Structurer - Commodities Index, VP

TN United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution seeks a VP for Structurer - Commodities Index in London. This role focuses on developing systematic investment strategies and enhancing the commodity index platform's efficiency. Candidates should possess significant experience in commodity index development and a quantitative degree from a top-tier university.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in commodity index development is essential.
• Experience in structuring and executing complex index trades required.
• Highly driven, self-motivated, and a team player.

Responsibilities

• Develop commodity investment strategies and products, collaborating with various teams.
• Enhance robustness and efficiency of the index platform.
• Conduct backtesting and in-depth analysis of investment ideas.

Skills

Quantitative analysis

Analytical skills

Programming

Knowledge of commodity markets

Education

Quantitative / technical degree from a top-tier university

Job description

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Structurer - Commodities Index, VP, London

Client:

06500 Citigroup Global Markets Limited

Location:

London, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Reference:

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Posted:

21.05.2025

Expiry Date:

05.07.2025

Job Description:

Job Purpose:

The purpose of the job is to help build on the recent successes in the Citi Commodity index space, in order to make Citi a leading player in this space, through:

• developing cutting-edge systematic investment strategies, using Commodity futures and options as the building blocks, working with trading, sales, and structuring;
• proposing sophisticated analyses on existing and new indices to improve their marketability;
• improving the resilience of the platform through working with trading, IT, quants;
• helping to originate business through pitching the ideas to sales and potentially clients.

Job Background/context:

Commodity indices are a growing business at Citi, in a rapidly evolving market: sophisticated investors are increasingly interested in more complex risk premia-based approaches.

The resulting business opportunity is significant – but the need for increasingly sophisticated indices and analyses mean that our team is too lightly staffed to capture the opportunity.

Key Responsibilities:

• Development of commodity investment strategies and products, collaborating with sales, structuring, trading, research, IT and quantitative analysis
• Enhance robustness and efficiency of index platform, moving towards more automated processes and applying an industrial and scalable approach to the full product lifecycle.
• Backtesting and in-depth analysis of investment ideas proactively and in response to investor queries
• Work with various departments (legal, sales, trading, research, IT and quantitative analysis) to turn ideas into products which can be sold and traded

Knowledge/Experience:

• Significant experience in commodity index development is an absolute pre-requisite
• Experience of structuring and executing complex index trades

Skills:

• Highly quantitative and analytical individual
• In-depth programming skills and experience of using analysis tools for complex modelling
• Knowledge and understanding of commodity markets

Qualifications:

• Quantitative / technical degree from a top-tier university (maths, physics, computer science)
• Highly driven, self-motivated
• Team player
• Keen to develop best-in-class products and grow the index business

Candidates must be aware that this is a Certified Role, subject to the Certification Regime, which assesses fitness and propriety through interviews, disclosures, background checks, and ongoing declarations. By applying, you agree to these checks and acknowledge the role's nature.