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Quantitative analyst for short-term power trading
Do you have experience building quantitative models in the energy industry or financial markets? Are you skilled in programming and quantitative methods? And does it motivate you that your contributions directly impact our business? If so, grab this opportunity to become our new quantitative analyst for Intraday Analysis!
Here’s what the job entails
You will optimise our trading and build quantitative models that support real-time decision-making within our trading teams.
Your responsibilities include:
- supporting our trading business by building and improving quantitative models
- coding algorithmic trading infrastructure and optimisation engines used for live trading
- conducting market research and strategy analysis to improve profitability and operational robustness
- collaborating with team members to maintain the operational stability of algorithms and tools
Meet the team
As our new quantitative analyst, you will join our Intraday Analysis team, where we support the trading and asset optimisation teams with cutting-edge strategies, quantitative models and trading tools.
We are a team of five specialists in energy trading with backgrounds in economics and mathematics. We are a curious, dedicated and highly analytical team who continuously improve our processes, systems and strategies to keep our power trading business at the forefront.
Join a leading analysis team in short-term power trading and contribute to shaping quantitative strategies for proprietary trading and asset optimisation
But enough about us… over to you!
Since the models and analyses you create will guide decision-making, we are looking for someone who takes a holistic, data-driven approach and understands market risks. As we operate in an ever-changing market, we also see you as someone who thrives in a dynamic environment and can adapt quickly.
We also imagine that you:
- have a quantitative educational background, for example in mathematics, physics, statistics, data science or engineering
- have experience from a similar position, either in the energy industry or financial markets
- have solid coding skills and are proficient in Python
- can explain complex analyses to stakeholders without a technical background
- are proficient in English - both written and verbal
We’ll take good care of you
At Danske Commodities, we take great care of our people. Joining us means you’ll get a lot of great perks – including social events, cultural experiences, tasty food and benefits to better your health, your life and your future.
Here are some of the benefits we offer our employees:
- Flexible working hours
including the opportunity to work part-time as well as the option to work from home up to two days per week - Vast development opportunities
with the help of your own individual development plan, access to our DC University with 50+ courses as well as remote courses through Harvard Learning - Global career prospects
as part of the Equinor group with +20,000 colleagues across the world - 10% paid pension
as well as a beneficial health care and insurance package - Great parental leave conditions from day one
including 26 weeks of paid maternity leave and 16 weeks of paid paternity/co-parent leave, paid pension while on leave and the opportunity to join ‘Inspired Beyond Babies’ - Unlimited paid children’s sick days
no limit on paid absence days in relation to child sickness - Fuel Fridays
a monthly Friday off with pay, except for July and December, to fuel your energy - Extra days off
five, to be exact – adding to the standard five weeks off each year - Senior days
if you’re over 55 years old - Bonus scheme
- Share savings
meaning you have the opportunity to participate in our parent company Equinor’s attractive share savings programme - Paid at home internet and equipment
including a mobile phone with paid subscription and IT equipment for when working from home - 100+ yearly social and professional events
including DC Sports and DC Talks events, gatherings in our book club, bicycle club, student network, wine club, CS:GO team and more - Various free tickets
to family-friendly and cultural attractions - Discounts
at hotels, restaurants, sports clubs and more - Organic food
including a light breakfast, lunch buffet and snacks throughout the day - An office in the heart of Aarhus
right next to the central train station
Recruitment process and relocation
You can read more about our recruitment process here. Please note that if you are an international candidate, we will reimburse travel expenses in connection with potential interviews and support you with the relocation process.
What we’re about
We're a tech-driven energy trading company present in 42 markets across five continents. Our +600 people are driven by a need to constantly better things. If you are too, we could very well be the right place for you. You'll join a collective of thinkers and doers. Aspiring chefs, runners, parents, beekeepers, gamers – the list goes on. We're highly specialised experts within our fields. But it’s actually our diversity of ideas we’re most proud of, which is why we continuously work on strengthening an inclusive culture where diverse teams thrive.
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Our organisation is flat with an open-door policy. We expect you to care. About your work. About your own and your colleagues’ collective successes. And about the difference we make at Danske Commodities. Together with our parent company Equinor, we have the vision and strength to accelerate the energy transition and make an impact. Like no other.
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