Does the thought of trading short-term power excite you? And would you like to kickstart your career in a global energy trading company? Then here is your opportunity to become a short-term power trader at Danske Commodities! You will join a team of highly skilled and experienced trading professionals and gain valuable insights into US energy markets.






The job

Here\xe2\x80\x99s what the job entails

In the role, your primary area of responsibility will be to establish a profitable trading book for short-term futures in relevant North American power markets. Further, your areas of responsibility will include the following:

• analyze US power markets and their fundamental drivers
• research, implement and refine trading strategies from idea to testing and deployment in the markets
• support the development of automated model-based futures trading through collaboration with our Automated Trading team
• build scalable trading tools and solutions to enable further growth in the overall business
• proactively identify new areas of trading by staying up to date with regulatory changes and new products available on exchanges

The team

Meet the team

You will join our US Short-Term Power Trading team at our US office in Stamford, CT. This is a young team, established just two years ago \xe2\x80\x93 yet, already profitable. We trade short-term power in the US, covering all exchanges and regional power markets from the West to the East. We create value by tailoring, designing and executing trading strategies, testing ideas and screening new markets and products by means of consistent and thorough data analysis. In its short existence, the short-term trading desk has had significant success and gained a meaningful market share in short-term power markets. We see great further development potential and to reach our ambitions, we are looking to expand the team. As a competitive collective, we strive to be the best at what we do and that truly drives our attitude towards our results. Finally, we have an informal work culture with flexibility in our daily schedules.


As you will join the short-term trading desk in its start-up phase, you will get the opportunity to make a real impact while learning a lot!



Anders Berg Damm
Head of US Short-Term Power Trading


Your qualifications

But enough about us\xe2\x80\xa6 over to you!

In addition to your primary tasks as a trader, you will also work on your own projects and analyses. We imagine that you are not afraid of taking responsibility and that you are always looking to optimise things where possible. Further, you are someone who employs a data-driven and structured approach to solving problems as you will work with various cases that require thorough analyses to support decision-making.
Furthermore, we imagine that you:

• have a relevant educational background in Economics, Finance, Engineering or similar
• thrive on working in a result-driven trading environment
• have a couple of years of experience with trading short-term electricity and/or gas or have an interest in learning the domain
• are authorized to work in the United States

We offer

We\xe2\x80\x99ll take good care of you

At Danske Commodities, we take great care of our people. Joining us means you\xe2\x80\x99ll get a lot of great perks. Here are some of the benefits we offer our employees:

• Flexible working hours
• Vast development opportunities
  with the help of your own individual development plan, access to our DC University with 50+ courses as well as remote courses through Harvard Learning
• Global career prospects
  as part of the Equinor group with +20,000 colleagues across the world
• Health insurance and 401(k) matching
• Great parental leave conditions
  including 16 weeks of paid leave as well as the opportunity to join the network Inspired Beyond Babies
• Bonus scheme
• Share savings
  meaning you have the opportunity to participate in our parent company Equinor\xe2\x80\x99s attractive share savings programme
• 100+ yearly social and professional events
  including DC Sports and DC Talks events, gatherings in our book club, bicycle club, student network, wine club, CS:GO team and more
• A modern office at 600 Washington Blvd in Stamford, CT
  next to the Amtrak/Metro North station, in walking distance to downtown. Includes covered parking, fitness center, outdoor terrace, caf\xc3\xa9 and a coffee bar

The process

Recruitment process and relocation

You can read more about our recruitment process here. Please note that if you are an international candidate, we will reimburse travel expenses in connection with potential interviews and support you with the relocation process.


About us

What we\xe2\x80\x99re about

We\'re a tech-driven energy trading company present in 40 markets across five continents. Our +450 people are driven by a need to constantly better things. If you are too, we could very well be the right place for you. You\'ll join a collective of thinkers and doers. Aspiring chefs, runners, parents, beekeepers, gamers \xe2\x80\x93 the list goes on. We\'re highly specialised experts within our fields. But it\xe2\x80\x99s actually our diversity of ideas we\xe2\x80\x99re most proud of, which is why we continuously work on strengthening an inclusive culture where diverse teams thrive.

Our organisation is flat with an open-door policy. We expect you to care. About your work. About your own and your colleagues\xe2\x80\x99 collective successes. And about the difference we make at Danske Commodities. Together with our parent company Equinor, we have the vision and strength to accelerate the energy transition and make an impact. Like no other.




Vacancy
Short-term power trader for US office


Location
Stamford, CT, USA

Jobtype & start time
Full-time, as soon as possible.


Deadline
25.04.2023. We will be screening candidates on an ongoing basis.
We will be screening candidates
on an ongoing basis.