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Commodity Indices - Strategic Index Trader – Associate or Vice President

ExperiencedNo visa sponsorship
J.P. Morgan logo

at J.P. Morgan

Bulge Bracket Investment Banks

Posted 15 days ago

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**Strategic Index Trader – Associate or Vice President role in LONDON for Commodity Indices**. Partner with cross-functional teams to drive strategic initiatives in a non-proprietary trading environment. Price vanilla & exotic index structures, manage daily risk (linear & non-linear), and enhance risk management processes. Key skills: index trading, risk management, problem-solving, collaboration. Requires experience in pricing & risk management of linear/non-linear payoffs, commodities market understanding, and robust communication skills.

Compensation
Not specified

Currency: Not specified

City
London
Country
United Kingdom

Full Job Description

Location: LONDON, LONDON, United Kingdom

Join our team to build your career in a culture that values innovation, creativity, and excellence. As a n Associate or Vice President Strategic Index Trader, you will help drive strategic initiatives, scale market execution, and enhance risk management processes. Youll collaborate with sales, structuring, and technology teams in a client-focused, non-proprietary trading environment. This is your opportunity to make a significant impact, develop your expertise, and grow your career in a dynamic and supportive team.

As a Strategic Index Trader Associate or Vice President in the Commodity Indices team, you will price vanilla and exotic structures on indices, manage daily risk for the Commodity Index book, and participate in strategic initiatives to improve business architecture. You will work closely with traders, operations, and infrastructure groups to support a one team approach, and help develop automated tools to enhance the risk management platform. Your role will be central to delivering innovative solutions and driving business growth.

Job responsibilities

  • Price vanilla and exotic structures on indices.
  • Manage daily risk for the Commodity Index book (linear and non-linear).
  • Collaborate with operations and infrastructure groups to support a one team approach.
  • Participate in strategic initiatives to improve and evolve processes and business architecture.
  • Work closely with traders to develop automated tools and enhance the risk management platform.
     

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

  • Experience in pricing and risk management of linear and non-linear payoffs.
  • Extensive understanding of technical aspects of exotics risk management.
  • Good understanding of commodities market structure.
  • Clear communication skills and ability to collaborate, explain, and challenge as appropriate.
  • Strong problem-solving, control, and project management skills.
     

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

  • Experience in managing a risk book in commodities.
  • Bachelors degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, or a related field.
  • Familiarity with systematic strategies and index trading.
     

This role encompasses the performance of regulated activity. The successful candidate will therefore be subject to meeting regulatory requirements in the assessment of fitness, propriety, knowledge and competence (as assessed by the Firm) and (where appropriate) approval by the relevant regulatory authorities to carry out such activities

Join our Strategic Index team as a Commodities Trader, focusing on structuring, pricing, and managing risk for investible indices and systematic strategies.

Commodity Indices - Strategic Index Trader – Associate or Vice President

Compensation

Not specified

City: London

Country: United Kingdom

J.P. Morgan logo
Bulge Bracket Investment Banks

15 days ago

No clicks

at J.P. Morgan

ExperiencedNo visa sponsorship

**Strategic Index Trader – Associate or Vice President role in LONDON for Commodity Indices**. Partner with cross-functional teams to drive strategic initiatives in a non-proprietary trading environment. Price vanilla & exotic index structures, manage daily risk (linear & non-linear), and enhance risk management processes. Key skills: index trading, risk management, problem-solving, collaboration. Requires experience in pricing & risk management of linear/non-linear payoffs, commodities market understanding, and robust communication skills.

Full Job Description

Location: LONDON, LONDON, United Kingdom

Join our team to build your career in a culture that values innovation, creativity, and excellence. As a n Associate or Vice President Strategic Index Trader, you will help drive strategic initiatives, scale market execution, and enhance risk management processes. Youll collaborate with sales, structuring, and technology teams in a client-focused, non-proprietary trading environment. This is your opportunity to make a significant impact, develop your expertise, and grow your career in a dynamic and supportive team.

As a Strategic Index Trader Associate or Vice President in the Commodity Indices team, you will price vanilla and exotic structures on indices, manage daily risk for the Commodity Index book, and participate in strategic initiatives to improve business architecture. You will work closely with traders, operations, and infrastructure groups to support a one team approach, and help develop automated tools to enhance the risk management platform. Your role will be central to delivering innovative solutions and driving business growth.

Job responsibilities

  • Price vanilla and exotic structures on indices.
  • Manage daily risk for the Commodity Index book (linear and non-linear).
  • Collaborate with operations and infrastructure groups to support a one team approach.
  • Participate in strategic initiatives to improve and evolve processes and business architecture.
  • Work closely with traders to develop automated tools and enhance the risk management platform.
     

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

  • Experience in pricing and risk management of linear and non-linear payoffs.
  • Extensive understanding of technical aspects of exotics risk management.
  • Good understanding of commodities market structure.
  • Clear communication skills and ability to collaborate, explain, and challenge as appropriate.
  • Strong problem-solving, control, and project management skills.
     

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

  • Experience in managing a risk book in commodities.
  • Bachelors degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, or a related field.
  • Familiarity with systematic strategies and index trading.
     

This role encompasses the performance of regulated activity. The successful candidate will therefore be subject to meeting regulatory requirements in the assessment of fitness, propriety, knowledge and competence (as assessed by the Firm) and (where appropriate) approval by the relevant regulatory authorities to carry out such activities

Join our Strategic Index team as a Commodities Trader, focusing on structuring, pricing, and managing risk for investible indices and systematic strategies.