This Houston, TX based role will be responsible for supporting the daily operations of the commodities trading desk, ensuring accurate trade capture, validation, and processing, managing risk exposures, and collaborating with various internal and external stakeholders. The ideal candidate possesses a strong understanding of commodities markets, trading operations, and risk management principles.
- Trade Support: Ensure accurate and timely capture, validation, and processing of commodity trades (e.g., crude oil, natural gas, metals, agriculture) across various instruments (e.g., physical, futures, options, swaps).
- Reconciliation: Perform daily reconciliation of trading activity between front office trading systems, middle office systems, and clearing brokers/exchanges. Investigate and resolve discrepancies promptly.
- Risk Management: Monitor and report on key risk metrics, including market risk, credit risk, and operational risk. Assist in the development and implementation of risk mitigation strategies.
- Position Reporting: Generate daily and ad-hoc position reports, providing accurate and timely information to traders, management, and other stakeholders.
- P&L Attribution: Generation of daily and monthly P&L attribution, ensuring accurate reflection of trading performance.
- Process Improvement: Identify and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and control within the middle office function.
- System Support: Work closely with IT and other stakeholders to support and enhance trading and risk management systems.
- Regulatory Compliance: Stay abreast of relevant regulatory requirements and ensure compliance with all applicable regulations (e.g., Dodd-Frank, EMIR).
- Stakeholder Management: Collaborate effectively with front office traders, risk management, finance, accounting, and other internal and external stakeholders (e.g., brokers, clearing houses).
- Project Participation: Participate in various projects related to new product launches, system implementations, and regulatory changes.