Commodity Broker/Risk Management Advisor

Imperium Commodity Search; Iowa (LA); Remote; USD 100,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading commodity brokerage firm in the United States is seeking an experienced Futures/Derivatives Hedging Broker/Advisor. The role involves growing the Softs & Ags desk through business development and offering hedging advisory services to agricultural clients. Ideal candidates will have experience in commodity markets and exceptional communication skills. This is a unique opportunity to work with a rapidly growing team focused on risk management in agriculture. A strong understanding of soft commodities is crucial.

Qualifications

• Experience in agricultural hedging and advisory.
• Strong knowledge of soft commodity markets like cocoa, coffee, and grains.
• Desire to contribute to a growth-focused team.

Responsibilities

• Grow the Softs & Ags desk through business development.
• Manage hedging requirements in futures and options.
• Provide consultative hedging and execution support to clients.
• Stay updated on market movements in the agriculture sector.
• Collaborate with senior management on growth strategies.
• Distribute market commentary and advisory to clients.

Skills

Customer focus

Market understanding in soft commodities

Relationship building

Exceptional communication

Ability to travel

Job description

Title: Agricultural, Soft Commodity &/or Ingredients Futures/Derivatives Hedging Broker/Advisor/Consultant

Salary: 100-200,000USD (draw) + Commissions

Commodity hedging brokerage used to be boots on the ground, customers round for dinner and qualitative advice; not just flow. Our well-financed and multi-billion dollar client is investing in a growing commodities and securities division to bring this back at a scale not often seen in the IB (Introducing Broker) sector of the market. Focused on advisory risk management services and real hedging practices, the ability to retain and grow business across the agricultural space is here in droves.

To facilitate the rebirth of brokerage as it should be, Imperium Commodity Search is exclusively retained to introduce the best in the soft commodity and ingredient hedging business to this rapidly growing entrant, with multiple clearing relationships and unrivaled geographical scope. This is a rare opportunity to combine old-school hedging brokerage with the scope and scale of some FCM/IDB's. If you are an experienced hedging advisor, broker or risk management specialist, dealing with US-based clients, and wanting to plug a very real gap in the market, we want to speak to you.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for growing the Softs & Ags desk through networked business development, hedging advisory and execution brokerage sales with quality-driven interactions across farmers, ranchers, producers and processors in the ingredients, soft commodity or agricultural markets (for example; cattle, lean hogs, grain, corn, wheat, soybean, coffee, cocoa, sugar, ingredients)
• Manage voice execution and hedging requirements in futures & options derivatives on the CME, ICE and EEX (per relevant market Softs, Agri, Ingredients etc.)
• Provide a consultative approach to client hedging and futures execution requirements, working with corporate clients in the agriculture space (livestock, grains and crops, logistics, end users, producers etc.)
• Keep up to date on market movements in the agriculture space within your niche (cocoa, coffee, dairy, grains, fertiliser, livestock, nuts, palm oil, pulses, sugar etc.) and distribute relevant advisory services and hedging execution off the back of this to your client base
• Work with senior management on overall desk growth, market penetration and service development, across geographies, markets and asset classes across the soft commodity and agricultural brokerage markets
• Produce and distribute commentary to corporate clients within the asset class where required, and provide soft hedging advisory and risk management expertise whilst retaining and attracting a client base with traditional, relationship based business development and service levels

We would love to speak to you if you have

• Experience working in a customer focused, foods/ingredients/soft commodity/agricultural hedging and advisory business
• Good understanding of a relevant commodity market within the softs and agri space (cocoa, coffee, sugar, corn, wheat, soybean, pulses, livestock, cattle, lean hogs, dairy, edible oils, oilseeds etc.)
• A desire to be part of an ongoing and aggresive growth plan with a team of professionals with a diverse experience space (from banks, brokerages, in-house risk etc.)
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to build relationships with clients in production, farming, processing and ranching across the soft commodity markets
• The ability to travel, meet and engage with like-minded clients across the United States

The hedging brokerage markets are small, and confidentiality is important and thus guaranteed. If you have a resumé, great, please apply below. If you don't have one put together but feel this could be an exciting opportunity for you, that's no problem. Reach out to any of the managing team (Mark Taylor, Jonathan Margrave or Zuzana Zvolenska) on this project by LinkedIn message, or by email at [e-mail]

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