Senior LNG Trading Analyst

Centrica; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy trading firm in Greater London is seeking a Senior LNG Trading Analyst to enhance their trading strategies with a focus on Asia. This role requires strong analytical skills, experience in LNG trading, and the ability to work collaboratively with various teams. The candidate will be instrumental in market analysis and deal structuring, offering significant opportunities for career advancement in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in LNG Trading and energy trading environments.
• Exposure to Gas, Power, and commodities crucial.
• Strong Excel and advanced modelling skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver pre-deal and structuring analysis.
• Assist financial trading analysis in LNG space.
• Build tools to model trading opportunities.

Skills

LNG Trading experience

Analytical Thinking

Financial Trading Analysis

Programming in Python

Interpersonal Skills

Tools

Excel

Statistical Packages

Job description

Join us, be part of more.

We’re so much more than an energy company. We’re a family of brands revolutionising how we power the planet. We're energisers. One team of 21,000 colleagues that's energising a greener, fairer future by creating an energy system that doesn’t rely on fossil fuels, whilst living our powerful commitment to igniting positive change in our communities. Here, you can find more purpose, more passion, and more potential. That’s why working here is #MoreThanACareer. We do energy differently - we do it all. We make it, store it, move it, sell it, and mend it.

Centrica Energy stands an exceptionally strong energy trading company with true worldwide impact, operating from eight strategically located offices across all time zones. We play a pivotal role in moving energy from source to end user, championing the green transition whilst ensuring sustainable and predictable energy costs for suppliers and offtakers.

Our LNG division is renowned for its international reach, with cargoes physically and financially traded across all continents. Our wholesale power and gas trading footprint covers 28 countries throughout Europe and the United States, placing us at the heart of the energy value chain. This means unparalleled access to markets, counterparties, and deal-making opportunities that only a few organisations can offer.

We are looking for an outstanding front-office Senior LNG Trading Analyst to join one of our highest growth platforms. This is a prestigious, commercially focused role calling for exceptional numerical skills, strategic thinking, and a flair for structuring innovative deals. You’ll play a vital part in shaping the company’s success story, leveraging your expertise in global energy markets, with a particular emphasis on Asia and other high-growth regions.

What makes this role truly stand out?

• Global Impact : Influence decisions and strategies that shape the future of energy across continents
• High Visibility & Growth : Be at the centre of Centrica Energy’s investment and expansion, with significant opportunities for advancement and leadership
• Commercially Rewarding : Directly drive business performance in markets where your insight and deal structuring skills will be highly valued and recognised
• Collaborative Excellence : Work with top‑tier professionals in a supportive, ambitious team based in central London—enjoying a blend of office‑based and flexible working
• Innovation & Influence : Develop front office tools, craft pre‑deal analysis, and pioneer solutions in one of the most exciting sectors of the global economy.

The team has two main focus areas :

Short‑term LNG Trading : Contributing towards P&L and cash delivery in the short‑term through providing pro‑active market trading analysis, bespoke insights into retail drivers (in particular China / Asia), coupled with excellent collaboration with key stakeholders across other front‑office commodity functions in Centrica Energy.

LNG Business Development : Structured deals’ (e.g. Gas to Power) analysis, ‘new market’ (for example Chinese / Asian / new markets) and global trading trends and counterpart / competitor analysis for mid to long‑term deal making.

What you’ll be doing?

For Short‑term Trading :

• Deliver pre‑deal and structuring analysis
• Assist financial trading analysis (options, derivatives and financial engineering techniques) and asset‑backed trading in the LNG space
• Build front office tools to model trading opportunities as well as analyse pre‑deal evaluation of risk and reward
• Maintain systems and processes designed to ensure accuracy and ease of use for initial LNG deal valuation, deal structure recommendations and finally deal booking
• Reconcile exposure and be a link between Front office and partnering functions (Product Control, Finance and Front Office models)
• Deliver bespoke market analysis through first‑class interpretation of fundamental drivers (for example Asian / Chinese growth markets)

For Business Development :

• Provide structuring analysis to LNG Business Developers; modelling their proposed transactions on a standalone basis while also demonstrating incremental portfolio value of these transactions
• Support development of a portfolio model in which the aggregate LNG Portfolio under management by Centrica (beyond the next two years) is understood and from which we can assess portfolio value and exposure
• Perform market analysis particularly with respect to emerging markets (e.g. China and Asia) to identify target customers and understand the decision‑making process

For LNG Team and Centrica Energy Leadership :

• Interface with teams across Centrica Energy and Centrica, including Quant Analytics, Finance and Risk functions to develop the LNG Analytics modelling capability with a focus on maximising extrinsic value
• Produce insights on LNG pricing data, exposure, P&L and news

What we are looking for?

• Experience of working in LNG Trading and within a wider energy trading environment, with exposure to Gas, Power and other commodities
• Experience of LNG Shipping and commercial LNG contracts
• Experience in supporting commercial decision making (including PnL and hedging monitoring) in a commodity trading environment
• Understanding of valuing, pricing and understanding the risk and optionality embedded in LNG transactions and related derivative positions
• Excellent fundamentals modelling skills, in particular global LNG and gas markets - strong Excel and advanced modelling skills
• Programming: Python (other programming languages a bonus, such as VBA, C++ and statistical packages)
• Experience of key support functions in trading, for example Market Risk or Finance would be an advantage
• Excellent interpersonal / team working skills
• Good communication / presentation skills
• Analytical with strong attention to detail