Global Commodities – Refined Products Oil Trader – Vice President or Executive Director
As a Vice President or Executive Director on the Global Oil Trading team, you will be responsible for driving performance via appropriate use of VAR around flows, capitalizing client flow through sales desk and market flow via brokers, ensuring client value monetization. You will play a crucial role in oil fundamental analytics within oil complex and contribute significantly to revenue maximization.
Job responsibilities
- Drive performance via risk taking around client and broker market flows
- Manage accurately and competitively price client transactions and efficiently hedge to maximize franchise revenue.
- Work alongside sales colleagues to engage clients, providing market color and derivative hedging strategies.
- Develop trading ideas based on educated views incorporating fundamental and technical analysis.
- Assist risk managing trading books that include non-linear risk.
- Appropriately size and risk manage positions to create profitable trading strategies based on franchise flow.
- Perform daily desk functions, including marking forward curves, providing market commentary and hedging secondary trading book exposure (FX/interest rates/etc.)
Required Qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Demonstrated track record of disciplined risk-taking performance in commodities markets
- Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, or a related discipline
- Strong understanding of oil and refined product fundamentals and key market drivers
- Ability to assess, explain, and manage risk across positions and market events
- Ability to stay client-focused while operating effectively under competitive market pressure
- Proven ability to operate in a dynamic, fast-paced, and collaborative trading environment
- Strong controls mindset with commitment to robust risk and conduct standards
- Strong programming capability in Python, SQL, and/or another relevant language
Preferred Qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Demonstrable experience interacting with major institutional / corporate commodity clients.
- Option and/or systematic risk taking experience a plus
This role encompasses the performance of UK regulated activity. The successful candidate will therefore be subject to meeting UK regulatory requirements in the assessment of fitness, propriety, knowledge and competence (as assessed by the Firm) and (where appropriate) approval by the UK Financial Conduct Authority and/or the Prudential Regulation Authority to carry out such activities.
About UsJ.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world’s most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.Skills Required
- Demonstrated track record of disciplined risk-taking performance in commodities markets
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, or a related discipline
- Strong understanding of oil and refined product fundamentals and key market drivers
- Ability to assess, explain, and manage risk across positions and market events
- Ability to remain client-focused in competitive market conditions
- Ability to operate effectively in a dynamic, fast-paced, collaborative trading environment
- Strong controls mindset and commitment to robust risk and conduct standards
- Strong programming capability in Python, SQL, or another relevant language
- Experience interacting with major institutional or corporate commodity clients
- Option and/or systematic risk-taking experience
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, vision, and mental-health coverage are broad, with wellness incentives, on-site or virtual care, and an EAP offering coaching and counseling. Plan materials emphasize accessible options, including multiple medical choices and tools to manage costs.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave extends up to 16 weeks for all parents, supplemented by paid Critical Caregiver Leave. Family resources include backup childcare via Bright Horizons, lactation support and milk-shipping, family-building assistance, and even a free five-month SNOO rental for newborns.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a 401(k) with an annual company match and automatic pay credits for most employees, with a legacy pension available to earlier hires. An Employee Stock Purchase Plan at a 5% discount further supports long-term savings.
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