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Discover your full potential, accelerate your development and be part of making an impact at one of Europe’s largest energy trading companies with a Business Management Graduate position.
About Centrica Energy
Centrica Energy is the trading arm of Centrica. We trade power, gas, LNG, and energy attributes and connect producers, suppliers and off takers in the wholesale energy markets - and we provide our clients with the best route-to-market services available to the market today with physical and financial settlement approaches. In short we call ourselves Energy Movers By Nature.
We’re a total of 850+ colleagues from over 50 different nations, located in 8 different offices around the world. At our London office, where this programme is allocated, you’ll be joining our international office with over 200 dedicated energy specialists.
Working within a vibrant business environment, you’ll be involved in shaping the future of energy with some of the world’s leading energy investors and businesses that are looking to re-shape the energy industry and bridge the future to a carbon-neutral economy.
Our employees are our greatest asset, and our graduate analysts form a strong foundation to nourish this. Immersed in the world of energy trading and international asset management, you’ll gain valuable insights into finance, trading, asset management and business development within power, natural gas and energy commodities.
We are looking for talented Business Management Graduates to join our growing commodity trading business. By nature, you are curious, top of your class and looking for steep learning opportunities, if so then we are keen to hear from you!
What you’ll be doing
On the Business Management Graduate programme, you will work across a wide range of teams and functions, which could include Business Management, Compliance, Contract Management, Operations, Project Management, Risk, Strategy and more! Throughout the programme, you’ll be supporting key commercial decisions as we look to continue to deliver against our growth strategy.
As a Business Management Graduate, you will complete three eight-month placements over two years, learning how to approach a variety of business problems supported by a network of senior leaders. You will be pushed out of your comfort zone and will be problem-solving from day one. On the programme, you’ll have the opportunity to deliver projects, drive change and develop a broad set of skills and experience from analysis to strategy, to project management and large-scale delivery.
Each placement will have its own unique set of challenges and provide you with significant learning opportunities and you may also have the chance to spend a placement in Denmark.
We’ll expect you to deliver real business results from your first placement onwards. To enable this, we are committed to supporting your on-the-job learning with formal behavioural and technical training and we offer a structured performance management process.
We have a few must-haves
- Graduated with, or on track to achieve a minimum 2:1 degree in Business or related subject
- Passionate and dedicated on developing a career with Centrica Energy through our tailored immersive graduate programme
- High level of commercial awareness
- Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to ‘connect the dots’ seeing the inter-connections between issues, information and trends
- Strong multitasking and prioritisation skills with the ability to work autonomously whilst adding value in your team
- Outstanding communication and relationship-building skills
- Flexibility to undertake a placement in our Denmark office
Anticipated start dates for the programme are likely to be September/October 2024.
Ready to make your move and apply?
If you are passionate about discovering your potential and changing how we create a more sustainable future, then we would love to hear from you. We will be continuously reviewing applications, early submission is strongly recommended.
We're a People Place
We’re hundreds of enthusiastic, experienced & skilled energy movers from all over the world who are among the most talented in the business and truly engaged colleagues.
We have 4 People Promises, which are our pledge to all of our colleagues. It’s the minimum of what you can always expect when working with us.
- People Promise #1 We’re a people place
- We are devoted to doing great work together and are cultivating wellbeing and flexibility.
- People Promise #2 You’ll ignite your potential
- We are committed to career development and equal opportunities.
- People Promise #3 You’ll get your share of our success
- We offer attractive Benefits and Rewards.
- People Promise #4 You’ll make an impact that will truly change tomorrow
We are committed to career development and equal opportunities.
We are committed to moving towards a cleaner and greener future.
This is what you can always expect from us. It’s part of our culture, and we know it enables us all to make the most of everyone’s contribution for us to grow, move and thrive.
And it’s not just something we say. We're 1 of only 7 employers to be accredited as Carer Confident Ambassadors and consistently hit The Times' Top 50 Employer list for Gender Equality.
Make Your Move Today to change tomorrow. Apply now.
