The Metals, Mining and Agriculture (MMA) division, are looking to hire a highly technical individual who will initially provide support to the London trading desk. Our desk trades with producers, consumers, trade houses and institutional clients. The desk is focused on growing its customer franchise and delivering derivative solutions to clients.

-   Assist the members of the trading team in day to day procedures (booking deals, checking data is input accurately)

-   Pricing and structuring deals for clients

-   Provide on-going administrative support to the MMA trading team, including structured products trading

-   Executing trades

-   Liaise with participants from the commodities markets, both in and from China in their native tongue, Mandarin. 

-   Accompany research and sales colleagues on client trips to China

-   Outstanding tertiary qualifications in Mathematics or Engineering

-   3 years experience in a Structuring or Exotic Derivatives trading role

-   Experience in Commodities preferred and conversant with FX products and correlation exposure

-   Fluent English and Mandarin Language skills

-   Programming skills in C++ and Visual Basic (VBA)

-   Additional programming skills in Python will be favourably regarded

-   Flexibility to work in different time zones

-   Strong commercial awareness

-   Keen attention to detail

-   Proven ability to sustain high level of performance under pressure with short deadlines

-   Strong verbal ability, judgment and administrative skills

-   Demonstrable ability to prioritise between detailed day to day activity, including problem-solving, and longer term activities and projects

-   Effective communication (written and verbal) skills and relationship building skills with the ability to establish and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders across all levels, including external parties

-   High levels of enthusiasm and motivation along with the ability to be proactive

Commodities and Financial Markets (CFM) provides clients with risk and capital solutions across physical and financial markets.

CFM's diverse platform has evolved over more than 30 years and provides financing, financial hedging, physical execution and access to market pricing for clients exposed to commodities and financial markets. Markets covered include energy; metals, mining and agriculture; fixed income and currencies; credit; and futures.

CFM's global reach includes 24-hour market coverage with staff located in more than 20 offices across the Americas, Europe and the Middle East, Asia and Australia.

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