Debbie Burrows

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Energy Trading and Risk Management Professional @ SouthStar Energy Services
Debbie Burrows's Location
Marietta, Georgia, United States, United States
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About Debbie Burrows

FINANCIAL RISK AND DATA ANALYSIS PROFESSIONAL with proven quantitative, problem-solving and reporting skills. Strong background in commodity risk control, compliance and data analysis and process efficiency audits and project management. Directly led and managed people and cross-departmental projects between Risk, Finance, Commercial, IT and Accounting, software implementations and upgrades as well as merger and acquisition integration.

Debbie Burrows's Current Company Details
SouthStar Energy Services

Southstar Energy Services

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Energy Trading and Risk Management Professional
Debbie Burrows Work Experience Details
  • Southstar Energy Services
    Director, Structuring
    Southstar Energy Services Aug 2021 - Present
    Us
  • Southstar Energy Services
    Manager, Structuring / Business Development
    Southstar Energy Services Oct 2016 - Aug 2021
    Us
    Develop and maintain monthly pricing and cost models for both Residential and Commercial marketing programs. Provide structured solutions for natural gas pricing in residential, commercial and auction bidding. Analyze and provide efficient solutions for process & productivity improvements.
  • Southern Company Gas
    Sr. Capacity Planner
    Southern Company Gas Feb 2015 - Oct 2016
    Atlanta, Ga, Us
    • Produce daily and hourly natural gas load forecasts for 7 gas LDCs utilizing neural-network forecasting software(Ventyx Nostradamus). Backcast models with actual load and weather data to refine accuracy of forecast models. Present monthly analysis to management. • Troubleshoot and correct internal IT problems for application support. Built Excel-based database of forecast vs. actual demand and weather data - using PowerShell to automate data collection and VBA to append to database systems. Created visual data dashboards to see results.• Regression Analyses on large data sets to produce load forecasts for utility use in Capacity and Design Day forecasting.• Update regulatory filing support documentation and data request responses associated with federal and multi-state regulatory proceedings, including LDC Capacity Supply Plans.• Maintain SharePoint document repository for Pipeline Capacity Contracts, Asset Management Agreements and other legal contract management.
  • Oak Energy
    Commercial Analysis & Planning Manager
    Oak Energy Feb 2014 - Oct 2014
    • Preparation and analysis of weekly Sale Revenue projections, Monthly P&L and Budget Variance Analyses. Quarterly Budget & Forecast update for Board Meeting; including Market Analysis and hedge position information for presentation.• Conduct and update research and data analysis on potential customers, competition and markets for use by sales team. Prepared valuation analysis and option pricing models for use in sales presentations to customers.• Data Mining and research using Ventyx Velocity Suite, Bloomberg, SNL, PIRA, WoodMac, EIA.
  • Nrg Energy, Inc / Genon Energy, Inc. (Formerly Mirant)
    Director, Market Risk Control
    Nrg Energy, Inc / Genon Energy, Inc. (Formerly Mirant) 2010 - 2013
    Houston, Tx, Us
    As the Market Risk Director, I was responsible for monitoring all hedging for power plant assets with the risk profiles and limits set forth in the Risk management policy. I calculated and presented to the CEO a monthly view of the open downside risks associated with the asset model positions in relation to the locked in value due to hedging.• Daily Management Reporting of Market Risk, Proprietary Trading V@R and Overall Compliance with Risk Management Policy• Supervised Risk Analysts in daily risk management activities and price reporting for the company in compliance with FERC rules and guidelines• Validated all asset hedge trades for policy compliance - reporting overall status to Chief Operating Officer• Prepared & presented monthly market risk update to Executive Risk Oversight Committee (CEO, CFO, COO, Finance, Risk and Legal Depts)• Determined quarterly correlated basis risk locations and relationships to actual delivery locations for power plant outputs. Aligned correlations to risk management policy to determine amount of hedging to be allowed at locations outside of plant transmission points. Monitored natural gas, electric and coal financial derivatives and physical transactions compared to these determinations for compliance purposes. Created queries and reports via Business Objects.• Ran proprietary Monte Carlo models to determine Gross Margin at Risk - presented monthly to Executive Management and for use in Board of Director Reports for downside risk management and resultant hedging strategy plans.
  • Mirant
    Lead Quantitative Analyst
    Mirant 2006 - 2010
    Houston, Tx, Us
    • Analyzed monthly Gross Margin at Risk calculations for use in earnings guidance and board of director reporting. Calculated VaR on energy trading financial derivative portfolio for daily reporting by Middle Office; including stress testing and compliance with option greek limits.• Provided weekly reporting and analysis of commercial credit and collateral stress for Treasury and CFO, including short, medium and long term stresses for use with cash management planning in the Treasure organization based on price risk movements.• Implemented Compliance Controls for Commercial Asset group for FERC power plant availability requirements, by documenting daily processes, identifying bottlenecks and issues with multipoint data entry and integration. Prepared IT requirements documentation and managed solution implementation and monitoring for a period of time until controls were mitigated and reduced to none. Resulted in reduction of FERC penalties for the company of over $100,000.
