Energy Trading Commercial Contracts Advisor

Certain Advantage; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Certain Advantage as a Commercial Contracts Advisor supporting a prominent Energy Trading firm in London. This contract role involves drafting and negotiating contracts, providing commercial advice, and managing the trading contracts process. If you have a strong background in commodity contracts and negotiation, this could be the perfect next step in your career.

Qualifications

• Experience drafting and executing commodity contracts.
• Knowledge of EFETs and ISDAs.
• Ability to manage multiple conflicting priorities.

Responsibilities

• Draft and review agreements for deal opportunities.
• Provide commercial and contractual advice to the trading business.
• Negotiate standardized and complex agreements.

Skills

Negotiation skills

Analytical skills

Commercial judgement

Job description

Commercial Contracts Advisor

Certain Advantage are recruiting on behalf of our Energy Trading client in London for a Commercial Contracts Advisor.
This is a contract position initially until 31st Dec working 3 days onsite in Central London.

We’re looking for candidates with experience drafting/ negotiating/ executing commodity contracts. If you have experience in EFETs and ISDAs this would be highly desirable.

The role

You’ll be joining a world-renowned Energy Business in their Energy Trading Contracts team who support the Europe and Africa trading business. The team are responsible for managing the entire trading contracts process from drafting and negotiating agreements through to con?rmation and reporting of individual trades.

The main purpose of this Commercial Advisor position is to draft and/or review agreements required to enable deal opportunities, negotiate these agreements directly with counterparties and manage internal approvals as necessary for document execution.

Typical responsibilities
· Provide accurate pre and post deal commercial and contractual advice to the trading business
· Take ownership and accountability for the negotiation of both standardised and complex agreements
· Work with cross-functional teams looking to make process improvements that increase e?ciency and minimise risks
· Support the Trading business and Contracts team through advice and, where required, intervention to ensure compliance with the internal Control Framework
· Act as a gatekeeper for setting up contracts in trade capture systems.

Your experience
· Knowledge of Contractual Allocation of Risk Framework principles, including: limitation of liability, indemnification, insurance, and pollution liability clauses.
· Ability to analyse commercial and contractual structures and communicate clear recommendations on risks and opportunities, using sound commercial judgement.
· Ability to manage multiple conflicting priorities to meet internal and external deadlines.
· Ability to identify risks and inefficiencies in existing processes, solve problems and implement improvements.
· Technical knowledge in European Gas, Power and Environmental Products contracts (product based Master Agreements, Bespoke Contracts, Storage Agreements, Netting Agreements, Credit Support Documentation etc.).
· Strong negotiation skills, including the ability to apply different techniques depending on the situation.
· Knowledge of energy market fundamentals, risk management and regulations.

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