Futures/OTC Broker

Job Title: Corporate Hedging Futures Broker (Agricultural, Soft Commodities, Livestock)
Salary: Dependant on Book Size
Contract type: Permanent
Location: Kansas City (or Chicago) USA

Imperium Commodity Search is proud to be working closely with a global commodity brokerage looking to grow their corporate futures and OTC business on their grains/agricultural desk. Our client has continued its strong growth and investment in their corporate clearing and execution business over the last 5 years and is looking to grow their desk further through the addition of execution / clearing brokers with relationships on corporate agricultural futures or OTC hedging products.

Our client offers a strong draw over base with an unrivalled ability to cross-sell products across many asset classes including Foreign Exchange, Global Payments, LME, Interest Rates and Financial products. This opportunity suits a broker with a strong network and book of business (in excess of 500,000USD annual revenues) across soft and agricultural markets (grain, oilseeds, livestock, cattle, dairy etc.) who is looking for additional ways to increase their revenue and personal compensation through up-selling and cross selling alternative products and services to compliment their existing book across corporate clearing and/or execution business.

Benefits:

• Work with a leading global brokerage with a growing international presence across a variety of commodity asset classes
• Long standing staff and management, an environment that encourages longevity, growth and reward
• A globally diverse business with a history of investment in new product lines
• Market leading management team, working with some of the top names in the corporate clearing and execution space
• First class exchange access and the ability to cross-sell products

Responsibilities:

• Execution services to corporate clients (trading houses, producers, end users, storage/distributors, back to back traders etc) across agricultural / soft commodity products (livestock, cattle, grain, wheat, corn, soybean, rice, barley etc)
• Work with the team to transition your client base into the firm, looking at ways to increase the book’s revenue and service offering through the firms risk management and futures execution/clearing services
• Utilise the firms extensive service offering across risk management tools and services to up/cross-sell products to increase the revenue/commissions on the execution/clearing book
• Work closely with senior management on your specific product segment and where there is scope for growth/services with agricultural clients
• Develop relationships with new and existing clients to sell the firms execution and clearing services for their niche sector, offering best in class risk management solutions and futures execution / clearing services
• Manage a book of corporate futures clients on listed / exchange traded futures and options as well as OTC execution services within the agricultural / soft commodity space (grain, wheat, soybean, corn, rice, barley, etc)

Experience:

• Experience within a clearing/execution brokerage or similar banking environment
• A personal book of clearing and execution business in the grains / agricultural space
• Listed / OTC execution experience across voice and electronic platforms
• Strong ability to build and maintain relationships with corporate clients in the agricultural corporate futures space
• Excellent understanding of futures/options both listed and OTC as well as risk management principles and advisory services
• Strong relationships within the sector

Clearing Business:

If you personally manage a book of clearing business and are looking for a change, or interested in a firm that can offer more services, thus increasing your earning potential/ability to draw revenue, we are happy to have a confidential discussion about your position. We will never make an introduction without permission and all conversations are confidential.

Execution Business:

If you have a book of execution business in the corporate client space, and work in a small team that is open to a new opportunity to draw on more services/revenue lines, then we can have a confidential discussion about this opportunity and whether it may fit/offer a mutual benefit for your business. We understand the sensitivity required around team moves and all communication is confidential.

If you meet the above criteria, please send your CV/Cover Letter to Mark Taylor at mark.taylor@imperiumcs.com or use the apply button