Senior Agricultural Derivatives Trader

Company Overview

Hartree Partners is a global energy and commodities firm, founded in 1997. The firm is headquartered in New York and maintains offices in many financial centers around the world including London, Singapore, and Dubai. Hartree Partners LP is owned by the company’s Managing Partners, senior staff, and Oaktree Capital.

Energy is always evolving. At Hartree Partners, we use our decades of experience in the physical and financial energy and commodities markets to explore the opportunities this evolution provides. We assist our customers in participating in new markets and navigating their complexities for maximum revenues at minimum risk.

We provide a wide range of services to a substantial and diversified customer base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and individuals.

Find out more about us by visiting our website at: http://www.hartreepartners.com/

Our values

We are DEEPLY ANALYTICAL, data driven, and methodical, research and application oriented, we seek to understand before we act.

We are ENTREPRENEURIAL, intellectually curious, and enterprising, our goal is to develop new methods and find new opportunities.

We are INNOVATIVE, creative, and cutting edge, we welcome opportunities to break new ground.

We are COLLABORATIVE, collegial and connected, our best work comes through the teams we have built.

We are ETHICAL, operating with respect and honoring commitments, we are dedicated to making ethical and sustainable business decisions that reflect our core value of integrity.

Job Summary

Hartree Partners is seeking a highly motivated and experienced agricultural derivatives trader to join our Geneva office. The successful candidate will report into the Head of Agricultural Trading and work as part of a growing global commodities platform.

The role will focus on proprietary trading across global agricultural markets, with particular emphasis on grains, oilseeds, vegetable oils and feed products. The candidate will leverage extensive market intelligence, physical flow insights and quantitative analysis to identify and execute trading opportunities across futures, options, spreads and freight markets.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Trading agricultural commodities derivatives across CME/CBOT, ICE, BMF and other global exchanges.
• Focus on outright, spreads, options, freight and cross-market arbitrage opportunities across grains, oilseeds and vegetable oils.
• Develop and execute proprietary trading strategies using fundamental Supply & Demand analysis, positioning data and physical market intelligence.
• Manage risk and portfolio exposure across.
• Analyse global agricultural markets including corn, soybean oil, canola oil, wheat, meal and related products.
• Contribute to the development of market views, analytics and trading frameworks across the broader agricultural platform.
• Support and mentor junior traders and analysts within the team environment.

Education/Experience

• Strong academic credentials with an outstanding track record of commercial performance over at least 10 years.
• Extensive experience trading agricultural commodities across futures, options and freight markets.
• Proven track record generating PnL across proprietary and commercial trading books.
• Strong understanding of global agricultural trade flows, fundamental analysis and risk management.
• Experience working in and strong understanding of different regional markets, specifically South America, North America and Europe.
• Experience managing complex portfolios across physical and financial markets.
• Demonstrated ability to identify and execute relative value and arbitrage opportunities across international agricultural markets.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey information clearly and succinctly.
• High proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and analytical tools.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a collaborative global team, with a strong focus on delivering results.
• Commitment to maintaining high levels of confidentiality and professionalism.
• English fluency required; Spanish proficiency strongly preferred.

What’s on offer

• A competitive compensation package.
• The opportunity for professional development in a supportive and dynamic work environment working directly with partners in the firm.