Trader

Williams is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis protected under applicable discrimination law.

Do something that means something at Sequent, a Williams Company. This isn’t just a job - it’s an opportunity to explore and discover your passion with coworkers who become friends and mentors who push you to be your best self in and out of the office. At Sequent Energy Management, we make clean energy happen. And you can too, so bring your energy to ours!

The Trader is responsible for trading desk operations and conducting short-term and intermediate commodity trading transactions, while specializing in the 30-day spot market. This role will collaborate with others to support the overall business objectives, including multiple counter-party deals and work on sophisticated problems related to commodity trades, transportation and storage. The ability to bring a new perspective on existing solutions to improve performance, efficiency and safety is a key to success!

Your work will challenge you, and with our Core Values to guide you, you’ll quickly learn and grow with us.

Day in the Life :

A Trader in this role manages the trading desk operations and executes short-term and intermediate commodity transactions. The trader actively buys and sells energy-related financial products, either for profit or on behalf of company assets. They apply financial hedge strategies using futures, options, and derivative products to optimize risk positions. With a strong understanding of specific commodity producer markets, supply control, capacity release markets, storage, and transportation systems such as pipelines, grids, or shipping, the trader plays a key role in daily sourcing optimization. Additionally, they demonstrate advanced skills in NYMEX fixed price and options trading, as well as trading basis differentials. The trader also uses internal systems to identify, quantify, and communicate financial risks present in their assigned book.

Responsibilities/Expectations:

- Buys and sells energy related products on a short-term and intermediate basis, transacting for profit or on behalf of the organization's assets

- Conducts trading by contract with producers, other energy traders and consumers within the company's trading strategy guidelines, risk limits and government regulations

- Analyzes trading opportunities systematically to have an optimal transaction portfolio

- Conducts trades that optimize profits and level of risk exposure and monetizes the value of the inherent optionality in the trading book's contracts

- Collaborates with others to use futures and other financial tools as a service for customers and for internal hedging of deals

- Negotiates transportation and exchange agreements to implement sales to local distribution companies and other end users

- Serves as a customer service contact, communicates market conditions and implements strategies to improve the business's operations

- Contributes to overall business strategy, collaborates with scheduling/distribution teams to deliver on trades

- Other duties as assigned

Education/Years of Experience:

- Required: Bachelors degree in Business, Engineering, Accounting, Finance or related field; a minimum two (2) years of experience in energy marketing or similar business

- Preferred: MBA; minimum two (2) years of commodity trading experience in energy trading business

Shift/Work Hours/Travel Requirements:

- After hours work regularly required, 24/7/365 availability

- Must be willing to travel up to 25%

Other Requirements:

- Demonstrates excellent organizational/interpersonal skills and safety as the utmost priority

- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Applications and PC skills

- Adaptability to respond to market changes and unexpected situations

- Strong negotiation and problem solving skills

- Preferred: Knowledge of trading systems for specific commodity market

Why Choose Williams?

We are committed to providing our employees with competitive compensation and benefits as part of your Total Rewards package to help protect your current and future physical, emotional, and financial health. We generally offer health benefit programs to our employees and their families that are competitive and flexible enough to meet your needs, and retirement benefits to allow you to invest now for financial security when you retire. With rich learning and development programming and a high internal mobility rate, you are not just applying to a job with Williams; you are embarking on an exciting career!

- Competitive compensation

- Annual incentive program

- Hybrid work model - one work from home day each week for most office-based roles

- Flexible work schedule for most field-based roles

- 401(k) with company matching contribution and a fixed annual company contribution

- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits

- Generous company-paid life insurance and disability benefits

- A consumer-driven health plan option with the potential for a generous company contribution to a Health Savings Account

- Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

- Paid time off, including floating and company holidays

- Wellness Program with annual rewards

- Employee stock purchase plan

- Robust employee learning and development

- High internal mobility (we promote from within)

- Parental leave (we provide up to 6 weeks for each parent)

- Fertility coverage and adoption benefits

- Domestic partner benefits

- Educational reimbursement

- Non-profit donation matching contributions and time off to volunteer

- Employee resource groups

- Employee assistance programs

- Technology to make our work more productive and collaborative

- Regular employee engagement surveys and feedback processes

Williams has a long history of making a significant difference in the communities where we live and work, and we strive to cultivate an environment of employee inclusion, innovation and passion that values all voices and opinions. We help each other succeed and great things happen when people from a diverse set of backgrounds come together. Together, we make clean energy happen.

Eligibility and benefits are governed by the terms of the applicable plan or program document which can be amended or terminated at any time.

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