Trading Originator

Trading Originator

Full-Time 60000 - 80000 £ / year (est.) No working from home possible
Brook Green Supply

At a Glance

  • Tasks: Identify and execute profitable opportunities in UK energy markets while building strong relationships.
  • Company: Join Brook Green Supply, a dynamic B2B energy supplier focused on innovation.
  • Benefits: Competitive salary, inclusive culture, and opportunities for professional growth.
  • Other info: Collaborative team atmosphere with a commitment to diversity and equal opportunities.
  • Why this job: Be part of a fast-paced trading environment and make a real impact in the energy sector.
  • Qualifications: Experience in commercial roles with strong communication and negotiation skills.

The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.

Brook Green Supply is part of the CFP Energy Group and is an independent B2B energy supplier committed to providing energy supply solutions to industrial and commercial consumers. By solely working with large energy consumers, we provide a high degree of specialism and focus to clients.

We are seeking a commercially-driven and entrepreneurial Trading Originator to help with growing our UK power, gas and environmental product activity. This role is focused on identifying, developing and executing profitable market opportunities across wholesale and customer-facing energy markets. We are looking for someone who enjoys building relationships, finding creative solutions and getting deals done.

The ideal candidate will be naturally curious about energy markets, proactive in developing new opportunities and excited by the challenge of building commercial relationships in a fast-moving trading environment.

Essential Functions of the Job:
  • Identify, originate and execute profitable opportunities across UK power, gas and environmental markets
  • Build and maintain relationships with a broad network of market participants including suppliers, traders, brokers, generators, aggregators and corporate customers
  • Develop new trading relationships and uncover non-standard opportunities across physical and environmental markets
  • Negotiate and execute a broad range of agreements including PPAs, GPAs, GOs/REGOs and wholesale trading transactions
  • Take ownership of transactions from initial discussion through execution, onboarding and ongoing relationship management
  • Work closely with traders and the wider commercial team to develop and execute new products and market opportunities
  • Support the growth of BGS’s environmental products and structured trading activity
  • Monitor market developments, pricing trends, policy changes and regulatory developments relevant to the business
  • Ensure transactions are executed in line with internal risk, compliance and operational procedures
  • Contribute actively to the commercial growth and development of the trading business
  • Collaborate with internal stakeholders including trading, operations, legal, risk and settlements teams to facilitate successful deal execution
Skills Required:
  • An exceptional communicator, both verbal and written able to communicate complex topics to audiences of different skill sets and build relationships
  • Purpose-driven and persistent whilst being able to work effectively in a busy and complex environment to stay organised and execution focused
  • Strong commercial acumen with ability to see the bigger picture
  • Enjoys finding value in overlooked or non-standard opportunities
  • Confident, credible, persuasive, and a collaborative team-player
Experience Required:
  • Proven experience in the following areas: Commercial experience gained in a similar position demonstrating impeccable judgement, highly effective communication skills and a results orientated mindset
  • Demonstrated experience in negotiating and transacting gas and power structured products including PPAs, GPAs, market access agreements and flexible products would be helpful
  • Solid experience of working the entire deal lifecycles within natural resources and demonstrated track-record of successfully closed transactions
  • Financial services, energy, utilities, or start-up experience preferred

The Brook Green Group is committed to ensuring equal opportunities, fairness of treatment, dignity and respect, and the elimination of all forms of discrimination in the workplace for all employees/contractors and job applicants.

Brook Green Supply

Contact Details:

Brook Green Supply Recruitment Team

We think you need these skills to ace Trading Originator

Commercial Acumen
Negotiation Skills
Relationship Building
Market Analysis
Transaction Management
Communication Skills
Problem-Solving Skills