Director – Commodities Market Risk Manager recruitment
Role Profile Skills Required:
• This role is a Front Office Market Risk Management role.
• Extensive experience of specific Commodity based market risk experience, with specific LME related experience, listed futures and listed/OTC options in the energy, soft and financial markets.
• Trading experience in addition to market risk management experience beneficial.
• Experience of FX market risk management advantageous.
• Previous exposure OTC and structured commodity derivatives is also required to ensure appropriate challenge and oversight to those instruments.
• Proven experience dealing with Regulators (FSA) and Corporate Governance will be essential.
• Strong communication skills as this role will not only interface with the trading floor but also senior business and support management; experience in dealing with traders (able to challenge trading activities and decisions) .
• Solid knowledge of industry standard risk methodology (VaR, stress and scenario analysis); knowledge of options pricing and trading and risk management, including exotics is considered mandatory.
• Manage and report on a range of market risk trading and stress measures; full understanding of these required to ensure the appropriate risk measures are being applied to the respective businesses.
• Solid understanding of commodities markets (particularly base metals and agriculture).
• The ability to conceptualise new business requests and present risk analysis to senior management.
If you feel you have the required skill set for the advertised job please send your CV to deepan@bsmassociates.co.uk or apply via the E Financial “Apply Online” function below. Any questions regarding the role, please don’t hesitate to call me on 02070169913.