Practice Specialist, Commodity Trading
McKinsey & Company
Practice Specialist, Commodity Trading
Job ID: 90581
Specialists have a strong base of expertise in a function, industry or technical area. They are staffed on engagements (largely in full time roles) and are expected to leverage expertise to solve some of the most pressing and complex issues at clients.
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What You'll Do
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree with 4+ years’ work experience at a physical commodity trader or graduate degree with 2+ years of work experience in physical commodity trading
- 2+ years of commodity markets experience developing trading or hedging strategies (especially physical/cash markets) or price-discovery analysis in oil & gas, power markets, agriculture, or nonferrous metals preferred
- Strong base of expertise in a commodity trading and strong trajectory of building on and expanding that base
- Understanding how price discovery occurs, price convergence of futures to physical, drivers of term structure (e.g., backwardation, contango), and typical physical contract terms for the commodities of your expertise
- Understanding of typical front, middle, and back-office processes at a physical commodity processor/trader and interfaces with corporate functions (e.g., internal audit, accounting, treasury, FP&A) preferred
- Solid problem solving skills, including the ability to disaggregate issues, develop hypotheses and actionable recommendations from data and analysis (focused on physical commodities).
- Ease in approaching issues from a top management view and discussing them in the overall context of a business
- Ability to absorb rapidly and grapple with a wide range of complex business issues (in area of expertise)
- Effective communicator and presenter, able to facilitate small meetings. Ability to explain nuances of commodity markets, price risk, and trading workflows (e.g., risk implications of contracts with different incoterms) to people from other fields
- Comfortable performing back-of-the-envelope calculations to estimate and pressure-test common risk metrics (e.g., VaR, drawdown, volumetric positions) for common trading strategies preferred)
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Additionally, we provide a comprehensive benefits package that reflects our commitment to the wellness of our colleagues and their families. This includes medical, mental health, dental and vision coverage, telemedicine services, life, accident and disability insurance, parental leave and family planning benefits, caregiving resources, a generous retirement contributions program, financial guidance, and paid time off.
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Posted to LinkedIn Date - Fri Aug 09 00:00:00 GMT 2024
LinkedIn Posting City - Houston
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LinkedIn Job Title - Practice Specialist, Commodity Trading
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