Sales Trader - Carbon Compliance

Responsibilities

• Cold calling and prospecting new market participants
• Building and maintaining long-term client relationships
• Communicating daily with trading, risk, operations, and management teams

Assisting with post-trade logistics and transaction management

• Supporting product development efforts based on regulatory and market developments
• Representing the company at industry conferences, workshops, and stakeholder events

Requirements

• Authorized to work in the United States of America
• 2–5 years of experience in carbon markets, environmental commodities, energy markets, emissions trading, sales trading, or a related field
• Strong understanding of North American carbon compliance programs.
• Experience with environmental commodity trading is strongly preferred
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship management abilities

The Role

As a Sales Trader – Carbon Compliance, you will be responsible for originating, structuring, and executing transactions within regulated carbon markets across North America. Working alongside experienced professionals in environmental commodities, you will help grow our carbon trading activities by building long-term client relationships, identifying market opportunities, and developing new business channels. You will monitor evolving regulatory programs, analyze market fundamentals, and help clients navigate compliance obligations and trading strategies.

You will take ownership of the complete trading process from market analysis and client engagement to deal execution and post-trade management while collaborating closely with risk, legal, operations, and commercial teams. Your market insight will help identify new products and services, drive commercial growth, and strengthen our position as a trusted partner in environmental commodities.

The role will consist of, but not be limited to, the following actions on a daily basis:

Monitoring carbon market regulations, policy developments, and pricing trends

Identifying and executing carbon compliance trading opportunities

Engaging with counterparties to understand market needs and commercial objectives

Transforming market intelligence into actionable trading opportunities

• Conducting market research across carbon and environmental commodity markets
• Contributing to business development and growth initiatives

The Requirements

In order to be considered for the role, you will meet the following:

Fluent in English; another language is a plus

• Bachelor’s degree in environmental science, economics, finance, business administration or related discipline
• Strategic mindset with the ability to connect regulatory developments to commercial opportunities
• Willing to relocate to Houston, Texas

The Offer

Inspirational work environment in one of the fastest-growing commodity sectors

Competitive market salary and bonus potential

• Relocation budget
• Open and entrepreneurial working environment

Personal and professional development program

Opportunity to directly contribute to the growth of carbon markets and the global energy transition

LifeTime Gym Membership

• 18 Paid Vacation Days, plus 10 paid national holidays
• Health Insurance coverage
• 401K plan after 2 months with Caely

Disclaimer

• As part of our hiring process, you will be invited to our office to meet the team and your prospective manager.
• Caely only publishes job vacancies through our official platforms: LinkedIn (

Caely Renewables: Overview | LinkedIn) and website (

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