Senior Proprietary Grains Trader

Enervest FZCO; Genf; Presencial; CHF 300.000 - 600.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Enervest FZCO in Switzerland seeks a Senior Proprietary Grains Trader focused on financial proprietary trading across global grains and oilseeds markets. The role emphasizes autonomy, managing futures, options, and OTC derivatives within risk parameters and excludes physical asset management.

The ideal candidate has a proven track record in discretionary trading at ABCD-grade houses, with strong Sharpe/Sortino metrics and a quantitative background.

Formación

• 7+ years of grains/oilseeds trading experience.
• Experience in ABCD or equivalent large international trading houses.
• Proven absolute-return track record with a strict risk discipline.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a quantitative field.

Responsabilidades

• Deploy strategies across global agricultural derivatives (CBOT, Matif) with high conviction.
• Translate physical insights into financial alpha by tracking cash markets and freight dynamics.
• Model macro and micro fundamentals and monitor weather impacts.
• Own portfolio construction, capital allocation, VaR, stress tests, and drawdown control.
• Expand a premier broker and analyst network to generate real-time market insights.

Conocimientos

7+ years trading experience

Proprietary trading background

Discretionary risk management

Educación

Bachelor's degree or higher in a quantitative field

Descripción del empleo

We are seeking an institutional-grade Senior Proprietary Grains Trader. This position is strictly focused on financial proprietary trading across global grains and oilseeds markets; there is no physical asset management, operational logistics, or commercial merchandising involved. The successful candidate will leverage deep fundamental knowledge gained from the ABCD trading houses and a proven track record of discretionary risk-taking to capture absolute return alpha. You will operate with a high degree of autonomy, managing financial futures, options, and OTC derivatives curves within established risk parameters.

Key Responsibilities

• Deploy Financial Capital Mandate: Formulate and independently execute high-conviction, directional, relative value, and cross-commodity spread strategies across global agricultural derivatives (e.g., CBOT, Matif).
• Translate Physical Insights into Financial Alpha: Utilize your deep understanding of global cash markets, freight dynamics, basis, and trade flows to anticipate dislocations in the futures curves ahead of the broader market.
• Macro & Micro Fundamental Modelling: Conduct along with our research team rigorous analysis of global balance sheets, regional supply/demand fundamentals, weather models, and macroeconomic factors impacting agricultural commodities.
• Portfolio & Risk Management: Own the end-to-end portfolio construction, managing capital allocation, daily Value-at-Risk (VaR), stress testing, and trailing drawdown limits.
• Market Intelligence Integration: Maintain and expand a premier institutional network of brokers, industry analysts, and commercial contacts to synthesize actionable real-time market insights.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Experience: Minimum of 7 years of successful trading experience within the grains and oilseeds space.
• Background: Must have foundational career experience working within large international trading houses (ABCDs or equivalents) managing cash books, coupled with subsequent or concurrent proprietary trading experience at a major trading house or hedge fund.
• Proven Track Record: A verifiable, consistent history of generating absolute returns (PnL) with an institutional-grade Sharpe/Sortino ratio and strict risk-mitigation discipline.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree or higher in Agricultural Economics, Finance, Mathematics, Economics, or a related quantitative field.

Preferred Attributes

• Absolute risk‑management discipline with a proven history of managing capital through extreme commodity market volatility.
• Analytical capabilities with the ability to synthesize complex data points into cohesive, high-conviction trading opportunities.
• Strong professional reputation and impeccable compliance record.