Sales Associate
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About us
CFP Energy is a leading specialist in carbon and environmental markets, helping large corporate organisations to navigate complex regulatory environments and volatile market conditions.
With 20 years of experience, CFP Energy has built deep expertise across all major compliance carbon markets in Europe, including the EU and UK ETS. Operating from 9 offices across Europe, CFP Energy provides access to environmental markets alongside a broader suite of services across voluntary carbon, biofuels and financial products. The company supports businesses through market access services and tailored financial solutions that unlock liquidity and enable investment, supporting wider commercial growth.
With cross-commodity access and a fully integrated offering across environmental, biofuels, and financial services, CFP Energy acts as a strategic partner for organisations navigating the energy transition.
Our Products & Markets
CFP Energy operates across a broad range of energy and environmental markets, allowing our sales team to offer clients much more than a single product.
Our offering spans carbon compliance, voluntary carbon, renewable energy certificates, biofuels, biogas, feedstocks, power, energy market access, liquidity solutions and structured financial products.
This cross-commodity capability means you will have the opportunity to develop bespoke commercial solutions around each client's requirements, working with our specialist teams to combine physical and financial products where appropriate.
About You:
We are looking for a commercially minded salesperson who is passionate about markets and enjoys being at the centre of the action.
You may come from:
Ideal candidate:
You don't necessarily need to have experience across all of CFP Energy's products. What matters most is your commercial instinct, market understanding, ability to build relationships and appetite to win new business.
You will ideally have:
The CF Group is committed to ensuring equal opportunities, fairness of treatment, dignity and respect, and the elimination of all forms of discrimination in the workplace for all employees/contractors and job applicants.
Whether your background is in energy markets, FX or financial markets, you will bring a strong commercial mindset, an existing network or the ability to build one, and the drive to turn market opportunities into long-term client relationships.
This is not a traditional sales role. You will work at the intersection of energy, environmental and financial markets, leveraging CFP Energy's cross-commodity platform to develop tailored solutions for clients and uncover new commercial opportunities.
CFP Energy is a leading specialist in carbon and environmental markets, helping large corporate organisations to navigate complex regulatory environments and volatile market conditions.
With 20 years of experience, CFP Energy has built deep expertise across all major compliance carbon markets in Europe, including the EU and UK ETS. Operating from 9 offices across Europe, CFP Energy provides access to environmental markets alongside a broader suite of services across voluntary carbon, biofuels and financial products. The company supports businesses through market access services and tailored financial solutions that unlock liquidity and enable investment, supporting wider commercial growth.
With cross-commodity access and a fully integrated offering across environmental, biofuels, and financial services, CFP Energy acts as a strategic partner for organisations navigating the energy transition.
Our Products & Markets
CFP Energy operates across a broad range of energy and environmental markets, allowing our sales team to offer clients much more than a single product.
Our offering spans carbon compliance, voluntary carbon, renewable energy certificates, biofuels, biogas, feedstocks, power, energy market access, liquidity solutions and structured financial products.
This cross-commodity capability means you will have the opportunity to develop bespoke commercial solutions around each client's requirements, working with our specialist teams to combine physical and financial products where appropriate.
Responsibilities
- Identify and develop new business opportunities across key European markets, with a particular focus on the Nordics, Southern Europe, Central & Eastern Europe (CEE) and DACH.
- Build and maintain a strong network of clients, prospects and market participants across the energy, environmental and financial markets.
- Leverage your market knowledge and commercial network to identify opportunities for CFP Energy's growing range of products and solutions.
- Proactively engage senior decision-makers and develop trusted, long-term client relationships.
- Understand client requirements, market dynamics and commercial challenges to identify opportunities where CFP Energy can add value.
- Work closely with internal Trading, Origination, Structuring, Risk and Operations teams to develop tailored solutions for clients.
- Negotiate and close commercial agreements, taking ownership of opportunities from initial prospecting through to execution.
- Stay close to market developments, including changes in regulation, pricing, supply and demand, and emerging opportunities across European energy and environmental markets.
- Develop market intelligence and share insights internally to help shape sales strategy and identify new areas for growth.
- Represent CFP Energy at industry conferences, events and client meetings, acting as a knowledgeable ambassador for the business and its products.
- Contribute to the continued expansion of CFP Energy's European client network and wider commercial strategy.
About You:
We are looking for a commercially minded salesperson who is passionate about markets and enjoys being at the centre of the action.
You may come from:
- Direct energy markets, including gas, power, environmental or related commodity markets.
- FX or foreign exchange sales, with a strong understanding of financial markets and experience building a client network.
- Financial markets, including commodities, derivatives, structured products or other institutional/client-facing environments.
Ideal candidate:
You don't necessarily need to have experience across all of CFP Energy's products. What matters most is your commercial instinct, market understanding, ability to build relationships and appetite to win new business.
You will ideally have:
- Proven experience in a sales, business development, origination or client-facing commercial role.
- Experience across one or more of our priority regions: Nordics, Southern Europe, CEE or DACH.
- Strong market awareness and the ability to understand and communicate complex products and market dynamics.
- Fluent English. Additional European languages are highly desirable.
- A genuine interest in energy, commodity or financial markets.
- A track record of developing new business and building long-term client relationships.
- Strong commercial and negotiation skills, with the confidence to engage senior stakeholders.
- An entrepreneurial mindset and the ability to identify opportunities rather than wait for them.
- The ability to work collaboratively across Trading, Origination, Structuring, Risk and Operations teams.
- The drive, resilience and curiosity required to succeed in a fast-moving market environment.
The CF Group is committed to ensuring equal opportunities, fairness of treatment, dignity and respect, and the elimination of all forms of discrimination in the workplace for all employees/contractors and job applicants.
Requirements
We are looking for commercially driven Sales Associates to help expand our client base across key European markets. This is an opportunity for someone who understands markets, thrives on building relationships and is motivated by winning new business.Whether your background is in energy markets, FX or financial markets, you will bring a strong commercial mindset, an existing network or the ability to build one, and the drive to turn market opportunities into long-term client relationships.
This is not a traditional sales role. You will work at the intersection of energy, environmental and financial markets, leveraging CFP Energy's cross-commodity platform to develop tailored solutions for clients and uncover new commercial opportunities.