  • Mirant
    Manager, Trading Controls
    Mirant 2004 - 2006
    Houston, Tx, Us
    • Managed the daily activities of 6 Trading Control Analysts. Initiated and implemented detailed monthly analyses by the group of changes in MTM and P&L. These reports were provided to each trader and desk director, providing monthly detailed insight for overall management of speculative trading by the company.• Implemented Sarbanes-Oxley Controls and audit process testing for the Middle Office/Trading Controls group. All processes were documented, risks identified and controls established for compliance with the new SOX rules. Quarterly testing performed on processes updated as necessary.Annual spreadsheet testing performed and documented as well.• I successfully led and implemented a major upgrade of Endur (Enterprise Risk Management and Valuation software) including requirements documentation, initial development, QA testing and UAT testing up to and including implementation go/no go decisions. Designed, tested and implemented reporting mechanisms (reports, queries to export to Excel) in Business Objects.
  • Mirant
    Sr. Financial Analyst / Budget & Forecasting
    Mirant 2001 - 2004
    Houston, Tx, Us
    • Led the gross margin & cost data gathering process for Chapter 11 plan of reorganization and 2004 operational budget process• Provided key analysis for creditor inquiries related to Chapter 11 reorganization process• Managed team of five to gather business requirements, designed and implemented the Budget & Forecast process for new Financial Budget & Planning software (Hyperion Planning)• Coded Excel VBA macros to retrieve data from Hyperion Planning (Essbase) and Oracle for Financial Reporting and Analysis with the Commercial team• Designed, built, tested and trained users on use of Gross Margin Budget models; integrating input from Excel-based business models to Essbase formats for Hyperion Planning model• Managed a Gross Margin Drivers discovery project by establishing a team of 2 analysts and 2 external consultants, action plan and coordination of a driver-based analysis and presentation tool
  • Mirant
    Sr. Analyst Asset Management
    Mirant 2000 - 2001
    Houston, Tx, Us
    • Optimized the daily operations of a merchant asset portfolio, by running asset optimization models, bidding supply, and optimizing unit schedules• Modeled and constructed day ahead bids for power and ancillary services markets, optimized unit allocations to achieve maximum portfolio returns and submitted daily schedules to ISO• Determined and analyzed daily P&L reporting process for electric generation assets in the California electric markets• Designed and implemented Excel Macros to automate data management for timely and accurate submissions for schedules and results
  • Mirant (Formerly Southern Company Energy Marketing)
    Sr. Risk Analyst
    Mirant (Formerly Southern Company Energy Marketing) 1998 - 2000
    • Department representative on multiple implementation teams to incorporate California and New York asset management contracts into the commodity trading and risk management business• Designed & implemented realized daily P&L process for management reporting • Documented processes to ensure proper controls in evaluating daily P&L for storage assets
  • Fina Natural Gas (Now Total E&P)
    Derivatives Accountant And Sr. Risk Control Analyst
    Fina Natural Gas (Now Total E&P) 1997 - 1998
    Paris La Défense Cedex, Fr
    • Designed specifications for and aided in development of proprietary Risk Management system including: documentation of requirements, design, testing and QA, report writing (Crystal Reports), and integration of accounting functions with marketing requirements.
  • Lg&E & Ku
    Derivative And Trading Control Analyst
    Lg&E & Ku 1996 - 1997
    Louisville, Ky, Us
    • Created a Microsoft Access database to replace manual invoicing, reducing the processing time from five days to one day.

Debbie Burrows Skills

Commodity Markets Hedging Derivatives Analysis Energy Markets Financial Analysis Trading Forecasting Commodity Energy Finance Financial Modeling Valuation Market Risk Financial Risk Natural Gas Trading Strategies Risk Analysis Business Process Improvement Sarbanes Oxley Act Proprietary Trading Swaps Electricity Markets Portfolio Management Commodity Risk Management Options Vba Power Generation Endur Corporate Finance Pjm Power Trading Natural Gas Trading Project Finance Asset Management Software Implementation Management Ms Excel Pivot Tables Asset Managment Cross Functional Team Leadership Sharepoint Bloomberg Forecast Pro Nostradamus Tableau

Debbie Burrows Education Details

  • Emory University - Goizueta Business School
    Emory University - Goizueta Business School
    Master Of Business Administration (Mba)
  • State University Of New York College At Potsdam
    State University Of New York College At Potsdam
    Mathematics And Business Economics

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Debbie Burrows attended Emory University - Goizueta Business School, State University Of New York College At Potsdam.

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Debbie Burrows has skills like Commodity Markets, Hedging, Derivatives, Analysis, Energy Markets, Financial Analysis, Trading, Forecasting, Commodity, Energy, Finance, Financial Modeling.

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