Senior LNG Trading Analyst

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We’re so much more than an energy company. We’re a family of brands revolutionising how we power the planet. We're energisers. One team of 21,000 colleagues that’s energising a greener, fairer future by creating an energy system that doesn’t rely on fossil fuels, whilst living our powerful commitment to igniting positive change in our communities. Here, you can find more purpose, more passion and more potential. That’s why working here is #MoreThanACareer. We do energy differently – we do it all. We make it, store it, move it, sell it and mend it. 
 

About your team: 

At Centrica Energy, our mission is to move it.  

We’re energy movers by nature. We’re a global renewable energy trading company which helps move energy from source to use – powering businesses, homes, and societies as they transition to a new sustainable energy future. If the idea of working to create a sustainable energy future also moves you, we may very well be the right place for you.

Overview:

Centrica Energy is a leading energy trading company with a profound global impact, operating from eight strategically located offices across all time zones. Our mission is to facilitate the transition to green energy while ensuring sustainable and predictable energy costs for suppliers and offtakers.

Our LNG division is renowned for its international reach, engaging in physical and financial trading of cargoes across all continents. Our extensive wholesale power and gas trading footprint spans 28 countries throughout Europe and the United States, positioning us at the heart of the energy value chain with unparalleled access to markets, counterparties, and deal-making opportunities.

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior LNG Trading Analyst to join our front-office team on one of our highest growth platforms. This prestigious, commercially focused role demands exceptional numerical skills, strategic thinking, and a talent for structuring innovative deals. Your expertise in global energy markets, particularly in Asia and other high-growth regions, will be instrumental in shaping our company's success.

Key Highlights of the Role:

• Global Impact: Influence decisions and strategies that shape the future of energy across continents.

• High Visibility & Growth: Be at the centre of Centrica Energy’s investment and expansion efforts, with significant opportunities for advancement and leadership.

• Commercially Rewarding: Drive business performance in markets where your insights and deal-structuring skills will be highly valued and recognized.

• Collaborative Excellence: Work with top-tier professionals in a supportive, ambitious team based in central London, enjoying a blend of office-based and flexible working.

• Innovation & Influence: Develop front-office tools, craft pre-deal analysis, and pioneer solutions in one of the most exciting sectors of the global economy.

If you are a talented professional seeking a high-profile commercial role that offers challenge, reward, and the chance to make a genuine impact on the energy transition, the Senior LNG Trading Analyst position at Centrica Energy could be the opportunity you’ve been waiting for.

Team Focus Areas:

• Short-term LNG Trading: This senior role requires coordinating information and performing trading analysis and valuation essential for contributing to P&L and cash delivery. Strong managerial, collaboration, and stakeholder skills are necessary.

• LNG Business Development: Structured economic deals analysis, NPV and optionality valuation are required. Good understanding of extrinsic deal valuation is a must. Running, developing and adapting models. Understanding Asian and new market trends and conducting counterparty/competitor analysis for mid to long-term deal-making are important aspects.

Responsibilities of the role:

• Deliver pre-deal and structuring analysis.

• Plan, interpret, and package P&L, exposure and position data to facilitate trading decisions.

• Assist in financial trading analysis, including options, derivatives, and financial engineering techniques.

• Build front-office tools to model trading opportunities and analyse pre-deal risk and reward.

• Maintain systems and processes to ensure accuracy and ease of use for initial LNG deal valuation and booking.

• Reconcile exposure and act as a link between the front office and partnering functions (Product Control, Finance, and Front Office models).

• Provide structuring analysis to LNG Business Developers and support portfolio model development.

• Perform market analysis to identify target customers and understand decision-making processes.

• Interface with teams across Centrica Energy to develop LNG Analytics modelling capabilities.

• Produce insights on LNG pricing data, exposure, P&L, and news.

Qualifications:

• Experience in LNG trading and the wider energy trading environment, with exposure to gas, power, and other commodities.

• Proficiency in assembling and disseminating ETRM information and transferring it into actionable business insights.

• Experience in LNG shipping and commercial LNG contracts.

• Strong analytical skills with attention to detail.

• Advanced Excel and programming skills (Python preferred; VBA, C++, and statistical packages are a bonus).

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Why should you apply?  
 
We’re not a perfect place – but we’re a people place. Our priority is supporting all of the different realities our people face. Life is about so much more than work. We get it. That’s why we’ve designed our total rewards to give you the flexibility to choose what you need, when you need it, making sure that you and your family are supported not only financially, but physically and emotionally too. Visit the link below to discover why we’re a great place to work and what being part of more means for you. 
 
https://www.morethanacareer.energy/centricaenergy

If you're full of energy, fired up about sustainability, and ready to craft not only a better tomorrow, but a better you, then come and find your purpose in a team where your voice matters, your growth is non-negotiable, and your ambitions are our priority.   

 
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