Shift Trader
Octopus Energy Ltd
Shift Trader
Salary Not Specified
Octopus Energy Ltd, City of Westminster
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted today, 19 Sep | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: 0c223a16df944752b3fdf5c4b38663a4
Full Job Description
- Execute trades within the Intraday Power market to manage Octopus' exposure on its multi-billion pound hedge book
- Deliver additional value through the optimisation of flexible assets in the short term market
- Trade the changing forecasts of our PPA portfolio
- Design and feedback ideas for improvements in the analytics suite, as well as share trading strategy ideas with the rest of the team
- Help to build and design algorithmic trading strategies
- Liaise with the Trading Manager to ensure short term exposure risks are understood across the business
Experience in Commodity Trading or similar field - ideally 1+ years experience - A passion for the challenge of decarbonisation and grid flexibility as the enabler for it
- Ability to synthesise numerical information and make informed decisions quickly
- Eagerness to learn the fundamental drivers of the power market and become a top performing trader within the market
- A hunger to perform in a fast paced and competitive market
- An ability to maintain continued attention to the market, even in times of low market volatility
- WIllingness to undertake shift work, including nights and weekends
Octopus Energy is at the forefront of the energy transition and developing innovation to meet the grand system challenges of decarbonisation. You will be a key member of the team that develops transformational solutions and rapidly implements these to meet the urgent and global need for energy flexibility.