Student employee for quantitative analysis

Student employee for quantitative analysis
Location
Aarhus, Denmark

Jobtype & start time
Part-time, as soon as possible.

Deadline
19.02.2025. We will be screening candidates on an ongoing basis. We will be screening candidates
on an ongoing basis.

Are you skilled in programming with a motivation for developing quantitative models? And are you interested in the ever-evolving nature of financial markets? If so, you might be the new student analyst for our Intraday Power Trading team!

The job

Here’s what the job entails
Your primary role will be to both support the Intraday Power Trading team with market analyses as well as build and maintain data visualisation tools and reports.

Concretely, your responsibilities include the following:

• conduct market analyses
• test market hypotheses
• actively show curiosity for the markets
• build and maintain tools

The team

Meet the team
As our new student employee, you will join our Intraday Power Trading analysis team, which specialises in developing and implementing quantitative trading strategies for the European intraday power markets. We focus on leveraging technology and data analysis to optimise trading performance.

We are a team of motivated people from varying backgrounds, dedicated to pushing the boundaries of trading and optimisation. Our culture values collaboration, innovation and continuous learning and we encourage open communication and idea-sharing.

You will build programming and quantitative analyses skills, which will contribute to optimising energy markets and give you an in-depth knowledge of how the energy markets work

Christian Vestergaard

Head of Flexible Asset Optimisation
Your qualifications

But enough about us… over to you!
As you will be developing models and analyses used for decision-making, we are looking for someone who takes a holistic and data-driven approach with an eye for market risks. Also, as we operate in an ever-changing market, we see you as someone who thrives in a dynamic environment, able to adapt to market conditions.

We also imagine that you:

• have an educational background in a quantitative field, for example, mathematics, physics, statistics, data science or engineering
• have experience in a similar position, either in the energy industry or the financial markets
• have solid coding skills with the ability to write production-level Python code
• have great communication skills as will explain your analyses to stakeholders who do not have the same insights as our team
• are proficient in English - both written and verbal

We offer

We’ll take good care of you
At Danske Commodities, we take great care of our people. Joining us means you’ll get a lot of great perks – including social events, cultural experiences, tasty food and benefits to better your health, your life and your future.

Here are some of the benefits we offer our employees:

• Flexible working hours
  to fit with your studies
• Vast development opportunities
  with the help of your own individual development plan, access to our DC University with 50+ courses as well as remote courses through Harvard Learning
• Global career prospects
  as part of the Equinor group with +20,000 colleagues across the world
• A beneficial health care and insurance package
• Bonus scheme
• 100+ yearly social and professional events
  including DC Sports and DC Talks events, gatherings in our book club, bicycle club, student network, wine club, CS:GO team and more
• Various free tickets
  to family-friendly and cultural attractions
• Discounts
  at hotels, restaurants, sports clubs and more
• Organic food
  including a light breakfast, lunch buffet and snacks throughout the day
• An office in the heart of Aarhus
  right next to the central train station

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The process

Recruitment process and relocation
You can read more about our recruitment process here. Please note that if you are an international candidate, we will reimburse travel expenses in connection with potential interviews and support you with the relocation process.

About us

What we’re about
We're a tech-driven energy trading company present in 42 markets across five continents. Our +600 people are driven by a need to constantly better things. If you are too, we could very well be the right place for you. You'll join a collective of thinkers and doers. Aspiring chefs, runners, parents, beekeepers, gamers – the list goes on. We're highly specialised experts within our fields. But it’s actually our diversity of ideas we’re most proud of, which is why we continuously work on strengthening an inclusive culture where diverse teams thrive.

Our organisation is flat with an open-door policy. We expect you to care. About your work. About your own and your colleagues’ collective successes. And about the difference we make at Danske Commodities. Together with our parent company Equinor, we have the vision and strength to accelerate the energy transition and make an impact. Like no other.