Trainee Broker, Gas

Job Description

Group Overview

The TP ICAP Group is a world leading provider of market infrastructure.

Our purpose is to provide clients with access to global financial and commodities markets, improving price discovery, liquidity, and distribution of data, through responsible and innovative solutions.

Through our people and technology, we connect clients to superior liquidity and data solutions.

The Group is home to a stable of premium brands. Collectively, TP ICAP is the largest interdealer broker in the world by revenue, the number one Energy & Commodities broker in the world, the world’s leading provider of OTC data, and an award winning all-to-all trading platform.

The Group operates from more than 60 offices in 27 countries. We are 5,300 people strong. We work as one to achieve our vision of being the world’s most trusted, innovative, liquidity and data solutions specialist.

About ICAP

ICAP, part of TP ICAP group, provides a wide variety of execution and information services to wholesale market participants.

We offer broking services covering a wide range of asset classes, including Commodities, Credit, Equities, FX, Money Market Funds and Rates.

For each asset class, ICAP offers e-trading capability, giving clients the option to enter prices and execute trades directly via one of our hybrid electronic trading systems, or to engage with brokers who can identify and negotiate trades

The Opportunity

Located in Brisbane, this is a fantastic opportunity to learn broking from the ground up, to develop a long term and rewarding career in an exciting and changing sector. The role will focus on Gas as part of a small cohesive team, which forms part of a larger and very successful energy team.

If you have some knowledge or are curious about the Australian wholesale gas market and how the landscape is changing, this provides an opportunity for a career that will allow you to explore fully. You’re promised exposure to the changing energy markets and the opportunity to carve out a career in a constantly evolving industry.

You’ll be working with a team that values individual contribution, diversity and an eagerness to learn. If you consider yourself responsible, dedicated and are sociable this role offers the opportunity to build an incredibly rewarding career.

What to expect

In the first three months, you’ll develop an understanding of the requirements of the role and begin to support our senior brokers. You’ll be creating reports, using our company systems and providing updates from those systems to the senior brokers. You’ll be booking trades and sending confirmations.

Within six months, you’ll be assisting with inbound queries from existing clients, the onboarding of new clients along with attending client visits. You will learn how to work prices in different contracts, the market lingo and ability to close deals between buyers and sellers. You’ll be researching prospective customers, understanding clients’ portfolios and their hedging needs, plus making daily calls to customers, analysing data and supporting the desk..

Beyond six month, who knows, with attention and enthusiasm, the sky is the limit.

So who are we looking for?

A high degree of interpersonal and relationship building skills are required for this role, alongside the ability to perform under pressure and work and think fast while markets are constantly changing.

Your numerical skills will need to be strong, and the job requires a high level of attention to detail.

You will need to show a strong aptitude for learning the workings of the complex products that are trading each day.

You will be ambitious in nature, hungry to succeed but not at the expense of your team’s success and you’ll always act with integrity and professionalism.

ICAP has a strong and professional culture, but it is a fun and rewarding environment. You will work in a tight team who work hard to achieve results for customers, which is ultimately satisfying for you and the group that you work with.

A degree in economics, finance or related field is welcome but not essential.

Not The Perfect Fit?

Company Statement

We know that the best innovation happens when diverse people with different perspectives and skills work together in an inclusive atmosphere. That's why we're building a culture where everyone plays a part in making people feel welcome, ready and willing to contribute. TP ICAP Accord - our Employee Network - is a central to this. As well as representing specific groups, TP ICAP Accord helps increase awareness, collaboration, shares best practice, and holds our firm to account for driving continuous cultural improvement.

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Location

Australia - Riverside Centre - Brisbane