Sales Trader - AFS Commodities
fulltime_fixed_term mid_levelJob Overview
This is a sales & acquisition role in brokerage: 80-90% of your time will be spent on proactive cold calling, outbound outreach, and building your own portfolio.
AFS is a leading brokerage firm in the global environmental commodities space. With deep expertise across Renewable Energy Certificates, Carbon, Fuels, and RNG, we connect institutional clients with opportunities that drive both commercial and climate value. From our hubs in New York and Europe, we serve multinational corporations, utilities, and trading houses with bespoke solutions in continuously evolving compliance and voluntary markets.
We’re growing fast, and we’re looking for an ambitious, commercially driven Sales Trader to join our high-performance team in New York.
In this role you will be focusing on:
As a Sales Trader at AFS Commodities, you operate at the intersection of sustainability and capital markets. Your mission: unlock value for clients in environmental commodity markets while building a profitable, forward-looking trading book.
Your day-to-day responsibilities include:
Client Origination & Relationship Management Proactively build and maintain strong, long-term relationships with corporates, utilities, project developers, and counterparties across North America and globally.
Market Making & Execution Quote, structure, negotiate, and close trades in environmental commodities (RECs, carbon, RNG and related products). Identify and capitalize on arbitrage and liquidity opportunities.
Revenue Growth & Strategy Drive revenue through targeted outreach, deep market intelligence, and creative deal structuring, always aligning your trading strategy with AFS’s broader commercial objectives.
Market Intelligence & Positioning Stay ahead of regulatory developments, shifting buyer preferences, and evolving supply dynamics in both compliance and voluntary markets.
Cross-Functional Collaboration Partner closely with analysts, operations, and risk/KYC teams to ensure smooth, efficient execution and outstanding client satisfaction.