Director/SVP of Energy Brokerage

Title: Director/VP of Energy Brokerage [Principal OTC/Hedging Solutions]
Contract type: Permanent
Location: Sydney, Australia
Salary: Negotiable + Bonus
Retained & Exclusive Vacancy 

Imperium Commodity Search is retained by the principal OTC division of a multinational financial institution covering a wealth of asset classes across commodities and financials.  As our client continues to grow it’s Australian and APAC market presence, the opportunity has arisen for a senior energy/oil & gas OTC broker to head up the Energy desk, focused on promoting the firms financing, execution and brokerage capacity to the domestic Australian market participants in energy [coal, bulk, oil, gas, LNG, carbon, renewables etc.]

Focussed primarily on commercial clients, this role attracts a management level broker/corporate sales person with a broad experience in OTC brokerage/principal trading in the Australian Energy space who wants to grow a well backed business in a number of service offerings.  With a growing reputation as a mid-market powerhouse in brokerage, our client is making the gap between a bank offering and a broker offering their own with a range of client-centric services and excellent financing/liquidity offerings.  This desk offers best-in-class risk management and hedging solutions to the corporate energy markets through structured products and principal OTC trading solutions.

Benefits:

• One of the fastest growing international brokerage and financial institutions on earth
• Relatively new desk with a well established, well financed global financial institution
• Moving torwards a banking model comp structure
• Comprehensive market coverage internationally with excellent support from desk heads both locally and internationally
• Experienced international team with an enourmous market access to open lines/clients in all sectors

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for managing and building out the energy business in Australia, promoting principal OTC brokerage services to commercial energy, oil and gas clients in the region
• Offer best-in-class principal solutions/OTC trading and hedging services to the Australian energy markets
• Build and maintain trading and broker-dealer relationships with trading houses, producers, refiners and bulk transporters of energy markets to provide hedging and risk management services via the OTC principal trading network
• Keep up to date on relevant market analysis and insight across supply, demand, geopolitical and trading news/events
• Attend industry conferences and exhibitions where required to promote the firm, brand and service offering across commercial/corporate hedging and energy risk management OTC services
• Ensure timely and compliant principal OTC trading services are provisioned to maximise revenues whilst maintaining internal framework compliance

Experience:

• 6-12+ years’ experience in an energy, oil, gas or coal trading/brokerage or corporate sales capacity
• Excellent understanding of OTC markets and structured products
• Good knowledge of the Australian energy markets across key asset classes (oil, gas, coal, bulk, LNG etc.)
• Experience working in a broker-dealer, bank or corporate sales environment on brokerage/execution or sales
• Fluency in English, written and verbal
• Experience working in a multi-faceted and fast paced team across OTC trading, principal or structured products

To discuss this opportunity in more detail, please contact Mark Taylor or Josh Clark at mark.taylor@imperiumcs.com or josh.clark@imperiumcs.com
Phone: +44 (0) 203 927 5090.  Alternatively, please submit your details below and we will be in touch.