Job offer description

Do you have a commercial mindset and are you motivated to enhance the performance of your portfolio? And do you possess solid analytical skills and have a natural flair for programming? Then you might be the colleague we are looking for to join our Physical Asset Management team.

Physical Asset Management in Danske Commodities

Danske Commodities is an energy trading company that specialises in short-term power and gas trading and offers balancing, optimisation and hedging services to energy producers and suppliers. Every day, we complete more than 15,000 trades across 39 countries, constantly moving energy from where there is more than needed to where it is needed most. Our Physical Asset Management team handles all aspects of our asset portfolio across Europe. Our key tasks include pricing, forecasting and day-ahead trading. We are a young and motivated team consisting of five committed portfolio managers. Each portfolio manager is an expert within one or several markets, and as a team we cover the entire European power market, working closely together with traders and originators to enhance the performance of each portfolio as well as setting the strategic direction going forward.



We are a team that always challenge ourselves to be the best. By leveraging industry-leading trading capabilities and asset management expertise, our team offers a broad range of unique and customised services to the European wholesale markets including market access, 24/7 forecasting and balancing of renewable assets as well as value optimisation of flexible assets. And right now, we are looking for a new colleague to join the team.

Get responsibility from day one and join a team of experts!

The ideal candidate for this position can either be graduating from university this summer or have experience from a similar position. No matter your level of experience, you will start by getting a thorough introduction to DC, the energy trading industry, the team and your tasks as a portfolio manager. After a solid onboarding, you will take the responsibility for a set of our existing portfolios of renewables and consumption assets, interacting with stakeholders across the entire value chain within Danske Commodities. You will play an important role in enhancing the performance of the portfolio by performing portfolio analyses, developing trading and market strategies and building operational tools and forecasting models.

JOIN ONE OF DC’S HIGHEST PERFORMING TEAMS AND TAKE THE LEAD ON DELIVERING VALUABLE ADVICE TO OUR PORTFOLIO OF ASSET OWNERS

WE OFFER

  • professional and skilled colleagues, who set the bar high
  • great opportunities for individual development
  • flexible working hours, including the opportunity to work from home up to two days a week as per agreement with your direct leader
  • numerous social and professional events, incl. sporting events and parties
  • an office in the heart of Aarhus, next to the central train station

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • handle a portfolio of renewables and consumption assets
  • perform portfolio analyses and monitor the portfolio PnL and risk
  • develop, implement and improve forecasting and pricing models and tools
  • follow up on analyses/forecast performance and take ownership of improvements
  • be available to take shift routines in the forecasting team, working on weekdays as well as weekends
  • contribute to business development

QUALIFICATIONS

we expect that you:

  • hold a relevant Master’s or PhD degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Physics, Engineering or similar (or are about to graduate)
  • preferably, have experience with – or as a minimum an interest in learning – programming languages such as R, VBA, Python, C# and SQL
  • have high proficiency in English, both written and verbal

PERSONAL SKILLS

we expect that you:

  • are proactive and not afraid of taking responsibility – you will work on your own projects and analyses, and we expect that you are always looking to optimise things whenever possible  
  • are able to analyse, reflect and act fast – you will be responsible for identifying new business opportunities and quickly follow up on them
  • have a positive attitude: no job too big, no job too small – the pace is high in DC and within the team we often have to support each other in getting the job done

JOBSTART & TYPE

  • As soon as possible. We will be screening candidates on an ongoing basis
  • Full-time

APPLY FOR THIS JOB

Please have the following documents ready. It only takes 5 minutes to complete the form.

  • Application
  • CV
  • Exam papers
  • References
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Apply online: https://danskecommodities.com/careers/vacancies/?id=11817

Job details
Sector:
Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding
Occupation field:
Financial and mathematical associate professionals
Education field:
Business and administration, Engineering and engineering trades, Mathematics and statistics
Work experience:
Work experience is not required
Language skills:
  • English
  • Fluent
Salary range:
Not provided
Date of expiry:

About company

The Danish job market is booming and many sectors are facing skills shortages. Therefore, there are many sectors with good job opportunities one of them is Mathematics / Business and Finance Denmark is considered a financial hub. A transparent legal system and clear regulatory frameworks offer financial institutions the optimal conditions for doing business in the investment industry. … Find out more