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Richard James Recruitment Specialists Ltd

Senior Trade Support Analyst

London
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We are partnering with a leading international energy trading organisation to recruit a Senior Trade Support Analyst to join its London-based team.

Operating on a hybrid working model, this opportunity has arisen due to an internal move, with an existing team member transitioning into the Operations function, demonstrating the organisation's commitment to developing and promoting talent from within.

Working closely with Front Office, Risk and Operations teams, you'll play a key role in supporting a diverse portfolio of physical and financial energy markets, including Power, Gas, LNG, Emissions and Oil Derivatives. This position offers excellent exposure across the trading lifecycle within a fast-paced, collaborative and high-performing environment, making it an outstanding opportunity for someone looking to further develop their career in energy trading.

As the Trade Support function continues to evolve, the team is investing heavily in automation, digitalisation and smarter control processes. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to help shape this evolution by identifying process improvements, supporting systems enhancements and contributing to the adoption of AI-driven solutions that improve efficiency, scalability and control effectiveness.

This role is ideally suited to an experienced Trade Support, Trade Control or Middle Office professional who can operate autonomously across controls, systems and regulatory topics, take ownership of end-to-end deliverables and act as a technical reference point for junior team members.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Take end-to-end ownership of assigned controls and periodic deliverables, ensuring completeness, adherence to validation standards and a robust audit trail within agreed deadlines.
  • Act as a senior escalation point and subject matter expert across Trade Support activities, deputising for the Trade Support Manager where required.
  • Provide day-to-day guidance, review and coaching to junior analysts, ensuring the quality, accuracy and timeliness of their work while supporting their technical development.
  • Perform daily trade validation activities, ensuring physical and financial energy transactions are accurately, completely and promptly captured within the ETRM system.
  • Perform daily market price and curve validation activities, ensuring data accuracy in line with internal procedures.
  • Support the end-of-day process for physical and financial transactions, ensuring the timely production of Position and P&L reporting.
  • Carry out trading mandate and unauthorised trade checks, escalating any breaches in line with governance procedures.
  • Execute daily market conformity controls across both physical and financial transactions.
  • Support the execution and documentation of internal control frameworks, including control evidence collection, issue identification and remediation tracking.
  • Monitor key trade lifecycle events, including futures expiry, option exercises, amendments and cancellations, ensuring accurate system representation and timely escalation where required.
  • Support exchange and clearing activities, including reconciliations with clearing houses, broker fee validation, margin controls and issue resolution.
  • Ensure compliance with all relevant internal policies and external regulations.
  • Perform month-end and quarter-end control activities across physical and financial trading portfolios.
  • Support regulatory control activities, including reporting and reconciliations relating to EMIR, REMIT, MiFID II and Dodd-Frank.
  • Lead automation and digitalisation initiatives within the Trade Support team, identifying opportunities to improve the efficiency, accuracy and scalability of control processes. Support the assessment and implementation of AI-based solutions, system enhancements, testing and change initiatives.
  • Provide Trade Support input into the approval and onboarding of new products and non-standard trading activities.

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  • Degree in Finance, Economics, Financial Engineering, Risk Management or another numerate discipline.
  • Significant experience within Trade Support, Trade Control, Product Control, Middle Office, Market Risk or Risk Management in a commodity or financial trading environment.
  • Strong knowledge of Gas, Power, LNG, Emissions and/or Oil Derivatives.
  • Good understanding of risk metrics and internal control frameworks covering physical and financial trading activities.
  • Strong Excel skills, with experience of VBA preferred. Knowledge of Power BI, SQL, Python and Openlink Endur would be advantageous.
  • Understanding of control processes within a regulated trading environment, including market venues and interfaces between trading and exchange systems.
  • Experience supporting regulatory reporting and compliance activities relating to EMIR, REMIT, MiFID II and Dodd-Frank.
  • A strong control mindset with the ability to identify issues, assess risk and escalate appropriately.
  • Previous experience mentoring or reviewing the work of junior team members would be advantageous.
  • Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities and meet tight deadlines.
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
  • A collaborative, proactive and solutions-focused approach within a fast-paced trading environment.
  • A genuine interest in process improvement, automation and leveraging technology to enhance operational efficiency.
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Skills

Trade Support
Trade Control
Middle Office
Market Risk
Risk Management
Gas
Power
LNG
Emissions
Oil Derivatives
Excel
VBA
Power BI
SQL
Python
Openlink Endur

Location

London, England, United Kingdom

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