Oil Trading House Requires Risk Specialist For Physical and Derivative Trading Desk recruitment

 A leading global commodities house is looking to expand its risk platform in Singapore and requires a risk specialist to help this growth. They are expanding their portfolio across all regions due to the strong performance from their PL trading.

The risk group has been one of the key teams in ensuring strong performance for the group and thus is keen to continue recruiting strong professionals to help grow the profit margins. The firm is strongly committed to build up its platform in this area and need commercially aware risk managers to develop risk strategy, methodology, hedging and trading strategies surrounding oil and gas products.

The successful candidate will be sat with the traders in the front office providing an excellent opportunity to gain an insight into a trading floor environment. The firm can boast record profits from 2011 and needs front office staff who can continue this performance.

This role will have the following responsibilities in this position:

• Develop key relationships on behalf of the risk department with trading and other key business groups in the front office.

• Risk Analysis of the firm’s global portfolio

• Development of risk methodology [Var, stress testing, scenario analysis].

• Market analysis of commodity markets – keeping aware of any adverse market changes.

• First point of contact for junior risk analysts and other areas of the business

• Explaining key exposures and limits to trading unit.

• Integration of global risk strategy with USA, Europe and Switzerland.

• Teaching front office on any risk issues.

• Development of trading strategies

• Development of hedging strategies

• Working with traders on a daily basis on improving sharpe ratios as well as on VaR reducing trading strategies.

The successful candidate is likely to have the following background and skill set:

• Experience of risk management, trading or trade support experience in oil OR gas, with a thorough understanding of the physical commodities market

• An understanding of VaR

• 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 through all areas of the business for risk.

This position provides a risk manager an excellent opportunity to work for a leading commodities trading house. The firm is looking to grow at an extensive rate in the next 2 years and career prospects in terms of managing a large team, gain exposure to all areas of the business and build a leading risk platform in oil trading are all realistic ambitions for the successful candidate.