Commodities Sales recruitment
Overview:
Deutsche Bank's Corporate Investment Bank (CIB) division comprises three businesses - Markets, Corporate Finance and Global Transaction Banking. CIB is looking to hire a qualified candidate for the Commodities Sales team in Birmingham.
Commodities Sales is responsible for coverage and origination group for energy and agricultural products (oil, oil products, power, coal, grains, sugar) and precious and base metals. They help Deutsche Bank clients financially or physically hedge their commodity exposures through various derivatives based strategies or physical agreements. Products range from simple flow trades, such as spot gold trade or winter natural gas swap, to more complex options strategies, such as vanilla options, knock-ins, and funding cheapener strategies. In addition to hedging techniques the desk looks for opportunities to help clients with their strategic planning.
Key Responsibilities:
Covering trading companies (combination of looking at their liquidity, CSAs, execution, overall portfolios, e-commerce solutions and trade ideas).
Coverage of banking clients who have not been hitherto covered
Overseeing the index client business (valuation checking, fees, decomposition)
Helping to map out the corporate pensions space (including consultants) to better target commodities allocations
You will have:
A strong academic background in relevant undergraduate degree from a top tier University (or relevant international equivalent)
Derivatives knowledge
A keen interest in Commodities
Superior communication skills (written and verbal) with strict attention to detail
You will be:
Highly motivated with a strong willingness to learn and take on new challenges
Diligent, efficient and able to manage multiple conflicting deliverables including working under pressure
Comfortable in a technical environment
Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Powerpoint