Junior Deal Handler

2450 Equinor UK Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Equinor UK Limited seeks a professional to handle, execute, and process commercial and trade transactions across our gas value chains. You will manage post-trade processing, confirmations, reconciliations, and regulatory reporting while supporting growth in global gas trading activities.

We value a strong commercial mindset, analytical ability, and comfort working with traders and originators. The role emphasizes accuracy, team collaboration, and continuous improvement in a fast-moving

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree and interest in deal handling in energy/financial trading, primarily Gas Marketing and Trading.
• Structured, result‑oriented, with strong commercial and analytical mindset and attention to detail.
• Team player able to multitask in a fast-paced environment, proactive and capable of delivering high‑quality work under tight deadlines.
• Drive for improvements, understanding of the gas value chain and commercial awareness.

Responsibilities

• Be part of Equinor gas value chain in a fast-paced environment, working with traders and originators to bring cash from trading activities into Equinor accounts.
• Ensure gas trades are recorded accurately in systems and enable precise P&L reporting.
• Handle counterparty confirmations, daily reconciliations, and settlements with regulatory reporting compliance.
• Contribute to growth of gas trading and collaborate with stakeholders to navigate conflicting agendas.
• Assist in change initiatives to improve operational efficiency and deliver own proposals.

Skills

Deal handling

Commercial mindset

Analytical skills

Multi-tasking

Microsoft Office365

Power Automate

Databricks

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree

Tools

Power Automate

Databricks

Job description

Job Overview

Responsible for handling, executing, and processing all commercial and trade transactions across Equinor value chains.

• Executing financial trade transactions
• Managing post‑trade processing and resolving trade settlement issues
• Drafting trade confirmations, amendments, and terminations
• Maintaining transaction records

Key Tasks

Within this position, your key tasks will be to:

• Be part of Equinor gas value chain in a fast‑paced and dynamic commercial environment, working closely with traders and originators, with responsibilities, primarily, for bringing in the cash from trading activities into Equinor accounts
• Ensure that gas trades are recorded correctly and accurately in our systems in a timely manner and enable accurate P&L reporting
• Work on tasks including counterparty confirmations, daily reconciliation and validations of trades, settlements, and regulatory reporting (REMIT, EMIR and MIFID) with a high focus on financial (SOX) and regulatory compliance
• Contribute to Equinor growth within gas trading, including its global gas financial trading activity
• Collaborate with and influence stakeholders to navigate conflicting agendas
• Contribute to change and improvement initiatives to optimize and enhance operational efficiency in alignment with business strategies and requirements
• Work with minimal guidance to deliver your own proposals and solutions to address business challenges that enhance team efficiency and effectiveness

Requirements

At Equinor, there are some overall qualities we regard as essential. We want you to identify with the values that guide our decisions and help us succeed and grow: open, collaborative, courageous and caring. We expect you to make safety your priority and to contribute to our zero‑harm culture.

• A bachelor’s or master’s degree and an interest in deal handling inenergy/financial trading, primarily within Gas Marketing and Trading
• Structured and result‑oriented colleague, with a strong commercial and analytical mindset and a high focus on details
• A team player comfortable with multi‑tasking in a fast‑paced and dynamic commercial environment, flexible and proactive, curious and willing to take on new challenges and tasks, delivering high quality work within tight deadlines
• Passionate individual with a strong drive for improvements, best practice, business understanding and commercial awareness, and the ability to see the full gas value chain
• Solid experience in Microsoft Office365 and other relevant technical skills
• Forward leaning and curious to identify and implement improvements and improved ways of working in the deal handling discipline
• Interest in other digital tools such as Power Automate and Databricks is an advantage

Please note that recent changes to the UK immigration rules have tightened the criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route...

If you require Equinor UK to act as a sponsor in order to undertake this role, please note Equinor UK cannot guarantee that the role is eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route. If, following assessment against the applicable Home Office requirements (including skill and salary thresholds, and any role‑specific lists), it is determined that Equinor UK is not able to sponsor this role, any conditional offer of employment may be withdrawn. This does not affect candidates who already have the right to work in the UK, without the need for visa sponsorship from Equinor UK.

What We Offer

We want you to have a rewarding and fulfilling work life. That’s why we offer:

• Not just a job - a career. In Equinor, your development begins on day one. You will build your competence through a wide range of learning activities while being empowered to build your career across multiple disciplines and geographies. Our internal job market allows a wide range of opportunities for development and growth within your own field, or even in other areas you find interesting and relevant.
• Attractive rewards. We give you a comprehensive benefits package with a competitive salary, global parental leave, bonus scheme and pension plan.
• Well‑being and work‑life balance. We want you to thrive at work and have time for life outside it. That’s why we offer flexible working arrangements, competitive benefits that support your physical and mental well‑being, and a global parental leave policy.
• An inclusive culture. We believe embracing our differences makes us stronger. For us, true inclusion means being able to bring your whole self to work, and for you and everyone else to feel accepted and valued.

Equal Opportunity

Equinor is an equal‑opportunity employer.

We make all employment decisions, which include hiring, promotion, transfer, demotion, termination, and training, without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, parental status, veteran status, or any other protected status.

As part of this commitment, reasonable adjustments will be made during the recruitment process for candidates with disabilities or long‑term health conditions.

If you have any specific requirements, please clarify this in your application and our team will be in contact to see how we can support your needs.

We also believe everyone should be paid fairly and consistently for their contribution to our collective success.

To ensure fairness and transparency, positions at Equinor are evaluated using our global job architecture based on the position’s responsibilities, complexity, and impact, and regularly reviewed to ensure consistency and alignment across the organisation.

Important Notes About the Application Process

We expect you to openly offer all relevant information about yourself during the recruitment process.

Background checks are performed on all final candidates, and all permanent and temporary hires will be screened using relevant sanctions lists to ensure compliance with sanctions laws.

When applying for a job in Norway you will be asked for information on affiliation to high‑risk countries for a security assessment.

About Equinor

Curious about a career in energy? See where it could take you. How would it feel to join 25,000 colleagues in more than 20 countries, contributing to the energy needs of millions of people worldwide?

At Equinor, you can develop your skills while working on real energy challenges at scale, across oil and gas, renewables, power, technology, digitalisation and CO₂ transportation and storage.

Headquartered in Norway, we’re a major supplier of energy to Europe and a world‑leading offshore operator.

Our purpose is Energy for people. Progress for society. Searching for better.

For more than 50 years, curiosity and collaboration have helped us find new ways forward.

Why not join us? Equinor is an international energy company headquartered in Norway, energising the lives of 170 million people worldwide. Our ambition is to be a leading company in the energy transition and achieve net zero by 2050. Our task is enormous: supplying the world with the energy it needs, while lowering emissions to the atmosphere. To achieve it, we are looking for like‑minded people to join our team of 25,000 colleagues working in more than 20 countries. We’re up for the challenge. Are you?