The Role
Manage commodities trade operations across physical and derivative products, including trade validation, confirmations, affirmations, settlements, reconciliations, lifecycle events, exception monitoring, option processing, and counterparty onboarding. Support process improvements, new business initiatives, and technology applications while maintaining accurate positions, cash, and trade records.
Summary Generated by Built In
Position Overview:
Primary focus will be on Commodities within the Operations team, who are responsible for trade capture, trade confirmations, settlements, reconciliations and position life-cycle events within the firm.
- Manage all aspects of a growing physical and derivative Commodities business, including trade validation, maintenance, affirmation, settlement and reconciliation.
- Validate process and settle all periodic events to ensure the integrity of the entire trade life cycle.
- Perform position and cash reconciliations
- Perform trade affirmation in multiple systems (depending on asset type) with counterparties to minimize risk.
- Monitoring T+0 trade capture exceptions.
- Processing option assignments and expiries.
- Onboarding new trading counterparties and exchanges
Required Qualifications:
- 3+ years in Commodities middle-office / trade support experience covering trade processing, collateral, confirmations, settlements, cash, position and trade reconciliations.
- Demonstrate proficiency in all types of Commodities, including:
- Futures and Options on exchange (LME, CME, SHFE, SGX)
- Future lookalike (swaps) and other OTC products
- OTC products traded bilaterally with physical players
- Paper-like physical ownership such as Warrants, Pool Accounts, Carbon Certificates etc
- Physical ownership of Commodities (off-warrant)
- Demonstrate proficiency in all calculations used to support any products in your asset class coverage.
- Understand the importance of our team concept. Establish long-lasting organizational relationships that will foster a productive work environment.
- Demonstrate proficiency in written and oral communication skills.
- Working on system and process improvements, and new business initiatives.
- Understand the relevant technology and applications that are required to excel in the role.
Skills Required
- 3+ years of commodities middle-office or trade support experience
- Experience with trade processing, collateral, confirmations, settlements, cash, position, and trade reconciliations
- Proficiency with exchange-traded futures and options, including LME, CME, SHFE, and SGX products
- Proficiency with future lookalike swaps and other OTC products
- Experience with bilateral OTC products traded with physical counterparties
- Experience with paper-like physical ownership products, including warrants, pool accounts, and carbon certificates
- Experience with physical commodity ownership, including off-warrant products
- Proficiency in calculations supporting covered commodity products
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Ability to support system and process improvements and new business initiatives
- Understanding of relevant technology and applications used in commodities operations
- Ability to establish productive organizational relationships and work collaboratively
Squarepoint Capital Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Squarepoint Capital and has not been reviewed or approved by Squarepoint Capital.
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Healthcare Strength — Health, dental, and vision insurance are provided alongside FSA options, indicating a broad healthcare offering. Disability, life, and AD&D coverage are also cited as part of the package.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) program is offered, with multiple mentions of a company match. Long‑term financial protections such as life and disability insurance complement the retirement plan.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous PTO, paid sick days, and paid volunteer time are included. Parental leave is described as generous.
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The Company
What We Do
Squarepoint Capital is a leading global investment management firm that develops quantitative investment strategies to achieve high quality returns for our clients. We are a data and technology driven firm who specialize in developing automated trading systems that execute across global financial markets.
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