Strategic Initiatives

Castleton Commodities International; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Castleton Commodities International, LLC seeks a Senior Strategic Initiatives professional in London to drive cross-functional projects across the global trading footprint, focusing on onboarding, ETRM lifecycle enhancements, and front/middle/back-office process optimization.

The role partners with Front Office, Risk, P&L, Tax, Technology and Operations to design, implement and scale new trading desks, market expansions and strategic product configurations while ensuring control and compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Math, Economics, Engineering, IT, Computer Science or related field.
• 10+ years in business analysis, project management or cross-functional business management within energy/commodities.
• Strong communication with all management levels and ability to lead initiatives autonomously.

Responsibilities

• Lead onboarding and strategic projects across the global trading footprint (London/Geneva) and new trading desks.
• Manage documentation of requirements, cross-functional facilitation, system setups and testing.
• Coordinate with Trading, Risk, P&L, Tax, Technology and Operations to deliver project scope.

Skills

Python programming

Cross-functional leadership

Communication

Trade lifecycle knowledge

Agile methodologies

Algorithmic trading

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Math, Economics, Engineering, IT, CS

Tools

ETRM systems

Job description

# Castleton Commodities International## Strategic InitiativesApply: London, UK: Full time: Posted Today: R1412CCI is hiring a Strategic Initiatives professional to support our commercial business across complementary pillars: the execution of high-impact business initiatives, onboarding of new commercial talent, and ETRM trade lifecycle automation prototypes, efficiency gains, and control initiatives. This role will partner with Front Office, Physical Product Schedulers, Merchant Operations, Finance and P&L, Risk, Technology, and other cross-functional teams to deliver strategic system enhancements, onboard new trading desks, assist the Principal Investments team with onboarding and offboarding EU / UK asset businesses, and drive expansion into new markets and products across our global energy commodity platform.**Responsibilities:** **Strategic Initiatives, Commercial Onboarding, and ETRM Trade Lifecycle Initiatives** * Lead onboarding and strategic projects across the global trading footprint with focus on coverage of the London and Geneva offices and business’, including new trading desks, and market and product expansions.* Assist the Principal Investments team with Trade Ops and Finance deliverables of asset investments or divestitures.* Manage new business efforts, including documentation of business and system requirements, cross-functional facilitation, system setup and testing, project planning, and coordinating task completion across Trading, Risk, P&L, Tax, Technology, Operations, Accounting, and other teams as required for the project scope.* Establish operational risk and control processes, and documentation for new business and trading activity.* Support the commercial business in diligence and approvals of new initiatives.* Onboard and provide ongoing support to new commercial resources, including traders.* Ensure cross-functional coordination across support groups, connecting new initiatives into existing global processes and, where applicable, working with functional area owners on the definition and implementation of non-standard workflows.* Undertake ad-hoc strategic and corporate projects as required.* Collaborate with and, at times, lead initiatives across the firm to design and implement solutions supporting organizational needs, including new product configuration, trading reference data architecture and setup, and process and data flow analysis.* Oversee the configuration, integration, and optimization of ETRM systems to support front, middle, and back-office functions.* Setup of new forward price and volatility curves and settlement quotes in the system.* Liaise with developers for IT development and support as needed.* Coordinate with the Data Integration team to organize and streamline reference data and develop reporting and analytics solutions.* Leverage Python for automation prototypes, maintenance of existing processes reliant on Python code, and advanced analytics initiatives.* Facilitate user acceptance testing, deployment, and training for new system features and enhancements.* Maintain a strong understanding of data sources, uses, and controls across the enterprise, ensuring accuracy and compliance.* Maintain documentation of new products onboarded, in addition to areas where the team has assisted in efficiency or enhanced control initiatives.**Qualifications:** * Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Math, Economics, Engineering, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field.* 10+ years experience in a combination of business analysis, project management, cross-departmental business management, trade support, risk, P&L, physical scheduling, or operations within the energy and commodities industry.* Ability to effectively communicate with commercial teams and all levels of management, with the ability to autonomously lead both meetings and initiatives.* Demonstrated trade lifecycle experience across one or more of the following commodity products: Electricity, Oil, or Natural Gas; with past exposure to Physical UK and European Power, Carbon, & Natural Gas, Physical Oil Trading, and / or Structured Transactions strongly preferred.* Hands-on experience across the commodity transaction lifecycle including trading, positions, mark-to-market and P&L management (including FX exposure), confirmations, credit and margin management, scheduling, settlements, invoicing, and accounting.* Understanding of forward and settlement pricing — including FX, IR, and volatilities — for the valuation of US power, gas, carbon and oil liquids futures, swaps, physicals, and options.* Strong technical and analytical skills with prior ETRM system experience required* Experience with algorithmic or systematic trading preferred.* Python experience preferred.* Familiarity with Agile project management methodologies and product model approaches preferred.* Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders across the organization.* Strong attention to detail and excellent organizational skills.* Demonstrated track record of ownership, accountability, and delivery on complex, cross-functional initiatives. Demonstrates the ability to lead and execute.* Must be able to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic and high-intensity environment including open-floor plan, with timely responsiveness and the ability to work beyond normal business hours when required. **Employee Programs & Benefits:** CCI offers competitive benefits and programs to support our employees, their families and local communities. These include:* Competitive comprehensive medical, dental, retirement and life insurance benefits* Employee assistance & wellness programs* Parental and family leave policies* CCI in the Community: Each office has a Charity Committee and as a part of this program employees are allocated 2 days annually to volunteer at the selected charities.* Charitable contribution match program* Tuition assistance & reimbursement* Quarterly Innovation & Collaboration Awards* Employee discount program, including access to fitness facilities* Competitive paid time off* Continued learning opportunities Visit https://www.cci.com/careers/life-at-cci/# to learn more!#LI-CD1