Gaurav Chauhan

Associate Consultant

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India17 yrs 4 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 14+ years in Energy Trading and Risk Management.
  • Expert in End to End trade cycle for energy commodities.
  • Proven track record in emissions trading and market analysis.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a specialist in Energy Trading and Risk Management with extensive experience in market analysis and trading strategies.

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Skills

Core Skills

Energy TradingRisk ManagementPower TradingEmissions Trading

Other Skills

AnalysisAnalytical SkillsBusiness AnalysisBusiness StrategyCDMCarbonCommodityCommodity MarketsConsultingContract NegotiationDerivativesEnergyFinancial ModelingForecastingInvestment Strategies

About

I introduce myself as Gaurav Chauhan, I have a total experience of 14 plus years in the Energy Trading and Risk Management domain, currently I am working as an Senior Business Analyst at CME Group. Prior to CME I was working with Shell India Markets Pvt. Ltd. as a Energy Trading and Risk Management Business Analyst. Prior to Shell I worked a Consultant ETRM Energy Trading and Risk Management in Wipro Ltd. Prior to wipro, I worked at Sapient Consulting Ltd as a Senior Associate ETRM. At Sapient I worked on End to End trade cycle for Crude and Refined Products. Prior to this I was working as a Energy Trader with Gensol Consultants Pvt. Ltd. and was trading energy on "Exchange base" platforms as well as "Physical Markets" I have traded energy commodities like Emissions (CERs, VERs,EUA,s), Crude Oil and Electricity (Power) on ICE ECX, MCX / NCDEX, and IEX/PXIL (Indian Energy Exchange and Power Exchange of India Ltd) respectively. Specialties: Energy Trading, Energy Trading Business Analyst and Energy Consultancy.

Experience

Shell

Digital Process Transformation Expert

May 2023Present · 2 yrs 10 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Cme group

Senior Business Analyst (Trade Executions)

Apr 2019May 2023 · 4 yrs 1 mo · Bangalore

Shell

Business Analyst

Aug 2016Mar 2019 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

  • Working as Business Analyst @ Shell India Private Ltd. Worked here in Aligne ETRM application in Gas and Power Domain.
  • worked in Regulatory projects like MIFID, EMIR, MIFID Clock Sync.

Wipro

Senior Consultant

Jun 2015Jul 2016 · 1 yr 1 mo · Hyderabad Area, India

  • Energy Trading and Risk Management (ETRM) Business Consultant / Analyst
  • Worked on the End to End testing of Business scenarios for Crude oil and its products for EONs downstream business
  • Worked on all the important aspects of trade cycle like Trading (deal capture), Scheduling (order creation/ planning for movement), Actualization (capturing movement document), Pricing and Risk Management (Mark to market and Risk exposure reports), Confirmations, Security and Accounting.
  • Involved in test scripts execution as per the requirements in specification documents
  • Formulated detailed Test Plan, Test Cases and Testing Procedures, which included Test Cases/Scripts, Performed configuration/ compatibility and user interface testing manually.
  • Good knowledge of doing estimation of downstream automation test cases.
Energy TradingRisk ManagementTestingBusiness Analysis

Sapient global markets

Senior Associate (Energy Trading & Risk Management)

Jul 2012May 2015 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Gurgaon

  • Project: Chevron R 2.1 (End to End Testing Team)
  • Project Description:
  • Key Roles and Responsibilities:
  • Worked on the Earning Explained analysis for client’s Refinery supply and Crude supply and Trading business to identify the differences between Trading and Accounting P/L and suggest solution to client minimize the difference.
  • Worked with BAS (Business Analytics and support Team) in the Inventory Balancing module.
  • Worked on all the important aspects of trade cycle like Trading (deal capture), Scheduling (order creation/ planning for movement), Actualization (capturing movement document), Pricing and Risk Management (Mark to market and Risk exposure reports) and Accounting.
  • Creating Test Data for End to End testing for actual users in the entire Deal Lifecycle like Deal Capturing, Scheduling, Actual and Partial Movement, Pricing and Accounting.
  • Understanding and working on End to End testing business models (Vessel, Storage and Pipeline)
  • Validation and Customization of Mark to Market reports & Risk Exposure reports as per client requirement for different end to end testing models.
  • Analysing the requirements of the testing and creating test data and then performing user testing on SolArc Right Angle during entire Trade life cycle analysis, Mark to Market Reports and Risk Exposure Reports.
Energy TradingRisk ManagementTestingBusiness Analysis

Gensol consultants pvt. ltd.

Consultant Energy Trading & Risk Management

Jun 2008May 2012 · 3 yrs 11 mos · Gurgaon, India

  • Power Trading: Exchange base trading of Power/Electricity in Day Ahead Market (DAM) contracts at Exchanges like Power Exchange of India Ltd. (PXIL) and Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) for Buy Side Clients. This includes placing of Bids on behalf of our clients keeping the Market Clearing Price (MCP) and Market Clearing Volume (MCV). The MCV Analysis is done by doing a detailed demand analysis or electricity/power consumed on client side keeping a track of electricity meter readings from meters installed at client locations.
  • Emissions Trading: Pricing and Negotiations with Buyers located in Europe and US for sale of Certified Emission Reductions (CERs) through forward contracts fulfilling the requirements of Emission Reduction Purchase Agreement (ERPA). Traded around 2 Million CERs from 13 Wind Bundled projects in India to some esteemed buyers. Online Trading of Carbon Credits (CERs) and Crude Oil at CMC Screen, Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) and NCDEX using derivatives like Futures and Options.
  • Power Trading Report: Preparation of “ Daily Power Trading Report” and sending daily forecasted price of Electricity to Buy Side Clients for 24 hours in a day for the next day and then comparing the forecasted bids with the Actual Market Clearing Prices (MCP) on next day for all the regions in India combined with the Outage Reports for Northern, Western and Southern Regions showing major Planned and Forced Outage of previous day.
  • Also responsible for Technical Analysis, Fundamental Analysis, Derivatives and Price Risk Management.
  • Actively involved in Contract negotiations with European and US clients while physical trading of Certified Emissions Reduction (CERs)
Power TradingEmissions TradingMarket AnalysisContract Negotiation

University of petroleum and energy studies

Emissions Trading defining new strategies using different derivatives in Emissions Market

Feb 2008Apr 2008 · 2 mos · Gurgaon, India

  • Study of Derivatives like Futures, Options and Spreads in various Spot and Futures Exchanges of Carbon Emissions and making of new strategies combining different Derivatives.

Adani group

Trainee Intern

Jun 2007Aug 2007 · 2 mos · Mumbai Area, India

  • Project Title:Scope of Adani’s Bunker Oil Trading in Gulf of Kutch Region Gujarat.
  • Organization: Adani Bunkering Services; Mumbai.
  • Duration:Two Months (June – August 2007)
  • Covered majors portions of Physical Supply of Fuel Oil (Bunker Oil) (Shipping, Logistics, Storage, Piping, Tanking, Road transportation and Chartering of Crude Oil Vessels in Ports of Gujarat)

Education

University of Petroleum and Energy Studies

Masters in Energy Trading — Energy Trading

Jan 2006Jan 2008

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