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Come work at a place where innovation and teamwork come together to support the most exciting missions in the world!

When you join EDF Trading you’ll become part of a diverse international team of experts who challenge conventional ideas, test new approaches and think outside the box.

Energy markets evolve rapidly so our team needs to remain agile, flexible and ready to spot opportunities across all the markets we trade in: power, gas, LNG, LPG, oil and environmental products.

EDF Group and our customers all over the world trust that their assets are managed by us in the most effective and efficient manner and are protected through expert risk management. Trading for over 20 years, it’s experience that makes us leaders in the field. Energy is what we do.

Most of all, we value our people. Become part of the team and you will be offered a great range of benefits which include hybrid working, a personal pension plan, private medical and dental insurance, bi-annual health assessment, corporate gym memberships, electric car lease programme, childcare vouchers, cycle to work scheme, season ticket loans, volunteering opportunities and much more. We even provide free fruit to keep you healthy.

Gender balance and inclusion are very high on the agenda at EDF Trading so you will become part of an ever-diversifying family of around 800 colleagues based in London, Paris, Singapore, Tokyo and Houston. Regular social and networking events, both physical and virtual, will ensure that you always feel connected to your colleagues and the business.

Who are we? We are EDF Trading, part of the EDF Group, a world leader in low-carbon sustainable electricity generation partnered with JERA, one of Japan’s largest utilities; the perfect organisation at which to begin or progress your career in the commodities sector.

Join us, make a difference and help shape the future of energy.

Job Description:

Job title: Junior Pricing Analyst

Reports to: Head of European Pricing and Structuring

Department

European Pricing and Structuring Desk

The desk is part of the Front Office with a direct reporting line to the CCO. It sits alongside the origination and trading teams providing wide structuring, valuation, and deal approval support for various business initiatives. We also support management and traders with live deal management including booking representations and risk management.

The function covers market derivatives and bespoke virtual and asset-based structures on all commodities traded by EDFT and its affiliates in liquid and illiquid horizons.

The function work closely with middle office and control functions with the goal of executing profitable deals that meet the company’s required rate of return, capital utilisation criteria, in compliance with EDF group risk policies.

Position purpose

This is a Junior Pricing Analyst role with the main responsibility of valuing flow and complex commodity deal structures in the energy markets. This involves:

Other duties and responsibilities as may arise and may be assigned by Management, this may include bespoke analysis, tool/model development for special projects, and development of library, user interfaces and data infrastructure.

Main Responsibilities

To support Origination team in structuring, valuation, approvals and execution of deals which maximise EBIT and minimise non-market risk exposure.

To provide high standard analytics and valuation services in support of execution of EDFT’s business strategy and growth ambitions, in the areas of:

To develop and enhance mathematical pricing models and analytical tools to support data processing, valuation, risk management and trading, optimisation and cashflow modelling.

To foster growth and efficiency within the team, keep relevant in our business knowledge and technical competencies to ensure high standards and service continuity

To keep active and collaborative relationship with other teams to improve productivity and processes, enhance our systems capabilities and champion innovation with the use of automation where appropriate.

Candidate Profile

This role is a junior role within an existing team and may suit someone at the early stages of their career looking to specialise in pricing and structuring. However, internship level experience in a similar role in a commodity trading firm is welcomed due to specific nature of the energy sector.

The role would be best suited for an individual with a strong applied quantitative background and technical (programming) skills with commercial mindset.

The candidate would offer:

Example deal types dealt with by the group include forwards, futures, swaps, vanilla options, gas storage, swing, interconnectors, virtual power plants, renewables off-takes, and prepayment structures.

Technical Skills

Required technical experience and knowledge includes:

Personal skills

It is a multifaceted role, which not only requires commercial and quantitative skills but also communication and client facing skills. The candidate would be responsible for liaising with originators and traders as well as regularly interacting with other pricing team members, risk management, product control, credit, treasury and legal teams.

Hours of work

40 hours a week