Middle Officer

Our client is one of the world's leading independent commodity trading houses. They are seeking a Middle Officer responsible for timely trade captures, correct risk exposure and PnL reporting. The role also involves setting up the valuation / pricing curves and monitoring the desk's trading limits.

About the role

• Support the business in capturing trades, reporting of risk exposures, reporting of pricing risk to traders and PnL attribution and reporting.
• Manage the risk profile of the trading business in line with the agreed appetite for risk and risk limits
• Proactively develop and improve business processes and risk systems/functionalities in coordination with traders / IT and Chief Risk Manager
• Develop and maintain good working relationships with the various functions within the business, including finance, trading, middle office and operations
• Support the business to enable new products or new trading strategies.

The Ideal Candidate

• A degree in a numerate discipline with a financial major would be attractive, i.e. Financial Engineering etc. Further professional qualification e.g. FRM, CFA may be helpful but not essential.
• 3 – 5 years experience in Middle Office, preferably an experienced Risk/Trading/Business Analyst with strong understanding, knowledge and experience of Energy trading and in LNG. Knowledge of oil trading is a plus.
• Technically competent with experience in setting up / managing risk management ETRM systems and tools.
• Familiar with back office and middle office processes in a commodities trading environment
• Candidates with big 4 accounting firm experience in audit of commodities trading firm is relevant for this role.