Marex Hiring for OTC Grains Sales Trader – Latam at Miami, FL Full Time

Marex is a diversified global financial services platform, providing essential liquidity, market access and infrastructure services to clients in the commodities, energy and financial markets.

The Group provides comprehensive coverage across five core services: Market Making, Execution & Clearing, Hedging & Investment Solutions, Price Discovery and Data & Advisory. It has a leading franchise in many major metals, energy and agricultural products, executing around 38 million trades and clearing over 193 million contracts in 2021. The Group provides access to the world’s major commodity markets, covering a broad range of clients that include some of the largest commodity producers, consumers and traders. Marex maintains a strong balance sheet with prudent capital and liquidity positions and has an investment grade credit rating.

Marex was established in 2005 but through its subsidiaries can trace its roots in the commodity markets back almost 100 years. Headquartered in London with 29 offices worldwide, the Group has over 1,600 employees across Europe, Asia and the Americas.

For more information visit www.marex.com (http://www.marex.com/)

Purpose of Role:

An experienced, strategic, diligent, ambitious, and proactive individual, responsible for a portfolio of Grains products in Latam. Senior/Intermediate level position with the ability to work autonomously, and also as part of a team and directly engage with clients. Commercial ability to maintain good relationship with clients and find new ones to bring flow and increase Marex book in the region.

Department:

Marex has unique access across markets with significant share globally both on and off exchange. The depth of knowledge amongst its teams and divisions provides its customers with clear advantage, and its technology-led service provides access to all major exchanges, order-flow management via screen, voice and DMA, plus award-winning data, insights and analytics.

The Marex Spectron USA OTC Latam department is one the most dynamic regions for our firm, and this role will be responsible for developing the OTC risk management service on Latam, both on grains and FX, out of the newly established Miami office.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the marketing of Grains risk management solutions to large and mid-cap corporate clients throughout Latam (excluding Brazil/Paraguay/Argentina).
• Provide exotic and vanilla risk management hedging solutions to the Grains market (soybean, soybean meal, soybean oil, corn, palm oil, wheat, etc).
• Manage Marex Spectron market risk for OTC grains product set within group risk appetite and defined risk limits whilst generating positive returns
• Working efficiently and supporting with making efficiencies, including but not limited to collaborating with data, research and analytics colleagues to identify opportunities for hedging strategies and clients
• Collaborate with sales/broking functions to originate hedging solutions and structured transactions, with a cross product selling mind set
• Responsible for assisting with the onboarding of any new client relationships and maintaining of existing client relationships, assisting with support processes as required by colleagues, and engaging and updating clients.
• Working efficiently and supporting with making efficiencies e.g. assisting in the preparation of any new required frameworks.
• Collaboration with central operations functions which support the trading role including but not limited to Operations and Technology.
• Strategizing to increase P&L, requiring analysis of markets and products.
• Ensuring compliance with the company’s regulatory requirements under the SEC, FINRA, NFA, CFTC and other applicable exchanges.
• Adhere to the operational risk framework for your role ensuring that all regulatory or company determined parameters are complied with.
• Role model for demonstrating highest level standards of integrity and conduct and reflecting Company Values
• At all times complying with Marex’s Code of Conduc
• Carrying out regulatory activities under the appropriate trading book
• Liaising with clients in US and Latam; clients include consumers, producers, merchants and trading houses.
• To ensure that you are fully aware of and adhere to internal policies that relate to you, your role or any other activities for which you have any level of responsibility
• To any breaches of policy to Compliance and/ or your supervisor as required
• To escalate risk events immediately
• To provide input to risk management processes, as required.

The Company may require you to carry out other duties from time to time

Skills & Experience Required:

Competencies

• Excellent verbal written and communication skills
• A collaborative team player, that is approachable, self-efficient and influences a positive work environment
• Demonstrates curiosity
• Ability to take a high level of responsibility
• Excels at building relationships, networking and influencing others
• Strong, entrepreneurial mindset
• Resilient in a challenging, fast-paced environment
• Strategic collaborator with insight and agility, able to anticipate future challenges, ensuring operational effectiveness

Skills and Experience

• 3+ years’ experience in trading in corporate derivative sales for the Grains market
• Strong knowledge of commodity derivatives (OTC and listed) including futures, options, swaps, and structured products as well as an understanding of the Grains (counterparty credit knowledge would be advantageous)
• Transferable relationships with large and mid-size corporate clients
• 10-25% Traveling required
• Fluent in English and Spanish required
• Proactive mindset in keeping up to date with market research and incorporating into role efficiently
• Analytical skills, identifying opportunities and risks in a quick and decisive manner
• Comprehensive knowledge of the financial service markets and relevant regulatory requirements
• Experience working in a regulated environment and knowledge of the risk and compliance requirements associated with this
• Experience in operating on electronic market making infrastructure
• Experience in risk managing of derivatives portfolios

Marex is fully committed to the elimination of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the differences that a diverse workforce brings to the company.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by the law.

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