Graduate Trading Analyst (Centrica Energy)

Job Description

We are Centrica! We’re so much more than an energy company. We’re a family of brands revolutionising a cleaner, greener future. Working here is #MoreThanACareer - we’re powered by purpose. Together we can make an impact that will truly change tomorrow. Whether you’re developing cutting-edge green tech, helping customers on the front line or simplifying operations behind the scenes.

Your work here isn’t just a job – it’s a mission. We all play a vital role in energising a greener, fairer future.

Make Your Move to Centrica Energy

Discover your full potential, accelerate your development and be part of making an impact at one of Europe’s largest energy trading companies with our Graduate Trading Analyst programme.

Centrica Energy is the trading arm of Centrica. It serves as the window out onto the international wholesale commodity markets. We trade LNG, gas, power and energy attributes - and connect independent producers, suppliers and corporate off-takers in the wholesale energy markets.

We’re a total of 850+ colleagues from over 50 different nationalities, located in 8 different offices around the world. At our London office, you’ll be joining our international office with over 200 dedicated energy specialists. In short we all ourselves ‘Energy Movers By Nature’.

Centrica Energy is an entrepreneurial and innovative business which is heavily dependent on quality analytics in an ever increasing digitalised and fast paced trading landscape to support commercial decision-making and risk management. Centrica Energy has developed a successful asset-backed trading business model where we apply algorithmic trading, automation and cutting-edge analytics to our growing cross commodity portfolio.

What you’ll be doing:

As a Graduate Trading Analyst, you’ll do three eight-month placements over two years, learning how to approach a variety of business problems by working alongside experienced subject matter experts. Each placement has its own unique set of challenges and provides you with a steep learning curve. You may also have the chance to spend a placement in Denmark.

You’ll work across a wide range of teams and functions, potentially including trading and optimisation, gas, power, LNG, origination, finance, risk and more. Throughout, you’ll be supporting key commercial decisions relating to both commodity contracts and trading strategies.

We’ll expect you to deliver real business results from your first placement onwards. To enable this, we are committed to supporting your on-the-job learning with formal behavioural and technical training and a structured performance management process.

We have a few must-haves:

We are looking for graduates who can use high-calibre analysis to influence key commercial business decisions. You must have:

• Working towards or recently obtained a minimum 2:1 degree combined with a Master’s in a highly numerical subject such as Applied Economics, Computer Science, Engineering (e.g. Chemical, Mechanical, etc), Mathematics, Physics or similar
• Understanding of and preferably experience in programming e.g. Python, Matlab, C, Java
• Ability to work with models, make and test hypotheses and turn data into insightful information
• Strong interest in the practical application of analytical techniques
• High level of commercial awareness - focus on making money for the business
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
• Flexibility to undertake a placement in our Denmark office

Anticipated start dates for the programme are likely to be September 2025, however we may look at earlier start dates for candidates who have already graduated

Ready to Make Your Move and apply?

If you are passionate about discovering your potential and changing how we create a more sustainable future, then we would love to hear from you. We will be continuously reviewing applications; early submission is strongly recommended.

Make Your Move today to change tomorrow. Apply now.

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At Centrica we embrace diversity and actively seek to attract individuals with unique backgrounds and perspectives. To build a more sustainable future, we need the best team – a team with a diverse mix of people and skills, where everyone feels welcome and able to succeed. We are dedicated in helping to close the diversity gap and would love to see more females, people of colour and LGBTQ+ employees, as well as those from a variety of cultures and ethnicity to veterans and the differently abled. Supporting diversity and inclusion is a big part of who we are, we are not looking for people to fit into our culture but to add to it!

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