off, optimization of constrained risk, liquidity, market fundamentals, and market sentiment sensitivities)
- Ensure adherence to mandated exposure and risk limits and provide guidance on actions to be taken to reduce risk if necessary
- Execute daily market risk processes and generate risk reports, collaborating closely with Global Trading teams to manage market risk
- Provide daily, insightful commentary of key portfolio activity including their implications for market intelligence, exposure changes, and new deal activity
- Collaborate with Global Trading support functions (e.g. Finance, Accounting) for deal support and general portfolio queries
- Ensure Global Trading data integrity by validating positions and reconciling any inconsistencies with responsible traders
- Review plan for hedging and provide support to develop Global Trading limits. Ensure that the proposed transaction and associated hedges can be properly valued and reported by the risk management system of record
- Further develop and build out Risk reporting and ad-hoc analysis tools using advanced computer skills (e.g. Excel, VBA, SQL, Python, R, Tableau, Power BI)
- Participate in month, quarter, and year-end closing processes
- Work closely (daily) with refinery coordinators and optimizers, product schedulers and crude traders to validate production data and trades impacting inventory positions and generate hedging signals
About you
Skills and Qualifications
- 2-4 years of experience in financial, energy or chemical risk management
- Strong knowledge of crude oil, refined products, natural gas, and/or freight markets, as well as other energy and traded markets
- Strong understanding of physical trading, derivatives, and financial products
- Excellent quantitative and analytical skills
- Excellent proficiency in Excel, SQL, and quantitative programming languages such as Python
- Experience with Energy Trading Risk Management Systems
- Collegiality and truly good interpersonal skills balanced with a disciplined risk management approach
- Bachelor's degree or above (Master's, MBA, CFA, or Ph.D.) in Economics, Finance, Mathematics or Statistics
Preferred Qualifications/Experience
- Experience with Python/SQL
- High level of Excel proficiency
- Familiarity with trade capture and nomination/scheduling systems
Your benefits
An ExxonMobil career is one designed to last. Our commitment to you runs deep: our employees grow personally and professionally, with benefits built on our core categories of health, security, finance, and life.
We offer you:
- Pension Plan: Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you. The basic benefit is a monthly annuity to be paid to you in retirement for the rest of your life.
- Savings Plan: You can contribute between 6% and 20% of your pay and are encouraged to enroll right away. If you contribute at least 6% to your savings plan, the Company will contribute a 7% match.
- Workplace Flexibility: We have several programs such as “Flex your Day”, providing ad-hoc flexibility around when and where you work, as well as longer-term programs such as leaves of absence and part-time work. Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.
- Culture of Health: Programs and resources to support your wellbeing.
- Employee Health Advisory Program: Provides confidential professional counseling for you and your family, including tools and resources promoting mental health and resiliency at no additional cost to you.
- Disability Plan: Income replacement for when you cannot work due to illness or injury occurring on or off the job. Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you.
More information on our Company’s benefits can be found at www.exxonmobilfamily.com. Please note benefits may be changed from time to time without notice, subject to applicable law.
Equal Opportunity Employer
ExxonMobil is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or physical or mental disability.
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Risk Analyst Job Market in Texas
A snapshot from current Texas openings, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
- Goldman Sachs16
- Citi10
- Texas Health and Human Services Commission8
- Fidelity Investments6
- Charles Schwab5
Top Industries Hiring
- Banking & Financial Services42
- Investment & Asset Management37
- Technology & Software37
- Energy15
- Healthcare & Medical Services13
What Texas Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in risk analyst jobs across Texas.
- Bachelor's degree in finance, economics, statistics, mathematics, or a related field
- Professional certification such as FRM, CFA, or PRM preferred or required
- Proficiency in risk modeling tools and software including Python, R, or SAS
- Experience with enterprise risk frameworks such as COSO or ISO 31000
- Strong working knowledge of regulatory requirements relevant to financial or energy sectors
- Ability to communicate risk findings clearly to non-technical stakeholders and senior leadership
Risk Analyst Jobs in Texas: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a risk analyst in Texas?
Most risk analyst roles in Texas require a bachelor's degree in finance, economics, statistics, or a closely related field. Texas does not issue a state-specific license for risk analysts, so employers rely heavily on professional credentials: the Financial Risk Manager designation from GARP and the Chartered Financial Analyst credential are the most recognized. Entry-level candidates often start in audit, compliance, or financial analysis roles before moving into dedicated risk positions at Texas banks, energy companies, or insurers.
How much do risk analysts make in Texas?
Risk analysts in Texas earn a median of about $103,760 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $64,250 for the lowest 10% to over $159,220 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire risk analysts in Texas?
Employers hiring risk analysts in Texas right now include Goldman Sachs, Citi, and Texas Health and Human Services Commission, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of June 2026. Texas's concentration of energy majors, regional and national banks, and large insurance carriers such as USAA means demand for risk professionals remains steady across multiple sectors throughout the year.
Which Texas cities have the most risk analyst jobs?
Dallas, Austin, and Houston account for the greatest concentration of risk analyst openings in Texas. Houston's dominance in energy and petrochemicals drives substantial demand for commodity and operational risk roles, while Dallas's large financial services and corporate headquarters cluster generates consistent openings in credit, enterprise, and regulatory risk, and Austin's expanding technology and fintech sector adds further demand.
Are there remote risk analyst jobs in Texas?
Yes, and more than most fields. About 23% of risk analyst openings tied to Texas are remote or hybrid as of June 2026, reflecting how much of the work centers on modeling, data analysis, and reporting rather than on-site activities. Quantitative, credit risk, and model validation roles are among the most commonly offered in remote or hybrid arrangements.
How can I get hired as a risk analyst in Texas with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is through a junior analyst, risk associate, or financial analyst role at a Texas bank, insurance company, or energy firm, then transitioning into dedicated risk work within one to two years. Large Texas employers including JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, and USAA run structured rotational and new-graduate programs that include risk functions. Completing the FRM Part I exam or earning a data analytics certificate gives entry-level candidates a measurable edge when competing for those openings.
Where can I find and apply to risk analyst jobs in Texas?
You can find and apply to risk analyst jobs in Texas on Migrate Mate, which lists current Texas openings from employers actively hiring. Find the roles that fit your background and experience and apply directly to the ones that match.
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