Market Risk Analyst

We are currently partnered with a leading player in the agriculture space who are looking to expand their risk team. This role will suit an experience risk professional in the commodity space who has a knowledge of physical trading and supply chains.This position will report into the Head of Market Risk in London and primarily assist in the day-to-day risk management activities as well as with ad-hoc projects to improve risk processes. The role will also require the person to automate reports and hence having programming skills will be highly beneficial.

Responsibilities:

• Identify, quantify, monitor, manage report and investigate market and currency risks

• Understanding the existing risk processes, systems and reports being used and taking ownership of all risk reports and other outputs

• Critically assess all existing processes/reports and drive improvements where feasible, in discussion with all other stakeholders including traders.

• Provide analytical support to the risk management group, senior management and traders within the firm including ad-hoc work on risk and performance evaluation

• Effectively communicate emerging risk issues and ensure timely action/escalation.

Qualifications and Experience:

• A quantitative university degree with a strong analytical/mathematical focus

• 5+ years of experience in a commodity trading environment within a trading house or food company.

• A strong understanding of commodity markets, their price drivers and the associated physical supply chains

• Fluency in the concepts associated with physical trading  and the principles of Value-at-Risk

• Strong analytical and programming capabilities in order to design and continually develop risk reports that take inputs from multiple stakeholders (e.g. traders, senior management, IT, Finance)

• Experience with agricultural commodities would be advantageous, as well as EM currencies.

• Strong knowledge of Excel and VBA; Python and SQL attractive

If you’re interested to discuss further, please send your CV to quantresearch@octaviusfinance.com