JPMorgan Power Trader - Associate 

United States, Texas, Houston 

757204215

Commodities are typically sorted into four broad categories: metal, energy, livestock and meat, and agricultural products. Commodities are considered risky investments because the supply and demand of these products are affected by events that are difficult to predict, such as weather, epidemics, and natural and human-made disasters. There are many ways to invest in commodities, including futures contracts, options, and exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

Job Summary:

As a Power Trader within our dynamic team, you will support Senior Traders in capitalizing on derivative client flow through the sales desk, ensuring efficient client value monetization. You will play a crucial role in assisting traders to monetize derivative client flow via the sales desk, contributing significantly to revenue maximization.

Job Description:

• All following descriptions pertain to U.S. power markets
• Assist Senior Traders to monetize derivative client flow via the sales desk, to price it competitively and to monetize client value as efficiently as possible
• To use liquidity from client flow to proficiently maximize revenue
• Develop and maintain analytical tools for fundamental analysis as well as risk management tools
• Manage daily tasks such as marking books, market commentary, and other internal processes.
• Work together with other internal groups such as sales, QR, and other trading teams

Job Responsibilities:

• Appropriately sizes, understands, and manages risk in the portfolio commercially
• Take into consideration, risk, credit costs and the competitive environment when pricing
• Managing client risk in order to minimize and capture client value efficiently
• Proactively runs risk with educated views on underlying markets in order to create added value from that client flow
• Distils complex ideas or structures into meaningful communications
• Enhances reputation of firm through expertise, professionalism, and maturity in verbal and written communications
• Builds and leverages partnerships to deliver the whole firm to clients

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• The ideal candidate should have: the ability to work well under pressure, with several people of different nationalities and personalities; and a high degree of initiative and commitment.
• Minimum Bachelor’s degree or equivalent required
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in trading power products in US markets with an emphasis on East Power
• Strong understanding of U.S. power and gas infrastructure

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Strong computational skills in Python, SQL, and/or other programming languages, preferred.