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Base Location: You'll be expected to spend 50% of your working week in Perth
Salary: £58,100 - £87,100 + performance-related bonus + a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.
Working Pattern: Permanent | Full Time
The role
We are looking for a Senior Trading Analyst to help strengthen and grow our analytical capability across the French, German, Norwegian and UK markets.
This role sits at the centre of the trading desk, working in close partnership with traders and colleagues across the business. You will help bring clarity to complex market dynamics by transforming rich datasets into thoughtful insights that support confident and well-informed trading decisions.
You will contribute to the continued development of our modelling capability, helping the team deepen its understanding of market fundamentals and evolving system dynamics. Through collaboration and shared learning, you will help shape how analytics supports the desk and contributes to its commercial success.
This role would suit someone who enjoys working in dynamic market environments, is curious about how energy systems and markets interact, and is motivated by seeing their analysis support real-time commercial outcomes.
You will
* Develop, maintain and thoughtfully enhance fundamental and statistical models that support trading insight and decision-making.
* Translate complex datasets into clear, accessible insights that help colleagues interpret evolving market conditions.
* Create intuitive visual tools and dashboards that make data easier to explore and incorporate into day-to-day trading decisions.
* Work in close collaboration with traders and leadership to share perspectives, explore ideas together and strengthen trading performance.
* Identify opportunities to deepen the desk's quantitative approach and support the continued evolution of our analytical frameworks.
You have
* Experience working in a trading or market-focused analytical environment.
* Strong coding capability in Python and SQL, supported by a solid grounding in statistics.
* Experience developing analytical tools, models or dashboards that support commercial decision-making.
* The ability to contribute thoughtfully to discussions around market dynamics and trading strategy using data and analysis.
* A collaborative mindset and the ability to work constructively in fast-moving market environments.
If you have transferable skills that don't exactly match every requirement but believe you can add value, we encourage you to apply.
About SSE
SSE's purpose is to provide energy needed today while building a better world of energy for tomorrow. We do this by developing, building, operating and investing in electricity infrastructure and businesses needed in the energy transition. Our Transforming for Growth investment plan sees us investing £33bn in critical electricity infrastructure across the five years to 2030.
SSE Energy Markets secure the energy needed to power customers' lives, while creating value for SSE. Our Energy Markets trading teams buy the fuel needed to deliver cleaner energy and sell power generated in our wind farm, hydro and thermal assets back to the markets.
Flexible benefits to fit your life
Enjoy discounts on private healthcare and gym memberships. Wellbeing benefits like a free online GP and 24/7 counselling service. Interest‑free loans on tech and transport season tickets, or a new bike with our Cycle to Work scheme. As well as generous family entitlements such as maternity and adoption pay, and paternity leave.
Work with an equal opportunity employer
SSE will make any reasonable adjustments you need to ensure that your application and experience with us is positive. Please contact Janet.Gossman@sse.com / 01738 351816 to discuss how we can support you.
We're dedicated to fostering an open and inclusive workplace where people from all backgrounds can thrive. We create equal opportunities for everyone to succeed and especially welcome applications from those who may not be well represented in our workforce or industry.
Ready to apply?
Start your online application using the Apply Now box on this page. We only accept applications made online. We'll be in touch after the closing date to let you know if we'll be taking your application further. If you're offered a role with SSE, you'll need to complete a criminality check and a credit check before you start work.
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