Trading Assistant

People First (Recruitment) Ltd; City Of London; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking an Office Administrator in London. The role involves handling administrative tasks in the cocoa/sugar/coffee department, managing margin money, and performing monthly reconciliations. Candidates should be proficient in Excel, have effective time management skills, and be detail-oriented. This is a permanent, full-time position with a salary between £31,000 and £34,000.

Qualifications

• Experience with Excel and SAP is an advantage.
• Effective time management skills are essential.
• Strong numeracy and attention to detail required.

Responsibilities

• Handle administrative jobs for future operation.
• Manage margin money and perform monthly reconciliation.
• Send execution results and check trades.

Skills

Excel

SAP

Effective time and task management

Numeracy

Accuracy of numbers

Sense of responsibility

Motivated personality

Job description

Overview

Your New Salary: £31,000 - £34,000 + paid overtime
London, 5 days Office based
Permanent, Full-time

Working hours: Monday - Friday 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM with occasional overtime till 7:00 PM when covering future order execution (up to 20 hours). Required starting at 8:00 AM on Japanese bank holidays (finish at 4:00 PM in this case).

Responsibilities

• To handle administrative jobs for future operation in the cocoa/sugar/coffee department (Future market orders).
• To settle despatch/demurrage money for sugar to place future orders for cocoa/sugar/coffee.
• To handle margin money (daily morning task).
• To manage margin money and perform monthly reconciliation between broker's statements and SAP balance.
• To handle honey business shipments, related correspondence, payments, SAP entries, issuing invoices, and communication with suppliers/customers related to shipping.
• To send execution results and check trades on recap/statement.

Skills & Qualifications

• Excel, SAP (advantage).
• Effective time and task management.
• Numeracy.
• Accuracy of numbers.
• Sense of responsibility.
• Motivated personality.

Additional Information

Please follow us on LinkedIn: people-first-team-japan

CV submission: We would be grateful if you could send your CV as a Word document. If your application is successful, you will be contacted within 7 days. We regret that due to the high volume of applications we cannot provide feedback on individual CVs. Please note that we can only consider candidates who are eligible to work in the UK and are able to provide relevant supporting documentation.

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