Trading Analyst

Job description

Trading Analyst

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As a global leader in the Digital Transformation of Energy Management and Automation, with operations in more than 100 countries, the company’s 130,000+ employees achieved sales of about €25 billion in 2017. Schneider Electric helps individuals and organizations make energy safe, reliable, efficient, productive and green. At Schneider Electric, we care for the environment and showcase this in our everyday lives, business decisions, supply chain and operations, engagement from our employees and in the solutions we provide our customers. We practice what we preach; Schneider Electric is a Carbon Disclosure Project A-lister since 2011 and has won the 2019 Climate Leadership Award for our climate leadership and achievements in reducing greenhouse gases during the last decade.

Energy & Sustainability Services division leads organisations through a quickly transforming energy landscape to realizing increased efficiency, financial savings, better use of Big Data, and more sustainable operations across their global footprint. With Schneider Electric’s hundred years of tradition and our decades of consultancy experience we are best positioned to drive them through this era of market convergence.

Within the Energy & Sustainability Services division, the Risk Management & Trading Department is looking to grow our team of ~25 Risk and Trading Analysts, led from our Budapest office. This is a strategic service for our company as a robust commodity risk management programme is instrumental to our customer’s success and satisfaction. In this Front-Office role you will have direct communication to suppliers in Europe, as well as collaborating with colleagues and internal teams across Europe, America and Asia.

Responsibilities include:

· Gaining and maintaining up-to-date knowledge on energy commodity markets drivers globally,
· Openness towards developing and automatizing models, systems and processes, especially in Excel.
· Monitoring daily market prices of Gas, Power, Brent and other commodities;
· Executing trades on energy markets to ensure effective implementation of clients' risk management strategy;
· Working closely with the Client Management and other internal teams to deliver an exceptional level of service to our clients;
· Own and develop business processes to the highest standards of efficiency, control and accuracy;
· Provide input and testing support for system development projects;
· Be able to analyse and interpret formal energy supply contractual documents and terms and conditions
· Trading process improvement
· Understanding of different contract structures, what system/process change do we need to store the info in a useful manner enabling more secure and efficient trading
· Supporting our simplification efforts in designing processes to trade / manage clients in a more aggregate fashion

Desired profile

Qualifications :

Expectations:

·  College or University diploma or degree (preferably in an analytical role)
·  1-3 years' experience as a risk analyst / trading analyst / in the financial area
·  Fluent English (written and verbal); fluency in other European language is an advantage
·  Experience in the use of MS Excel, and willingness to develop further
·  Knowledge of any data processing software is an advantage

Skills, competencies:

·  Good level of analytical skills and attention to detail
·  Good level of listening and interpersonal skills, effective communication with internal and external stakeholders is required
·  Resistance to pressure and ability to prioritise and execute tasks efficiently under pressure
Willingness to take ownership, excellent standards of reliability and accountability
·  Experience in working in a multinational company and knowledge of the energy industry is an advantage

Location: Budapest, Váci street

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