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This sector is the category for commodities jobs and careers.

The commodities sector on eFinancialCareers offers jobs from both investment banks and commodities trading houses.

The over-arching term 'commodities' comprises a wide range of different tradable products. Broadly, these include coal and freight; metals and steel; agricultural or 'soft' commodities; gas and power; renewable energy and emissions; and crude oil and petroleum products.

Commodities houses often also produce, store or distribute the products themselves, which means they also employ a whole range of people in non-financial roles. However, here we only look at the financial jobs related to their trading activities, such as commodities broker jobs.

The focus of the commodities trading houses is to deal in the raw materials. Investment banks, meanwhile, largely create and trade commodity derivative products. Derivative products, such as over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives or commodity futures, are an important way for farming cooperatives and other producers to protect against a poor year or negative price fluctuations and for investment banking clients to hedge against their exposures.

Despite these disparities, jobs in commodities generally fall into the following categories:

Trading: Commodities traders will have a particular area of expertise, usually falling into one of the product types above. Their role is to manage a trading portfolio on behalf of either their company or client, through the buying and selling of either raw commodities or commodity derivatives. They will also perform regular market analysis and research to inform their trading decisions and be expected to take both a long-term and short-term view of the market. Traders working with the physical products also have to consider issues such as shipping, storage and stock levels as well as how pricing exposure is managed using derivative products.

Sales: It's largely investment banks who recruit sales staff. A sales job in commodities is largely about developing relationships with clients. These can be commodities producers, who want to use derivative products to manage their price exposure, or simply consumers. Commodities sales staff need good analytical skills to keep up with the latest movements in the commodities markets and their implications in order to explain the rationale for trading decisions and strategies to clients. Commodities salespeople will develop pitches, write reports and compile presentations for clients.

Structuring: This role involves a high degree of statistical analysis and is a highly quantitative job. For a junior role, most banks will only recruit people with a Masters degree in a highly mathematical subject, usually physics or quantitative analytics. As the name suggests a structuring job involves creating commodities structured products to offer clients, as well as performing statistical analysis to track their performance. Examples of these products include commodity-linked notes or baskets of commodities. Depending on the organisation, structuring roles can also comprise creating bespoke solutions to a client's (usually a corporate) commodities hedging needs.

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2 x Commodities Front Office Consultants - Energy Trading & Risk Management Firm - £55-£65K + 20-30% bonus Bramwith Consulting £55-£65K + 20-30% bonus UK-London 24 May 13

2 x Commodities Front Office Consultants - Energy Trading & Risk Management Firm - £55-£65K + 20-30% bonus

Head of UK Energy Sales, London Selby Jennings Market Competitive UK-London 24 May 13

A leading financial exchange platform firm is looking for a highly driven energy candidate to lead and manage ...

Soybean Oil & Olive Oil Trader, London Selby Jennings Market Competitive UK-London 24 May 13

Our client, a start up commodity fund, requires an experienced commodity trading professional to work on their...

Quantitative Analyst Hedge Fund London £70K Durlston Partners £50,000 - £70,000 + c100% Bonuses UK-London 24 May 13

A team of macro traders developing several systematic approaches to the market is looking to add a motivated i...

Market Risk Manager - Structured Commodities Greenwich Atlantic Associates Competitive UK-London 24 May 13

My client, a global commodities house, are looking for a risk manager to play a key role in establishing and ...

Securities: FICC, Commodities Strats, Analyst/Associate Goldman Sachs International Competitive UK-London 24 May 13

Goldman Sachs' Strats business unit is a world leader in developing quantitative and technological techniques ...

Commodity Brokers (Energy, Iron Ore, Freight) & Physical Commodity Traders (Coffee, Wheat, Corn) City Wharf Financial Recruitment Highly Competitive UK-London 24 May 13

Global Commodity player within the physical Trading and Broking business is keen to develop their business in ...

Metals & Mining M&A Associate 1 / 2 / 3 for Tier 1 European Investment Bank Walker Hamill £65,000 to £95,000 plus Bonus UK-London 24 May 13

Our Our client is a Tier 1 European Investment Bank who is looking to hire an Associate 1, 2 or 3 into their L...

