We’re building out a trading initiative in London, with a growing focus on listed commodities options. This expansion is supported by a mix of internal talent and experienced external hires. With a collaborative and entrepreneurial culture, the team offers a unique opportunity to help shape and scale a new desk from an early stage.

The group combines deep expertise with broad trading experience and values innovation, ownership, and cross functional collaboration. As the desk continues to grow, there will be increasing opportunities to take on broader responsibilities and contribute meaningfully to its success.

Your Core Responsibilities:

• Own fundamental and news analysis, delivering morning market updates, weekly wraps, and previews of key upcoming catalysts for energy markets.
• Work directly with traders and quants to identify and capitalize on short term dislocations and longer term macro opportunities in energy markets.
• Develop and refine data driven models to forecast supply, demand, price, and volatility movements.
• Deliver real time market insights on geopolitical risks, inventory trends, refinery margins, and systematic flows.
• Work directly with traders and quant teams to translate fundamental views into actionable trading strategies.
• Build and maintain high quality datasets to enhance market understanding and improve decision making.
• Take ownership and initiative to drive research and trading strategy development.

Your Skills and Experience:

• Education in Economics, Finance, or a related Engineering field
• 3+ years of experience in energy markets and macro analysis, trading or research.
• Familiarity with options pricing models and volatility dynamics
• Strong understanding of physical and derivatives markets, including supply chains, refinery economics, and hedging flows.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with a passion for market structure, trading flows, and price discovery.
• Proficient in Python, R, or SQL for data analysis and model development.
• Ability to communicate complex insights clearly and concisely in a fast paced trading environment.

At IMC, we understand the importance of diversity, equity and inclusion, and are committed to continually improving this in our recruitment process.