Description:
This is an opportunity to work for one of the fastest growing Commodity Trading Houses within the UK to work within their leading Trading team, which is crucial in driving the business forward.
Job responsibilities:
- Receive classroom-based training about the market and basic knowledge you will need to start on the desk
- Work with the traders on research, development, and implementation of new trading strategies
- Help with future and OTC executions
- Investigate potential profitable strategies to new products
- Carry out trading support tasks including trade entry, reconciliation on a daily basis
- Liaise with back office to work on desk or firmwide projects
- Junior traders will be assessed monthly to be progressed to a trader role who trades their own book
Ideal candidates will be:
- A bachelor’s, master’s, or PhD in mathematics, science, engineering, computer science, economics, quantitative finance or related field
- Recent graduate to 2 years of work experience
- Ambitious individual with track record of being high achiever who relentlessly pursues accelerated progression
- Strong interest in trading and financial markets
- Excellent quantitative, analytical and problem-solving skills and the ability to deploy those skills during time sensitive situations
- Experience programming in Python, R, C++ or similar languages is a plus
- Are entrepreneurial, adaptive, self-motivated; Enjoy challenges and significant responsibility, and thrive in fast-paced, competitive environments