Financial Trader, LNG

Excelerate Energy, Inc.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Excelerate Energy seeks its first LNG Financial Trader to join the LNG commercial team in London. You will build capabilities to trade global gas and oil derivatives (JKM, TTF, HH, Brent) and manage the LNG portfolio.

The role emphasizes execution quality, risk controls, and asset-backed decision-making to drive long-term growth. Candidates should have 5+ years in LNG/global gas trading, strong analytical skills, and familiarity with Excel, Kpler, ICE, Trayport, Bloomberg, and Reuters.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of LNG/global gas trading experience.
• Background in gas/LNG markets with derivatives.
• Strong analytical skills in fast-paced environments.
• Ability to integrate data from multiple sources for market view.

Responsibilities

• Execute financial trades (futures, swaps) within limits.
• Support pricing for LNG spot/term opportunities.
• Onboard exchanges liquidity and expand trading partners.
• Monitor portfolio exposure and P&L within compliance.

Skills

Financial trading

Risk management

Market analysis

Data integration

Tools

Excel

Kpler

ICE

Trayport

Bloomberg

Reuters

Job description

Excelerate Energy is helping countries around the world enhance energy security through reliable LNG and power infrastructure solutions. We strive to deliver sustainable results by doing what we promise and investing in our people, assets, and technology while promoting a culture of safety, quality, and environmental stewardship. We believe our people are our greatest asset and are committed to fostering a culture of safety, collaboration, and continuous growth. Together, we work to expand access to reliable energy for communities around the world.

JOB SUMMARY

Excelerate Energy is seeking our first LNG Financial Trader to join the LNG commercial team to build our capabilities. This role will be to develop global gas and oil financial trading capabilities (JKM, TTF, HH, Brent) to manage the global LNG portfolio and downstream gas assets. The Financial Trader will have a crucial role in creating value through execution quality, risk management, and disciplined asset-back approach to support the continued long-term growth of Excelerate Energy’s physical LNG portfolio.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Executing financial trades, including futures, swaps, and other products, within approved limits and risk management policies.
• Providing execution support to commercial team for the pursuit of new LNG sales and purchase opportunities.
• Support Risk team in monitoring and managing portfolio exposure within specific limits and durations.
• Accurately capturing trades and maintaining position, profit and loss, and exposure within compliance frameworks.
• Lead project to onboard Excelerate to exchange cleared trading activity and expand OTC trading partners to expand tradable products and improve liquidity.
• Support pricing for physical spot/term opportunities for new deal capture.

Qualifications, Experience, And Educational Requirements

• Background in the Gas/LNG markets with significant experience in global gas and oil derivatives markets.
• 5+ years’ experience with LNG/global gas financial trading.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to work in high impact, fast-paced environment.
• Confidence in developing market view integrating variety of data sources– traded volumes, liquidity, MOC activity, shipping indicators – for physical and financial gas markets.
• Capable with variety of tools – Excel, Kpler, ICE, Trayport, Bloomberg, Reuters.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Authorization

Candidates must be authorized to work in assigned location.

Affirmative Action/Eeo Statement

It is the policy of Excelerate Energy to provide equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. Excelerate Energy is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures and employment processes. If you need an accommodation to apply for a role or to perform essential job functions, please contact Human Resources at [e-mail]. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis consistent with applicable laws.