SEFE Marketing & Trading Ltd
VP LNG Financial Trading
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A senior leadership opportunity to lead and shape the LNG Financial Trading function, driving portfolio optimisation, risk management and commercial value creation across a global LNG business. You will combine deep market expertise, strategic thinking and trading leadership to execute financial trading and hedging strategies, optimise optionality across the LNG portfolio and lead a high-performing team in a fast-paced, highly commercial environment.
What Will You Do
- Lead and develop the LNG Financial Trading team, driving performance, collaboration and capability growth across traders and analysts.
- Define and execute financial trading, hedging and portfolio optimisation strategies across the global LNG portfolio.
- Manage financial and derivative activities across LNG, gas, oil and freight markets, ensuring effective risk-adjusted returns.
- Provide strategic market insights and pricing guidance to senior LNG Trading leadership, identifying risks and commercial opportunities.
- Partner closely with LNG Physical Trading and Origination teams to maximise portfolio value through integrated physical and financial trading strategies.
- Analyse contractual flexibility and optionality, developing innovative solutions to monetise commercial opportunities.
- Oversee portfolio exposures, mark-to-market performance, VaR, liquidity and stress testing, ensuring alignment with approved risk frameworks.
- Lead proprietary trading activities within agreed risk limits, contributing directly to desk profitability and overall P&L performance.
- Drive enhancements to trading models, pricing tools, analytics and reporting capabilities to support informed decision-making.
- Collaborate across commodities, particularly with Gas Trading and other trading desks, to optimise enterprise-wide portfolio performance and trading efficiency.
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What Will You Bring
- Significant experience within physical and financial energy markets, with strong expertise across LNG, European and US gas, oil and freight markets.
- Proven track record in financial trading, hedging, derivatives execution and OTC markets.
- Demonstrated experience leading, mentoring and developing trading professionals within high-performance environments.
- Deep understanding of options, structured products, volatility trading and portfolio optimisation strategies.
- Strong commercial acumen with the ability to translate complex market dynamics into profitable trading opportunities.
- Expertise in contractual analysis, optionality valuation and the monetisation of commercial flexibility.
- Advanced knowledge of risk management frameworks, valuation methodologies, market exposure management and trading controls.
- Strong analytical mindset with the ability to assess complex portfolios and make informed decisions under pressure.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence senior trading and business leaders.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Engineering or a related discipline.
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About Us
SEFE is an international energy company anchored in Europe, delivering energy solutions that ensure reliable and affordable supply. Our activities span the entire energy value chain – from origination and trading to sales, transport and storage. With decades of trading expertise and a growing LNG portfolio, SEFE is one of Europe’s leading suppliers to industrial customers, providing more than 200 TWh of gas and power each year. We supply over 50,000 clients, from small businesses to municipalities and multinational organisations. By investing in clean energies, we support our customers on their decarbonisation journey and contribute to the energy transition. SEFE employs over 2,000 people worldwide and is owned by the Federal Government of Germany.
Securing energy – now and for the future.
Our Benefits
- Competitive salary and annual bonus opportunity
- Hybrid and flexible working arrangements
- Generous pension scheme
- Private healthcare and wellbeing support
- Learning and development opportunities
- Employee assistance programme and additional lifestyle benefits
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