Clarksons

Trainee Broker

Clarksons  •  London, GB (Onsite)  •  11 days ago
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Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Gas & LNG Options Broker to join our dynamic team. The successful candidate will be responsible for broking Gas & LNG options transactions between counterparties, providing market intelligence, and ensuring optimal execution for clients in the global Gas & LNG market, and will play a key role in growing the desk and client base.

What you’ll be doing

  • Broking Gas & LNG Options ensuring competitive pricing and efficient execution.
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with new and existing clients to drive growth.
  • Monitor Gas & LNG markets, price movements, and volatility to provide clients with timely insights and trading opportunities.
  • Understand and communicate the risk profiles of Gas & LNG options products, including pricing structures and hedging strategies.
  • Negotiate terms and conditions of Gas & LNG options contracts, ensuring compliance with regulatory and internal standards.
  • Maintain accurate records of trades and provide regular updates to clients and internal stakeholders.
  • Participate and attend all necessary regulatory training and be responsible for your individual regulatory compliance, and support the team with ensuring they meet this also.
  • Assist the Onboarding team regarding AML/KYC due diligence queries.
  • Attend team meetings to discuss commercial performance.
  • Represent the company at industry events and initiatives (e.g. Baltic Exchange etc) and act as an ambassador.
  • Understand and input into the business strategy for the company and seek to help identify new business opportunities relating to trends, future markets, products and clients.
  • Travel and attend client social events where required.
  • Additional / ad hoc duties as required to meet the needs of the business.

What we’re looking for:

We welcome applications from candidates who share our Company Values and key attributes, as follows:

  • Qualified - holding all the necessary regulatory registrations required for the role, including compulsory examinations.
  • Fit and proper – having the requisite honesty, integrity, reputation, competence and financial soundness.
  • Integrity and respect – acting thoughtfully and ethically to do the right thing in accordance with Conduct Rules, and to promote and foster a respectful work environment for all.
  • Drive – self-motivation and the desire and commitment to succeed, deliver excellence and make positive change.
  • Relationship building – excellent communicator to effectively build strong, long-lasting relationships with colleagues, clients and others.
  • Collaboration – working well with others across diverse backgrounds to share information, develop skills and deliver results.
  • Resilience - persisting and adapting to changing or difficult situations, and adopting a positive and focused approach.
  • Smart - problem-solving and analytical abilities, with a curious and inquisitive mind, and an openness to new ideas.

Other requirements

  • Min. 2 years’ experience in Gas & LNG options derivatives broking markets.
  • Existing network within Gas broking and trading community.
  • Strong understanding of Gas markets, options pricing, and risk management.
  • Excellent negotiation and interpersonal skills; ability to build trust with clients.
  • Strong commercial instinct and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.
  • Proficient in market analysis and financial modelling.
  • Familiarity with relevant regulations and trading standards.

Clarkson plc is the world’s leading shipping service provider – we are the largest physical shipbrokeracross all markets. The group also provides sector specific financial services and port services, all of which are underpinned by the industry’s most authoritative shipping intelligence and supported with leading edge technology. The group is quoted on the London Stock Exchange and is a FTSE 250 company.

Clarksons Futures Limited is the derivatives broking division of Clarkson plc. It operates from the UK and through its branches in Dubai, Geneva and Singapore as a voice broker in OTC cleared derivatives contracts across CME, EEX, ICE and SGX. These derivatives contracts encompass dry and wet forward freight agreements (“FFAs”), and commodity-based derivatives including iron ore, fuel oil, gas, battery metals and carbon credits.

We aim to deliver best-in-class futures and options broking services to our shipping, trading, banking and other clients. Discover more at www.clarksons.com/broking

Clarksons

About Clarksons

Clarksons is at the heart of maritime global shipping. Our mission is to enable smarter, cleaner global shipping trade and help create sustainable, positive change.

We offer a complete ecosystem of maritime services, covering shipbroking, research, finance, digital tools, port services and green-driven advisory services. Each element of our maritime integrated offering is powered by intelligence and backed by market-leading technology in order to give you authoritative insight, industry know-how and smarter solutions.

The combined strength of our maritime service offerings sets us apart, allowing us to deliver bespoke solutions, tailored to your business needs. With five industry-leading business lines within one powerful group, we flex and fit our in-house expertise to meet your individual requirements. Clarksons’ unrivalled reach, expertise and depth of experience allows us to develop innovative solutions that support you to make better-informed decisions and deliver on your objectives.

With 64 offices in 24 countries, we strive to provide the best in class services to an ever-wider and increasingly diverse client base across all sectors of the shipping industry by providing those clients with unrivalled professionalism and support in the markets where they operate.

Industry
Transportation & Logistics
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
St. Katharine Docks, GB
Year Founded
Unknown
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