Corporate Sales Trader, Greenfuels – Madrid

A top environmental commodities trading firm is looking for a new Corporate Sales Trader Greenfuels

Based in Madrid, Spain

JOIN THE FASTEST-GROWING FINANCIAL MARKET AND HELP CORPORATIONS TRANSITION TO A LOW-CARBON ECONOMY!

Our mission at Vertis is to inspire and empower businesses to make the transition to a low carbon economy. We have been a pioneer in the carbon markets since 2001 and our drive is relentless to move the world towards a greener future.

We provide our clients with direct access to markets for buying & selling renewable energy certificates and products. The trading of these assets contributes to creating a more liquid and transparent market while serving the needs of our clients.

The role

We are looking for a Corporate Sales Trader to join the Greenfuels desk at Vertis, which focuses on projects and certificates aiming to reduce the impact of fuels for transport on the environment.

A high-energy and passionate individuals with a few years of quality sales experience to be in direct contact with our clients. While it is highly advantageous to have previous front-office experience in any environmental commodities markets (eg. EU ETS, energy & commodity markets, VERs, etc.) it is not a strict requirement as long as you are willing to invest time and energy to learn.

From our side, we offer the opportunity to become a Corporate Sales Trader at one of the of fastest growing commodity markets in the world, where you will be able to develop your expertise and own network to suggest creative contracts and solutions to a growing number of international clients.

Please apply ONLY if you satisfy the below requirements and with an ENGLISH language CV.

More About The Role And Core Responsibilities

• Understand client needs and translate them into effective solutions and trading opportunities
• Develop a deep understanding of the market, including buyers, sellers and competitors
• Build and maintain a portfolio of new customers and counterparts active on the oil & gas and fuels certificates markets (bio-tickets, UERs, etc.), prioritize your leads and turn them into clients and transactions
• Be the first point of contact for your clients. Conduct day-to-day sales initiatives and provide them with essential market intelligence-analysis to support pricing, trading and risk mitigation strategies
• Be updated on European regulation
• Take initial contacts through to financial close
• Represent Vertis and build our brand on the market through conferences and PR initiatives

We believe you'll be great for this role if you...

• +2 years of sales or account management experience ideally within energy and/or environmental commodities markets (eg. EU ETS or Energy markets - Gas, Electricity trading etc.)
• Experience in one of these sectors: fuel markets, energy, heavy industry, renewables, oil & Gas, consulting or sales/trading.
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain strong relationships with clients and stakeholders, and strong desire to do sales
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, a team player
• Ambitious spirit, proactive personality, and a commercial mind-set. Prior entrepreneurial experience is a plus
• Strong attention to detail, good with numbers and Excel
• Relevant degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Law with Environmental focus/angle where possible
• Fluent English and one of the following languages: French, Portuguese, German, or Dutch.

Our benefits and perks 🏆

• Become an expert of the green fuels global markets by leveraging on a strong existing know-how, with the chance of having a significant part in contributing to the development of the desk, and of the company at large.
• A series of in-depth trainings in emissions trading, the energy sector and sales that can help you in improving both your hard and soft skills, where needed
• Work amongst a diverse team of passionate, and high-caliber individuals located across the world.
• Enjoy the possibility to be creative and to propose innovative solutions or structures of trade, with the potential of opening new OTC markets and creating innovative market niches.
• Opportunity to build your own business and international client portfolio in a niche and dynamic market
• Career development opportunities.
• We believe in the future of work being FLEXIBLE, and we offer our employees flexible working from home agreements.
• A competitive salary and bonus scheme

Vertis complies with all GDPR requirements and we keep your personal data in our database for no more than 1 year. For more information on Vertis Environmental Finance, please visit vertis.com/jobs.