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Experienced portfolio manager

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Does optimising renewable assets sound familiar? Are you analytically driven and eager to innovate in a leading energy firm? Join our renewable asset management team

The job

Here’s what the job entails

In this role, you will act as one of our portfolio managers for a specific European region. As such, you will be responsible for formulating and executing the portfolio strategy, including balancing, pricing and forecasting for short term trading.

Your key responsibilities include:

  • managing and analysing a portfolio of renewable and consumption assets, ensuring optimal composition, performance and balancing risk management through quantitative analysis and data analytics
  • developing, implementing and improving forecasting and pricing models and tools, utilising machine learning algorithms and big data analytics
  • contributing to knowledge sharing across teams, enhancing overall performance through data-driven insights


The team

Meet the team

You will join a team of skilled and motivated portfolio managers dedicated to finding solutions to the challenges around the energy transition. We manage a portfolio of more than 10 GW of wind and solar assets. Our primary area of responsibility is pricing and handling imbalance risk, including forecasting and day-ahead trading.

We work at a high pace and with high ambitions to develop and grow our business. With collaboration as a cornerstone of our daily work, we collaborate closely with short-term traders and originators to enhance the performance of each portfolio, as well as setting the strategic direction moving forward, creating value together.

As an experienced portfolio manager, you will be analysing, pricing and driving Danske Commodities’ renewable portfolio, acting as an integral part of our ambition to have the most profitable portfolio in Europe!
Your qualifications

But enough about us… over to you!

As you will have the responsibility for a wide range of tasks that require initiative and follow-up, we are looking for someone who works in an innovative manner and is ready to drive things forward. At the same time, you will be analytically well-grounded and strive to put ideas into action using data-driven approaches.

We also imagine that you:

  • hold a relevant educational background in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Physics, Engineering or similar
  • have a minimum of three years’ experience in a role within physical power trading or portfolio management of physical assets
  • have proficiency in Python and SQL
  • possess strong quantitative skills, with the ability to analyse complex data sets, develop statistical models and apply quantitative methods to optimise portfolio performance

We offer

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:

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

100+ yearly professional and social events including DC Talks and DC Sports events, gatherings in our book club, bicycle club, student network, wine club, CS:GO team and more

Global career prospects as part of the Equinor group with +20,000 colleagues across the world

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

Fuel Fridays a monthly Friday off with pay, except for July and December, to fuel your energy

Great parental leave conditions including 26 weeks of paid maternity leave, 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

Extra days off five to be exact, every year – adding to the standard five weeks off each year

Senior days if you’re over 55 years old

10% paid pension as well as a beneficial health care and insurance package

Compensation for working night and weekend shifts

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

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

…. and much more


The process

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.

About us

What we’re about

We're a tech-driven energy trading company present in +40 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.

In summer 2025, we'll be moving to our brand-new headquarters in Aarhus. Our future home, Akson, will be located in Sydhavnskvarteret – a vibrant district where business meets culture. On top of being in this urban oasis, we’ll enjoy state-of-the-art facilities – including our own barista coffee shop, modern fitness facilities and breathtaking views that will make every day at the office even sweeter. We can't wait.

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