Business Operations Analyst

Role: Metals Commercial Operator
Department: Operations
Location-(s): Singapore

Squarepoint is a global investment management firm that utilizes a diversified portfolio of systematic and quantitative strategies across financial markets that seeks to achieve high quality, uncorrelated returns for our clients. We have deep expertise in trading, technology and operations and attribute our success to rigorous scientific research. As a technology and data-driven firm, we design and build our own cutting-edge systems, from high performance trading platforms to large scale data analysis and compute farms. With offices around the globe, we emphasize true, global collaboration by aligning our investment, technology, and operations teams functionally around the world.

Building on our quantitative research platform and process-driven approach, Squarepoint also runs discretionary strategies to augment our systematic approach and monetize opportunities which may not be suitable to be traded in a systematic strategy.

Position Overview:
An opportunity to join a growing team, primarily working on the day to day inventory management and logistics of physical metals alongside assisting with the growth and development of the firms processes and procedures.

• Management of physical metals inventory specifically concentrates metals
• Working closely with Investment team on new physical purchase and sale contracts
• Checking documentation related to physical metal contracts
• Preparation and review of contracts
• Providing inventory reporting and updates to the Investment team
• Maintaining documentation relating to physical contracts and inventory
• Arranging inspections of inventory
• Arranging logistics for movement of metal globally

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years in concentrates metals commercial operations and logistics including in China
• Strong understanding of physical metals markets and products
• Good understanding of LME and CME metals prodcuts
• Demonstrate proficiency in all calculations used to support any products in your asset class coverage
• Understand the importance of our team concept. Establish long-lasting organizational relationships that will foster a productive work environment
• Demonstrate proficiency in written and communication skills
• Working on system and process improvements, and new business initiatives
• Understand the relevant technology and applications that are required to excel in the role