Strategic Initiatives

Castleton Commodities International; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a strategic initiatives professional to join their London office. This role offers a unique opportunity to provide operational support for various strategic initiatives, including onboarding new trading desks and expanding into new markets. You will collaborate with front office teams and lead cross-functional efforts to enhance business processes and efficiency. If you're looking for a dynamic environment where you can make a significant impact on the energy commodities sector, this position is perfect for you. Join a company that values innovation and community involvement while providing competitive benefits and growth opportunities.

Benefits

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Retirement benefits

Life insurance

Employee assistance programs

Parental leave policies

Charity volunteer days

Tuition assistance

Employee discount program

Paid time off

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in business management and operations in the energy sector.
• Strong technical skills with ETRM systems preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead onboarding and strategic projects across global trading footprint.
• Manage new business implementation efforts and facilitate cross-functional discussions.

Skills

Cross-departmental initiatives

Business management

Risk management

Trade support

Operations in energy and commodities

Communication skills

Analytical mindset

Attention to detail

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting

Bachelor’s degree in Economics

Bachelor’s degree in Finance

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

ETRM systems

Job description

Castleton Commodities International (www.cci.com) is hiring for our Strategic Initiatives team in our London, UK office. This position provides operational support of strategic initiatives to CCI's commercial business. Initiatives include onboarding of new trading desks, expansion of trading and asset businesses into new markets and products (across CCI’s global energy commodity product line), and management of significant corporate projects.

Main responsibilities include working with front office and leadership to analyze, recommend and execute on new business implementation and market entry, lead cross functional collaboration on commercial and corporate endeavors, and collaborate or manage business process efficiency initiatives. This is an excellent opportunity to work in a high growth environment with exposure to multiple energy commodities and business initiatives.

Responsibilities:

• Lead onboarding and strategic projects across CCI’s global trading footprint.
• Manage new business and new asset implementation efforts including documentation of business and system requirements, facilitating cross-functional discussions, ownership of system setup and testing, project planning, and coordinating task completion across functional areas (Trading, Risk, P&L, Tax, Technology, Ops, Accounting).
• Establish operational risk and control processes and metrics for new business and trading activity.
• Support commercial business in diligence and approvals of new initiatives.
• Onboard and provide support to new commercial resources (i.e., traders).
• Ensure cross-functional coordination across CCI support groups, connecting new initiatives into existing global processes, and where applicable working with functional area owners on definition and implementation of non-standard process.
• Ad-hoc strategic and/or corporate projects and initiatives.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Accounting, Economics, Finance, Engineering, Computer Science or related field.
• 5+ years of work experience in cross-departmental initiatives, business management, risk, trade support, or operations in the energy and commodities industry.
• Understanding of P&L, trade valuation methodologies and experience onboarding new business lines in financial and physical markets.
• Demonstrated trade lifecycle experience with one or more of the following commodity products: Electricity, Oil, Natural Gas. Past exposure to European Power and Gas, Physical Oil Trading, and/or Structured Transactions.
• Ability to effectively communicate with commercial teams and all levels of management, must be able to autonomously lead both meetings and initiatives.
• Analytical mindset, attention to details and controls oriented.
• Strong technical skills and previous experience with ETRM systems strongly preferred.
• Strong work ethic, commercial mindset, and high level of integrity.

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!

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