Unternehmensbeschreibung

Vattenfall is a European energy company with approximately 20 000 employees. For more than 100 years we have electrified industries, supplied energy to people’s homes and modernized our way of living through innovation and cooperation. We now want to make fossil-free living possible within one generation. To be able to reach this ambitious goal we are looking for talented individuals who, in addition to their passion for their own role, also have strong team spirit and want to contribute to supporting a meaningful corporate mission. 

Business Area (BA) Markets’ role in Vattenfall is to maximize the value of the overall portfolio by optimizing and dispatching, hedging and sourcing for Vattenfall's sales and generation volumes. We serve as Vattenfall’s single access to energy commodity markets and trade electricity, emissions, fuels, freight, and renewable certificates. We employ around 500 professionals who are active across Europe with offices in Sweden, Germany, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

Within Markets the Business Unit (BU) Trading is the energy trading hub of the Vattenfall Group. BU Trading is responsible for all trading activities around Vattenfall´s asset and customer flows to maximize value creation and improve sourcing costs. It provides market access services for the Vattenfall Group - which means managing all hedging flows, from generation assets or customers, by Market Access. Next to handling our flow business, BU Trading also has a proprietary mandate. 

We have a culture of care and growth. You will collaborate with inspiring people around you, on complex and interesting topics. Together, we drive the energy transition and contribute to a journey towards becoming fossil-free.

Stellenbeschreibung

At Vattenfall, we don’t just “do energy”, we exist to help our customers power their lives in ever climate smarter ways and free from fossil fuel within one generation. If you are looking for interesting challenges and the opportunity to be part of this change, then join our diverse and talented team and make a difference.

For our location in Hamburg, we are now looking for a Junior Prompt Gas Trader. As Junior Prompt Gas Trader, you are part of the Gas Markets Trading team.

Your responsibilities will include the following main tasks:

• Engage in active risk-taking within short-term gas markets to maximize value through the use of standard and structured products, under the guidance of senior traders.
• Develop, rollout and execute trading strategies from day-ahead to (and incl.) month-ahead
• Monitor and analyse fundamental trading trends in the European gas markets, identifying key drivers and sharing insights with the team.
• Collaborate with the analytics team to define requirements for market analysis and foster strong, trust-based cooperation.
• Contribute to new business developments
• Assist internal customers in developing hedging strategies for non-standard risks/products, providing expert market insights.
• Provide market access services to internal and external customers within the Prompt Tenor, including facilitating trades and managing market interactions.

Location: Hamburg

Qualifikationen

As a successful Junior Prompt Gas Trader you bring prior work experience in an analyst or trading role within the European Energy Trading industry, with a strong emphasis on market analysis and a deep understanding of market fundamentals.

Additionally, you possess the following skills and competencies:

• You have successfully earned a university degree in natural sciences, engineering, economics, or a related field, with demonstrated excellent academic results.
• Strong analytical skills with proven experience in conducting in-depth market analysis and a solid understanding of European gas markets. Essential programming skills, particularly in Python, are required to support data-driven decision-making.
• Solid commercial mindset with a focus on maximizing market opportunities through a deep understanding of market flows and fundamentals.
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment with the ability to manage multiple tasks under tight deadlines.
• Reliable and collaborative team player who actively contributes to team success.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to present complex information clearly to various stakeholders.
• Excellent negotiation skills in English; proficiency in German and/or other languages is an advantage.

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Benefits

Your development is a priority at Vattenfall BA Markets. Your professional journey will benefit from working in the exciting industry of energy trading, and in interdisciplinary teams. To support your career, we offer opportunities to grow through training, job rotations, talent programs and a working environment that stimulates learning.

Our work culture at Vattenfall is excellent. We have an open corporate culture with flat hierarchies. Modern and flexible working conditions, including mobile work, promote wellbeing. In Germany, our work week consists of 37.5 hours with, in many cases, the possibility to work part-time. Up to 49% of your working time can be mobile work, and you are entitled to 30 days of vacation per year.

Your health is important to us. We provide several health programs and support throughout potentially challenging life situations.

Your colleagues will be another highlight. We employ inspiring people with diverse backgrounds. Together with our culture and your tasks, they form an interesting and fun place to work.

Additionally, we offer retirement planning with a company pension scheme, a subsidised public transport ticket and a job bike. You can find our new state of the art office next to Elbbrücken. 
 

More information 
We welcome your application in English, no later than 15th of October 2024. We kindly request that you do not send applications by any means other than via our website as we cannot guarantee that we will be able to process applications that are not made via our website. 

For more information about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact our Recruiter Carina Böhle via phone +49 407 902 216 23.

At Vattenfall we are convinced that diversity contributes to build a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be good role model regarding diversity. Vattenfall works actively for all employees to have the same opportunities and rights regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, transgender identity or expression, religion or other belief, disability or sexual orientation.

The security of Vattenfall and its employees is essential. For that reason, a pre-employment screening will be part of your recruitment process. The screening is based on the role you will fulfill within Vattenfall. The screening will be performed by a third party, called Validata. In addition, a certificate of good conduct (i.e. criminal record certificate) is required for certain positions.
 

We look forward to receiving your application!