Trade Administrator

3Degrees • Portland, ME

8h • $80,000 - $90,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Trade Administrator supports the North America Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) team in the United States and Canada, providing middle-office operational execution across more than 55 REC markets. This is a dedicated operations contract management role focused on organization, procedural excellence, paperwork management, and operational clarity. The position owns the unexecuted agreement and confirmation pipeline, ensuring transaction details are accurately reflected in legal documentation and internal systems. It works closely with commercial desks, legal counsel, and external counterparties to manage contract review, negotiation triage, communications, and bilateral execution.

The role includes prioritizing and executing REC transaction contracts; coordinating with commercial, legal, regulatory, and external teams; identifying contractual risks; and refining and automating workflows. The Trade Administrator will also serve as a contract operations subject matter expert during a platform migration, contribute workflow requirements and testing, and support the trading team with deal entry and basic trade administration as needed. The position is located in Portland, Maine, and reports to the Director of North American RECs.

Requirements

• At least 2 years of professional experience in middle-office operations or trade administration, focused on contract execution.
• Experience reviewing basic legal contracts and navigating contracting processes.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Meticulous attention to detail.
• Experience in fast-paced environments and comfort handling counterparty and customer outreach.
• Strong transactional contract execution, operational problem-solving, and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Ability to understand commercial and legal language, streamline workflows, and drive cross-functional alignment.
• Ability to manage administrative priorities and execute complex processes accurately in a dynamic, cross-functional environment.
• Strong commitment to diversity and inclusion and demonstrated passion for the company's mission.

Responsibilities

• Prioritize and manage the REC transaction contract queue through execution.
• Generate, review, and execute contracts, ensuring that documented terms accurately align with deal terms and expectations.
• Develop an operational understanding of renewable energy voluntary and compliance markets and related regulatory frameworks.
• Coordinate across departments to resolve contractual issues and bridge trading desk priorities with legal risk standards and operational compliance.
• Collaborate with external trading firms and counterparties to align deal terms and move transactions through execution.
• Coordinate and address emerging contractual risks across the portfolio in consultation with legal and regulatory teams.
• Refine and automate contractual operational workflows to improve and scale team efficiency.
• Serve as an operational and contract subject matter expert during platform migration, assisting with workflow requirements and testing.
• Understand deal entry and perform basic trade administration tasks to support the trading team as needed.
• Manage confirm letters, update transactional details in internal systems, and deliver contracts to counterparties.
• Develop and maintain standard operating procedures for cross-functional contract workflows.
• Identify and implement operational process improvements in contract management and deal entry workflows.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Flexible paid time off
• Discretionary bonus programs, including a company profit-sharing program and annual team Bonus Pool

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed