Financial Trader

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Date: Oct 2, 2025

Location: Spring, TX, US, 77389

Company: Expand Energy

Our core values — Stewardship, Character, Collaborate, Learn, Disrupt — are the lens through which we evaluate every business decision. As a dynamic, growing company that offers extremely competitive compensation and benefits, our employees are our most valued assets and the foundation of Expands performance among our E&P competitors. 

We seek applicants from all backgrounds to ensure we get the best, most creative talent on our team. We realize that, historically, underrepresented groups feel the need to be 100% qualified in order to apply. If you meet any combination of our requirements, we encourage you to apply. We strive to hire people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger.

Job Summary

The Financial Trader plays a key role on the Financial Trading Desk with a heavy focus on trade strategy development at the portfolio level, trade strategy execution and risk management, execution for physical asset optimization teams; reports directly to Portfolio Manager (Director - Financial Trading).

Job Duties & Responsibilities

  • Generate and articulate trade strategies supported with proper fundamental and technical support for fixed price/time spreads, options, and basis to the Financial Natural Gas Team
  • Execute approved trade strategies, hedge trades, and physical asset optimization trades
  • Coordinate deal entry/trade capture, position tie-out, risk report monitoring with mid-office
  • Provide end of day position reporting, market and position change summaries to Financial Trading Desk
  • Work with Trading Analysts on the Financial Trading Desk to maximize utility of daily fundamental reports, valuation tools, and strategy decks

Job Specific Skills

  • Well-developed understanding of natural gas fundamentals and physical flows
  • Sophisticated understanding of financial trading instruments (swaps, futures, options, basis, swing swaps, etc.)
  • Entrepreneurial outlook and start-up business mentality to direct individual efforts to maximize the achievement of team level goals
  • Background in math, engineering, science, or finance—knowledge of analytical and statistical concepts is strongly desired
  • Preference for Data Science skills such as data wrangling and transformations, modeling, and visualization
  • Must work well in a dynamic environment with a high-level focus on team performance
  • Willing to accept a large amount of responsibility and be a self-starter

Education

Minimum: High school diploma or GED

Preferred: Bachelor’s degree - from accredited university - Finance/Financial Engineering, Statistics, Applied Math, Computer Science, Engineering

Experience

Minimum: 1- 5 years experience in natural gas trading (physical, financial, or combined)

Current or prior power trading experience, preferred

 

Expand Energy takes necessary action to ensure that all applicants are treated without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, disability, pregnancy, military or veteran status or any other protected characteristic as established by law.

 

Expand Energy Corporation's operations are focused on discovering and developing its large and geographically diverse resource base of unconventional oil and natural gas assets onshore in the United States.


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