Compliance Officer - Commodities

McCann & Braham; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential Opportunity in New York seeks an experienced Compliance Officer to support North America trading and marketing activities at the intersection of physical commodities, financial markets and international regulation.

The role requires close interaction with traders, senior management and legal, risk and compliance teams, delivering practical guidance and ongoing training to ensure compliant commercial activity across the region.

Qualifications

• At least four years’ relevant experience in compliance, legal, regulatory risk or a related control function.
• Exposure to commodities, energy trading, financial markets or similar trading environment.
• Strong understanding of conduct risks in physical and financial commodity markets.
• Knowledge of sanctions and anti-bribery/corruption requirements for international trading businesses.
• Ability to interpret trading positions, exposures, and transaction flows.
• Experience advising traders and senior leaders on complex compliance matters.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent; legal qualification beneficial but not required.

Responsibilities

• Advise trading and commercial teams on market conduct, sanctions, anti-bribery and corruption, and other regulatory matters.
• Work with the business to understand trading strategies, market exposures, and transaction structures.
• Provide clear and practical guidance that enables compliant commercial activity.
• Build relationships with traders, senior management and control functions across North America and internationally.
• Help maintain and enhance regional compliance procedures, controls, and monitoring arrangements.
• Assess new activities, transactions and regulatory developments from a compliance perspective.
• Recognise potential issues early and coordinate with specialists for further review.
• Deliver engaging compliance training to trading teams, corporate functions and new employees.
• Contribute to market-conduct reviews and broader compliance initiatives.
• Support development of the regional compliance team and mentor a junior colleague.

Skills

Regulatory risk

Compliance advisory

Sanctions & AML

Stakeholder management

Training delivery

Trading awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Confidential Opportunity | New York, United States

A major international commodities group is looking to appoint an experienced Compliance Officer to its New York team. The position will provide compliance support to trading and marketing activities across North America, operating at the intersection of physical commodities, financial markets and complex international regulation.

This is a highly visible role requiring close interaction with traders, senior management and colleagues across legal, risk and compliance. The successful candidate will combine strong technical compliance knowledge with a genuine understanding of how commodity markets and trading businesses operate.

You will:

• Advise trading and commercial teams on market conduct, sanctions, anti-bribery and corruption, and other regulatory matters.
• Work closely with the business to understand commodity-trading strategies, market exposures and transaction structures.
• Provide clear and practical guidance that enables commercial activity to proceed within the organisation’s compliance framework.
• Build effective relationships with traders, senior management and control functions across North America and internationally.
• Help maintain and enhance regional compliance procedures, controls and monitoring arrangements.
• Assess new activities, transactions and emerging regulatory developments from a compliance perspective.
• Recognise potential issues at an early stage and coordinate with relevant specialists where further review is required.
• Deliver engaging compliance training to trading teams, corporate functions and new employees.
• Contribute to market-conduct reviews and broader compliance initiatives across the organisation.
• Support the continued development of the regional compliance team and provide guidance to a junior colleague.

Candidate Profile

We are interested in candidates who possess:

• At least four years’ relevant experience in compliance, legal, regulatory risk or a related control function.
• Preferably exposure to commodities, energy trading, financial markets or another sophisticated trading environment.
• A strong understanding of the conduct risks associated with physical and financial commodity markets.
• Knowledge of sanctions and anti-bribery and corruption requirements affecting international trading businesses.
• The ability to interpret trading positions, exposures, transaction flows and other relevant commercial information.
• Experience advising traders and senior business leaders on complex or sensitive compliance matters.
• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent; a legal qualification would be beneficial but is not required.

Personal Attributes

The successful individual will be:

• Commercially aware and genuinely interested in commodities and trading.
• Confident operating alongside traders and senior business stakeholders.
• Pragmatic and solutions-oriented, with the judgement to balance regulatory obligations and commercial objectives.
• Proactive, intellectually curious and comfortable taking ownership of matters.
• Able to manage several priorities within a demanding, fast-moving environment.
• An effective communicator capable of explaining complex requirements in clear, practical terms.
• Collaborative and skilled at building relationships across international teams.
• Comfortable determining when an issue can be handled locally and when wider escalation is appropriate.

Language

Fluent English is essential. Spanish or another relevant language would be advantageous.

The Opportunity

This is an excellent opportunity to join a leading global commodities organisation in a commercially engaged compliance position. The role offers broad exposure to physical and financial commodity trading, regular interaction with senior decision-makers and the chance to influence how compliance risk is managed across a significant North American business.