Financial Trader, LNG
Likely
Sponsorship likelihood
This employer has issued visas recently
Not disclosed
Salary
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£52,400
Going rate
Skilled Worker going rate
This role likely qualifies for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 3531 (60% match) is an eligible occupation, with a going rate of £52,400, and Excelerate Energy is a licensed sponsor. That is our reading of the rules. Whether they issue a Certificate of Sponsorship is still their call.
We pick the code from the advert's text, so it is our best guess, not the employer's. Each code it could be has its own likelihood:
- Likely 3531 (Brokers) · 60% match
- Likely 2422 (Finance and investment analysts and advisers) · 33% match
New graduate or PhD holder? Pick one of the lower rates.
What each route needs for this job
| Occupation code | New entrant 70% of going rate | STEM PhD 80% of going rate | Relevant PhD 90% of going rate | Standard rate 100% of going rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
3531 Brokers Most likely code | £36,700 | £52,400 | £52,400 | £52,400 |
2422 Finance and investment analysts and advisers Also possible | £33,400 | £36,700 | £41,200 | £45,800 |
We use the lowest threshold across the plausible codes. Likelihood is Possible at most when the pay clears only a lower rate, or only under a less likely code. How the Home Office picks the code
About the role
JOB SUMMARY: Excelerate Energy is seeking a LNG Financial Trader to join the LNG commercial team to build our capabilities. This role will be to develop global gas and oil financial trading capabilities (JKM, TTF, HH, Brent) to manage the global LNG portfolio and downstream gas assets. The Financial Trader will have a crucial role in creating value through execution quality, risk management, and disciplined asset-back approach to support the continued long-term growth of Excelerate Energy’s physical LNG portfolio.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include but are not limited to the following activities:
- Executing financial trades, including futures, swaps, and other products, within approved limits and risk management policies.
- Providing execution support to commercial team for the pursuit of new LNG sales and purchase opportunities.
- Support Risk team in monitoring and managing portfolio exposure within specific limits and durations.
- Accurately capturing trades and maintaining position, profit and loss, and exposure within compliance frameworks.
- Lead project to onboard Excelerate to exchange cleared trading activity and expand OTC trading partners to expand tradable products and improve liquidity.
- Support pricing for physical spot/term opportunities for new deal capture.
QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, AND EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Background in the Gas/LNG markets with significant experience in global gas and oil derivatives markets.
- 5+ years’ experience with LNG/global gas financial trading.
- Strong analytical skills and ability to work in high impact, fast-paced environment.
- Confidence in developing market view integrating variety of data sources– traded volumes, liquidity, MOC activity, shipping indicators – for physical and financial gas markets.
- Capable with variety of tools – Excel, Kpler, ICE, Trayport, Bloomberg, Reuters.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
WORK AUTHORIZATION:
Candidates must be authorized to work in assigned location.
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EEO STATEMENT:
It is the policy of Excelerate Energy to provide equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
Excelerate Energy is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures and employment processes. If you need an accommodation to apply for a role or to perform essential job functions, please contact Human Resources at [email protected]. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis consistent with applicable laws.
This description is the source posting as it read when we added it. We are not affiliated with Excelerate Energy, so check their own site for the current details.
Where this offer sits in the market
Brokers (SOC 3531) · UK · ONS ASHE 2025 · basic pay · ~20k in sample- Middle half £34,736–~64,896
- Median £49,816
- Going rate £52,400
- Threshold £41,700
- New entrant £36,700–47,160
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Does this job guarantee visa sponsorship?
Not necessarily. Excelerate Energy holds a sponsor licence, but sponsorship for a specific hire is always the employer's decision. Be upfront in your application that you'll require it.
What salary is needed for this role to be eligible?
The offer must clear both the general threshold and the SOC 3531 going rate of £52,400. New-entrant and shortage discounts can lower it.