Energy Trading Analyst (12 Month FTC)

Job Description

Our mission is to make clean power accessible. We are passionate about making a positive impact on communities and the environment where we work.

We're designing, financing, building and operating the world's most sophisticated battery systems to enable the take up of more renewable power, electrifying fleets for cleaner air, and providing clean, portable power including repurposed electric vehicle batteries. Our proprietary software and data analysis optimises operational performance for our customers to reduce emissions and costs.

Since we began in 2017, we've raised over £2.7 billion in debt and equity funding and transformed it into >1.2GW of grid-connected batteries live or under contract and c.3,400 electric vehicles supported. We have operations in the UK, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and the US and Canada, with a global headquarters in London.

We're the leading owner and operator of battery storage in the UK, supporting the National Grid with the uptake of renewable power. We also work with c.90% of the UK's major bus companies, powering 25% of the UK e-bus market. We're also the number one owner and operator of e-buses in Australia and New Zealand, and are quickly expanding into light commercial vehicles and trucks. Our rapidly growing company is looking for highly talented and motivated people to join us.

The Opportunity

We are seeking a fixed-term Energy Trading Analyst to support day-to-day energy market trading decisions for our EV portfolio. Zenobe is innovating in the domain of EV flexibility trading and is looking for someone to run our daily trading operation while we develop an internal scalable product.

The role primarily focuses on data processing and analysis to ensure daily trading process is running to the highest standards. You will work closely with trading, software, and data teams to analyse EV fleet charging profiles, forecast demand and prices, and deliver accurate, timely data to support market participation. The role also involves process automation and data pipeline development, ensuring workflows are efficient and scalable.

While the role relies heavily on manually processing data across multiple platforms, the ideal candidate will be using python to automate as much of the manual work as possible.
This fixed term role is a great opportunity to get hands on experience in an innovative and exciting industry as part of the Commercial Analytics team.

A Taste of the Day to Day

Data Processing

• Extracting energy price, auction results and operational data
• Build and maintain excel-based tooling models to support trading decisions
• Produce insights that directly inform day-to-day trading activities

Trading Support

• Provide data-driven inputs to support daily trading on wholesale electricity market
• Monitor market settlements, and update P&L report and market participation metrics
• Support issue resolution with ELEXON and EPEX
• Collaborate with traders/senior stakeholders to ensure data is accurate and actionable

Data Pipelines

• Support the development of automated data pipelines to streamline data ingestion, cleaning, and reporting
• Develop Python scripts and/or Excel-based tools to reduce manual effort and improve efficiency
• Maintain in-house analytical tools for forecasting, performance monitoring, and reporting
• Leverage AI tools (e.g. Claude Code, GitHub Copilot) to accelerate development, automate workflows, and enhance data analysis

Health and Safety

• Actively contribute to Zenobe's commitment to health and safety, wellbeing and sustainability by; integrating these principles into daily responsibilities, ensuring a safe and supportive work environment, promoting both the physical and mental health of self and colleagues, and adopting sustainable and energy-efficient practices to minimize environmental impact. By doing so, each employee at Zenobe plays a vital role in fostering a culture that prioritises overall safety, holistic wellbeing, environmental sustainability in our business operations.

What We're Looking For

We realise that certain groups of people are less likely to apply for a role if they don't meet 100% of the job requirements. To be absolutely clear: if you like the look of this job and think you could do it well, we encourage you to apply with a CV that highlights your transferable skills and experience. Above all, Zenobē is looking for collaborative, flexible, empathetic people who are interested in creating and promoting practical routes to a zero carbon world.

Essential Skills & Qualifications

• STEM qualification (e.g. engineering, applied physics), 1st or 2-1
• Good understanding of UK energy markets and trading fundamentals
• Advanced Excel skills for data processing, modelling, and reporting
• Good python skills
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools to automate data processing, analysis, or coding tasks
• Strong analytical, mathematical, and problem-solving abilities
• Excellent communication, reporting, and presentation skills
• Curious, proactive, and able to deliver data projects from concept to implementation

Desirable but non-essential skills

• Additional software engineering/computer science skills e.g. SQL, AWS
• Previous experience in energy market trading, data analysis, software or engineering role.
• Master's degree

Working at Zenobe

We're passionate about sustainability and are proud to offer Team Zenobē a pioneering and collaborative working environment. We encourage our people to take ownership of their career progression and celebrate those that can think outside the box.

If you'd like to join our community of likeminded people hit the apply button now, we'd love to hear from you!

What We Offer

Charge your career at Zenobē and receive

• Up to 33% annual bonus for being awesome
• 25 days holiday, increasing with length of service up to 30 days, plus bank holidays
• Private Medical Insurance
• £1,500 training budget per year, to ensure you grow as we do
• EV Salary Sacrifice Scheme
• Pension scheme, up to 8% matched contributions
• Enhanced parental leave
• Cash back health plan
• Plus more

Lots of our people work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time, flexitime and hybrid working. We can't promise to give you exactly what you want, but please talk to us about the flexibility you need and let's see how we can make it work.

Our Approach to Diversity and Inclusion

Our people are our strongest asset and the key determinant of our success, and we value a range of skillsets and perspectives. As an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute. We work to provide equal opportunities and an inclusive work environment, where everyone is fairly treated in the application process and through their career at Zenobē. If there are any adjustments that would help improve your experience with Zenobē, please let us know when you apply.