Senior Energy Trader

Base Location:
Perth or Edinburgh

Salary:
£58,100 - £81,100 depending on skills and experience + annual bonus + a range of other benefits to support your family, finances and wellbeing.

Working Pattern:
Permanent | Full Time | Flexible First options available

The role
We are looking to recruit a talented team member as a Senior Energy Trader with a genuine interest in developing their career with one of the UK's top energy companies. As a Senior Energy Trader, your primary focus will be to help ensure our energy portfolio is economically managed and is viable in the marketplace. To do this you will carry out market transactions to manage the risk and seek trading opportunities within the GB and EU energy markets. Additionally, you will carry out trading analysis to support investment making process, as well as develop and deliver new market-based trading strategies. This will include providing advice to senior management and other SSE business units on market conditions and make recommendations towards hedging strategies.

You will

• Carry out financial and physical transactions across energy products in the GB and EU energy markets. You'll implement trading and hedging strategies via brokers and screen-based exchanges, within company approvals, drawing on your experience and insights.
• Optimise SSE's businesses to maximise profit & minimise losses through examination of key market fundamentals.
• Contribute to budget targets by developing and executing trading strategies, and assist in enhancing models
• Guide market and counterparty intelligence reporting, including supply chain analysis and report on competitor and customer commercial strategies.
• Collaborate across the desk and provide support across all products when needed.

You have
 

• A successful track record in a trading environment related capacity along with and demonstrable knowledge of industry players, industry structure and commercial mechanisms and drivers.
• Ideally, a degree in a numerical discipline such as Mathematics, Science, Engineering, or Economics
• Proven analytical and communication skills, with proficiency in MS Office. Familiarity with programming tools like VBA, databases, Python, or similar is a plus.
• Energy and will to succeed, with proven examples of overcoming obstacles to successful outcomes, individually and as part of a team, in a high paced environment.
• Meticulous, responsible and reliable with a close attention to detail and fundamental respect for internal and external governance.

About SSE
SSE has a bold ambition – to be a leading energy company in a net zero world. We're investing around £10 million a day in homegrown energy to help power a cleaner, more secure future. Our investment will see us build the world's largest offshore wind farm and transform the grid to deliver greener electricity to millions.

SSE Energy Markets secure the energy needed to power customers' lives, while creating value for SSE. Our Energy Markets trading teams buy the fuel needed to deliver cleaner energy and sell power generated in our wind farm, hydro and thermal assets back to the markets.

Flexible Benefits To Fit Your Life
Enjoy discounts on private healthcare and gym memberships. Wellbeing benefits like a free online GP and 24/7 counselling service. Interest-free loans on tech and transport season tickets, or a new bike with our Cycle to Work scheme. As well as generous family entitlements such as maternity and adoption pay, and paternity leave.

Work with an equal opportunity employer
SSE will make any reasonable adjustments you need to ensure that your application and experience with us is positive. Please contact / to discuss how we can support you.

We're dedicated to fostering an open and inclusive workplace where people from all backgrounds can thrive. We create equal opportunities for everyone to succeed and especially welcome applications from those who may not be well represented in our workforce or industry.

Ready to apply?
Start your online application using the Apply Now box on this page. We only accept applications made online. We'll be in touch after the closing date to let you know if we'll be taking your application further. If you're offered a role with SSE, you'll need to complete a criminality check and a credit check before you start work.