Global Commodities - European Power and Gas Trader - Vice President or Executive Director

Job Description
Are you ready to lead in the fast-paced and analytically focused world of energy trading? Our EMEA Gas, Power, and Emissions desk is expanding its capabilities, and we are seeking a Power and Gas Trader at the Vice President or Executive Director level. You will analyze and react to the latest developments in the global energy transition, generating commercial ideas and risk-management actions to provide hedging services and market access for clients.
Job Responsibilities

• Drive growth of the bank's customer franchise by designing and delivering innovative trade, risk management, and optimization solutions for both existing and future clients.
• Demonstrate initiative and resourcefulness in steering the growth of in-house proprietary fundamentals analysis and help build out further analytical infrastructure as per business requirements.
• Conduct fundamentals analysis using current automation and analytical techniques to derive commercially relevant interpretative analysis.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Significant demonstrable experience trading European power and gas benchmarks.
• Solid understanding of power and gas fundamentals modeling and analysis.
• Proven track record of translating fundamental analysis and quantitative modeling of derivatives into trading opportunities and asset optimization strategies.
• Good understanding of the dynamics of power and gas options.
• Competency in understanding the logistical/delivery aspects of short-term power and gas trading.
• Strong business-building and communication skills to aid growth of the firm's customer franchise.
• Initiative and resourcefulness with a strong desire to problem-solve in a commercial context.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Experience trading other energy assets such as emissions, coal, and oil would be beneficial.

This role encompasses the performance of UK regulated activity. The successful candidate will therefore be subject to meeting UK regulatory requirements in the assessment of fitness, propriety, knowledge and competence (as assessed by the Firm) and (where appropriate) approval by the UK Financial Conduct Authority and/or the Prudential Regulation Authority to carry out such activities.
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About the Team
J.P. Morgan's Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.