CRO – Agricultural Products / Softs recruitment

Key Responsibilities

•  Ability to use and understand trading concepts and demonstrate familiarity with the Agricultural products markets or simular commodity markets to identify the main influences that drive changes in prices and price relationships

•  Ability to share with the team the responsibility to calculate and report daily risk analysis on trading books

•  Ability to share with the team the responsibility to maintain price databases

•  To undertake assessments of a wide range of transactions, carrying out modeling and analysis as necessary

•  To advise upon, and directly contribute to ongoing system and model development for the measurement of risk, and carry out model reviews to help ensure best practice is followed

•  To communicate results effectively with traders and senior management

•  To proactively identify and communicate issues that may cause a surprise and ensure that reports or measurements present a reflection of this.

•  To regularly engage in discussion with traders and management about exposure taken

EDUCATION EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

•  Expect 6-8 years of risk exposure (product control) and something related, i.e. a stint on the operations side or strong financial / accounting background

•  Expect minimum of 2 years trading or trade support experience in the Agricultural products markets or simular commodity markets, with a thorough understanding of physical trading and pricing.

•  Consistent work history.

•  An understanding of VaR would be desirable, but a limited knowledge would be acceptable if offset by sufficient Agricultural products markets or simular commodity markets experience.

SKILL SETS

•  Very strong analytical skills

•  Very strong Excel and VBA skills

•  Good communication skills – must be able to understand others’ perspectives and relate complex ideas to different groups, including senior management

•  The ability to challenge proposals constructively to help ensure they are robust, whilst maintaining excellent working relationships

•  Must be able to work effectively in a team, flexibly handling a wide range of potential issues

•  Must be capable of working with significant autonomy and ensuring analysis is focused on delivering practical business benefits.

Please upload an updated CV if of interest.