Senior Trader

Location: Liverpool

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full Time

Closing Date: 16/07/26

(The successful candidate will also receive a non-consolidated trading allowance of £15,000 per annum)

You will work as one of 4 senior traders reporting to the Trading Manager. The team works collaboratively to hedge energy demand for aggregated portfolios and individual public sector organisations, delivering value for money within risk parameters. The team oversees the full operational lifecycle of trading products and provides customer communications to ensure seamless portfolio delivery.

As subject matter expert, you will provide strategic technical guidance to the wider energy team, playing a pivotal role in evolving areas such as corporate Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) and direct wire offerings, to meet the shifting needs of our public sector customers.

• Effectively and proactively execute electricity and gas hedging to deliver value to public sector customers, whilst adhering to relevant risk strategies
• Provide expert level understanding of UK power and gas markets, their underlying fundamental driver and policy frameworks
• Undertake or oversee all back office and forecasting tasks needed to support all aspects of customer price-setting activities
• Draft accurate, informative and timely customer reports
• Support, and represent if required, at strategic meetings with key stakeholders
• Providing expertise to the wider energy team on key GCA development areas, such as direct wire, corporate PPAs, flexibility

• Trading / Hedging Execution:
  Proven experience in the proactive execution of gas and electricity hedging, with a demonstrable track record of adhering to formal risk parameters
• Market Analysis:
  Proven ability to successfully utilise fundamental and technical analysis to inform trading decisions
• Stakeholder Influence:
  Strong communication skills with a proven ability to translate complex market movements into clear, easy to read reports for a wide range of stakeholders
• IT capability and quantitative aptitude:
  Proven experience of Microsoft Excel for energy modelling, including the use of advanced formulae, pivot tables, and data visualisation to analyse market trends; high standard of general IT literacy. Demonstrable experience in managing and interpreting large, complex datasets to support price-setting or forecasting
• Specialist Energy Structures:
  Demonstrate knowledge and / or experience of non-standard assets, for example direct wire, corporate PPAs, flexibility / DSR

Technical

• Understanding of UK energy policy landscape
• IT capability and quantitative aptitude

Experience

Behaviours

• Making Effective Decisions
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Managing a quality service

• A discretionary non-contractual performance related bonus
• Working remotely in addition to working in advertised office location
• Minimum 25 days annual leave to a maximum service related 30 days excluding bank holidays