Senior Gas Trader

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.

Centrica is one of Europe’s leading trading companies with a strong focus and track record of nurturing talent. The responsibilities and tasks we take on are limited only by our imagination – we dream big and aim high when setting new goals, and we deliver on that through honesty, proactiveness and responsibility.

We are looking to strengthen our Gas Trading Team with a Senior Gas trader in Aalborg or Copenhagen.

About the job

You will get to work with international colleagues who set the bar high and where days are not the same. This is a job where you can develop both on a professional and personal level. As our new Senior Gas Trader, you will be responsible for discretionary trading strategies and your main tasks will be:

• Trading the curve on European gas markets, options and related energy products

• Building and executing discretionary trading strategies (outright, time-spread and locational spreads) within given Risk Framework

• Together with our Gas Analysts and Algo Trading Developers supporting the buildout and focus on developing fundamental and systematic trading strategies

• Contributing to trading strategies within the asset portfolio (working together with our asset traders) and participating in portfolio discussions.

So, take this opportunity to join one of the most successful gas trading teams in Europe!

About you

You have experience in proprietary trading on the natural gas markets and have a thorough understanding of gas fundamentals and of the broader energy market complex. From your experience you naturally have an excellent understanding of physical and financial trading, market participants and products. You are focused on details and have a result-orientated and enthusiastic mindset. The ideal candidate has:

• Strong knowledge and experience within the European gas markets

• A proven track-record within discretionary trading strategies

• Excellent analytical skills (analyse market trends based on news and fundamentals)

• A commercial focus with the confidence to take on and manage calculated risk

• A team-based mindset with the skillset required to work in a wider trading team

It would be beneficial if you have proven experience with the below:

• Options trading and options theory

• Experience from trading JKM, HH or other energy commodities and markets

• Developing or scoping systematic strategies (algo trading)

About Centrica Energy

We’re a profitable company that understands the necessity of investment to achieve improvement. If you’ve got the willingness, ambitions, and right attitude we offer a work environment that will help you grow on a professional as well as personal level.

Energy markets are increasingly dominated by an ambitious decarbonization agenda, and so are we. Leveraging our in-house talent and specialists, extensive market expertise, technical capabilities, and the strong balance sheet of Centrica plc, we’re focused on delivering on the net-zero agenda as a vital enabler of our future growth. Our ambition is to become Europe’s No. 1 renewable energy trader and a globally important player, and we’re delivering on an ambitious corporate- and commercial strategy to make those ambitions a reality. Our work culture is flexible, entrepreneurial, and collaborative, marked by a high pace and equally high ambitions, but also emphasizing social engagement and having fun.

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