Associate, Merchant Strategy

London, England, United Kingdom

12/12/2024

This position will work directly for the Executive Director, Merchant Strategy, who reports to the Head of CCI Europe. The position will work directly on the following businesses: Global Oil and European Gas & Power. These businesses deploy capital across global energy markets and their primary functions are: Trading (both financial and physical energy) and Principal Investments (in energy assets).

The candidate will work on key aspect of strategy development and execution, evaluation of new business opportunities, operational excellence and effectiveness, evaluation of ongoing business performance, and financial planning. The ideal candidate has prior experience working in strategy consulting covering the energy, commodities, or asset management sectors. This is an excellent position for candidates looking to work in an entrepreneurial, small team environment with hands on exposure to a sophisticated trading and investment business.

Responsibilities Include:

• Assist in key aspects of strategy development and execution across multiple business units
• Prepare presentation materials for CCI’s senior leadership team and CCI’s board of directors
• Analyze competitive landscape and identify and evaluate new business opportunities
• Model financial and operations aspects of existing businesses
• Work closely with business heads to create business plans & monitor ongoing performance
• Assist in developing and implementing incentive compensation plans
• Work with finance teams to create annual budgets & key metric dashboards
• Work with operations and technology teams to drive operational efficiency
  
  

Education/Experience:

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in investment banking, strategy consulting or internal strategy; experience ideally would be in the energy, commodities, or asset management sectors
• Bachelor’s degree from a top-tier university with a strong GPA
• Excellent financial modeling, presentation, oral, and written communication skills
• High degree of initiative and ability to work independently
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Some international travel will be required, primarily to the US
  
  

About CCI :

Castleton Commodities International (“CCI”) is a leading global energy commodities merchant and infrastructure asset investor. As a trader, CCI deploys capital on a proprietary basis in the physical and financial commodity markets, providing the Company with market insights and access. As a strategic investor and developer, CCI leverages its market expertise, operations capabilities, and industry knowledge to invest in, and develop, select commodity infrastructure assets.

Employee Programs & Benefits:

CCI offers competitive benefits and programs to support our employees, their families and local communities. These include:

• Competitive comprehensive medical, dental, retirement and life insurance benefits
• Employee assistance & wellness programs
• Parental and family leave policies
• CCI in the Community: Each office has a Charity Committee and as a part of this program employees are allocated 2 days annually to volunteer at the selected charities.
• Charitable contribution match program
• Tuition assistance & reimbursement
• Quarterly Innovation & Collaboration Awards
• Employee discount program, including access to fitness facilities
• Competitive paid time off
• Continued learning opportunities
  
  

Visit https://www.cci.com/careers/life-at-cci/# to learn more!

For more information or to apply, please contact CCI’s Talent Acquisition team at GBL-Recruiting@CCI.com