Gas Product Controller Marlin Selection Competitive UK-London 24 May 13

A top tier commodity trading house is looking for a Gas Product Controller for their office in London.

Softs Derivatives Structurer Goodman Masson £50,000 - £70,000 UK-London 24 May 13

London trading house need Softs derivatives structurer

Financial Analyst TheMcGraw-HillCompanies Not Specified UK-London 24 May 13

Platts, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, is a leading global provider of energy and metals informatio...

Channel Account Manager TheMcGraw-HillCompanies Not Specified UK-London 24 May 13

Platts, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, is a leading global provider of energy and metals informatio...

Conference Producer, Platts - EMEA TheMcGraw-HillCompanies Not Specified UK-London 24 May 13

Conference Producer – Platts, EMEA Platts is a leading global provider of energy, petrochemicals, metals and...

C# Developer (WPF / FX / Commodities) Societe Generale Competitive UK-London 24 May 13

C# Developer (WPF / Silverlight / Commodities) required by Societe Generale to develop for the Commodities dep...

European Petrochemicals Sales/Origination Macquarie Bank Competitive UK-London 24 May 13

The role is located within Energy Markets Division, specialising in the support of the Managing Director and B...

European Power Scheduler Marlin Selection Competitive UK-London 24 May 13

My client is one of the world''s leading power trading firms. They are looking to hire a Power Scheduler to wo...

Energy Product Control Manager Marlin Selection Competitive UK-London 24 May 13

My client is a world renowned commodity trading house and they are looking for an Energy Product Control Manag...

Power and Gas Contracts Co-ordinator Marlin Selection Competitive UK-London 24 May 13

My client is looking for a power and gas contracts coordinator to work in their London office.

Fuel Rick Marketer Goodman Masson £70,000 - £90,000 UK-London 24 May 13

Are you looking to join a fast growing energy business? Are you motivated by contacting clients creating custo...

Jr Global Gas Product Controller Cosmo Trade Resources S.A. Competitive UK-London 24 May 13

For an Intl Trading Co we are looking for a Jr Global Gas Product Controller - based in London or Geneva

Risk Analyst, Front Office, Energy Trading, London Connect Resourcing Competitive + Benefits + Discretionary B... UK-London 23 May 13

An industry leading Commodity Trading House is looking to recruit a Risk Analyst to join it''s front office fo...

Senior Risk & Quality Manager TFPL None specified UK-London 23 May 13

A well known and highly successful professional services firm are looking to strengthen their Risk and Quality...

Associate - Italy Sales ETF Securities Competitive + bonus + benefits UK-London 23 May 13

ETF Securities is looking for a confident and self-motivated associate to join its Italian sales team. This is...

Project PMO - Product Control HB Ingram Mayet £££Excellent daily rate UK-London 23 May 13

Looking for an experienced Project PMO with knowledge of the front to back Deal Life cycle, the role of Produc...

Commodities Quantitative Strategist (PhD/Systematic/Index) Anson McCade Competitive Market Rate UK-London 23 May 13

A leading Investment Bank is looking for a Desk Quant/Strategist to join the Commodity Index Strats team.

Project Manager - Power / Gas / Emissions Earth Stream £60k - £80k UK-London 22 May 13

Our Client - Global Professional Services Company based in London requires experienced Commodities Trading Pro...

Commodities Client Services Associate Marlin Selection Competitive UK-London 22 May 13

My client is a leading financial services firm. Due to expansion of the commodities business they are looking ...

Associate/AVP Corporate Credit Analyst Eames Consulting Risk £50-65k + bonus + benefits UK-London 22 May 13

Top-tier investment house is looking for an Associate/AVP Corporate Credit Analyst to cover Consumer, Retail...

Informatica Developer – ILM InterQuest Financial Markets £500p/d Contract UK-North West 22 May 13

Informatica Developer; Our client a market leader across financial services currently requires an Informatica ...

Indirect Tax Adviser, Global businesses (Trading) Shell Competitive UK-London 22 May 13

We are looking to recruit a highly-motivated Indirect Tax Adviser to join our Global Indirect Tax organisation...

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