Trading Operations Intern (sandwich placement year)

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Engelhart offers a 13-month Trading Operations Intern role in London for penultimate-year students on a sandwich placement, hybrid with 4+ days on site, July 2026 to July 2027. You will support live trading operations end-to-end across settlements, onboarding data, end-of-day cashflow, renewable contract reconciliation, margin calls, ROC/REGO inventory, invoicing with Product Control, and back-office tasks, with opportunity to help automate processes. The ideal candidate is numerate, detail-focused, and proficient in Excel; SQL/Python and prior finance exposure are a plus. To apply, show data analysis and cross-team collaboration, confirm sandwich-year eligibility, and align with Engelhart’s values be bold, be collaborative, be proactive, be your best.

About Us

Engelhart was founded in 2013 by BTG Pactual Group as a commodities trading company. Our business model is “asset light” and highly diversified – giving us the ability to adapt effectively and nimbly to changing market conditions. We have assembled successful multidisciplinary teams, leveraging advanced fundamental analysis with deep quantitative and weather research capabilities.  Our activities are underpinned by strong risk management practices and by powerful technology and operational excellence. We have exceptional teams with diverse global backgrounds and decades of experience, and are driven by a highly collaborative culture, across products and competencies.

In 2024, Engelhart acquired Trailstone, a global energy trading and technology company. The acquisition provides us with new expertise, analytics and proprietary technology which is being used to provide risk management and optimisation services to help maximise the value of our clients’ renewable power. The acquisition also expanded Engelhart’s capabilities into physical natural gas across North America, a critical fuel to support the energy transition.

Our talented and experienced individuals work together according to its four company values: be bold, be collaborative, be proactive, be your best.

Trading Operations Intern (sandwich placement student) – London, UK
Full Time | 13-month Placement | Hybrid (4+ days on-site)
01 July 2026 – 29 July 2027

About the Role

This 13-month sandwich placement offers a penultimate-year undergraduate the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in Trading Operations within the commodities trading industry. The role provides end-to-end exposure to the operational lifecycle of commodity trades, from trade execution support through to settlement, logistics and reconciliation, within a fast-paced, market-driven environment.

You will gain hands-on experience supporting live trading operations, working closely with Traders, Risk, and Finance teams to ensure accurate processing, control, and settlement of trading activity. The role is designed to provide real responsibility and exposure to how a trading-led business operates in practice, whilst developing strong analytical, operational, and commercial skills.

Please note that to be eligible for consideration, candidates must be enrolled in a sandwich-year degree and available to commence their placement in July 2026.

This will be a full-time role, owning the following responsibilities:

• Ensuring all OTC and inter-company settlements are completed in a timely manner.
• Assisting in the onboarding of new counterparties by ensuring all static data is correct in our trading system.
• Owning the end of day cashflow report to ensure all settlements for the day have been reconciled and processed.
• Reconciling and settling monthly renewable PPA (Power Purchase Agreement) contracts.
• Performing and understanding the daily global margin calls.
• Managing inventory and deliveries for renewable certificates (ROCs, REGOs, GOOs)
• Working closely with the London-based Product Control team, ensuring all invoicing and cash reconciliations are completed in a timely manner prior to month end.
• Assisting the Middle Office & Operations Manager with process improvements around automation.
• Monitoring the Back Office mailbox, owning the distribution of tasks accordingly, escalating issues to senior colleagues where appropriate.
• Reconciling futures positions traded on various exchanges (e.g. ICE/EEX/CME) and liaising with Front Office to resolve any discrepancies.
• Confirming deals with OTC counterparts for various Power and Gas contracts.

About You

You are a detail-oriented and analytically minded student with a strong interest in the operational and lifecycle aspects of trading, and how accurate processing, controls, and systems underpin a successful commodities business. You take pride in accuracy, ownership, and supporting front-office teams through strong operational delivery.

The following education, experiences and skills are essential for application:

• Currently studying towards a numerical or analytical undergraduate degree and eligible to undertake a full-time, on-site 13-month UK sandwich placement as part of your degree and available from July 2026.
• Analytical and highly numerate, with strong attention to detail.
• Microsoft Excel skills at intermediate level or higher, including competence working with large data sets.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage in effective, direct communication across different levels of seniority with colleagues globally, including Trading, Risk, and Finance teams.
• Proactive, curious, and keen to learn in a fast-paced environment.
• A team player approach and willingness to support the wider team where needed.
• Comfortable in a supporting role, with a strong sense of ownership and accountability for operational outcomes.

In addition, the following criteria is not required, but highly desirable for this role:

• Interest in commodities, trading, or financial markets.
• Proficiency in SQL and/or Python for data analysis or automation (e.g. data cleaning, simple scripts, or working with pandas).
• Previous internship, placement, or part-time experience in finance or a commercial environment.
• Exposure to trade processing, confirmations, settlements, or reconciliations.
• Experience with financial systems, ERP tools, or trading/risk platforms.

What we offer

• 25 days of annual holiday entitlement, excluding UK public holidays.
• Comprehensive dental, health and life assurance.
• 9% employer paid pension contributions.
• Supplemental benefits including salary sacrifice options and interest free transport season ticket loans.
• A hybrid working schedule, with one day per week working remotely.
• Access to complimentary drinks and snacks from our two in-office kitchens.
• A discounted gym membership for our in-house luxury health club.

We believe in inclusivity and are therefore dedicated to ensuring all employees – across gender identity, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, life experience, background and more – feel welcome and included in the company. We promote diversity because we believe it is essential to our ability to think holistically.