Junior Ethanol Broker Opportunity
At SCB, we’re looking for ambitious team members with a passion for the environmental products markets. You’ll find us ready to help you go further, challenging you with our curiosity and agility while rewarding you with career-enhancing benefits derived from our connections and integrity.
Our ideal candidate is confident in themselves, can build relationships easily and interact well under pressure.
ABOUT SCB
SCB is a global low carbon commodity firm whose mission is to promote the adoption of a low carbon future. As market professionals, we promote the adoption of low carbon alternatives by reducing the frictional cost of low carbon practices. Working with our clients and partners, we create markets, develop hedging tools and provide price transparency.
WHY WORK FOR SCB
The opportunities are as broad as your career goals.
In addition, we always strive to accommodate our employee’s needs. Yes, we never stop until we accomplish our mission, but along the way, we provide our employees with great benefits. To learn more about our benefits and our work at SCB, visit starcb.com/careers/working-at-scb.
THE POSITION
The successful candidate will support brokers on the ethanol desk and help expand the desk by identifying prospective clients.
Additional responsibilities include:
- Working with clients, market participants and brokers and executing trades on behalf of clients via phone or computer
- Working with and supporting brokers with daily activities including preparation of daily market reports
- Monitoring and analysing market performance and trends and communicating it to customers to disclose relevant market information
- Identifying potential clients via research and cold-calling
- Assisting brokers with trade entry
SKILLS & COMPETENCIES
The ideal candidate for this role will be creative and personable with strong communication skills allowing him/her to build strong business relationships with different types of market participants.
Additional skills and competencies which will be of great benefit for this position:
- Strong analytical skills
- Ability to effectively communicate complex market information, trading themes and data in an accurate and professional manner
- Proficient in Microsoft office suite with a strong working knowledge of Excel
- Fluent in business English
- Motivated self-starter with an entrepreneurial spirit
- Excellent time management skills and ability to prioritise workflow
- Team player, who works well within a group environment
- Strong interpersonal communication and presentation skills
QUALIFICATIONS and experiences
- Degree in Finance, Mathematics or Business, or equivalent work experience in the derivatives space
- At least a couple of years’ experiences working in a brokering or sales trading environment
- Instrument knowledge or the understanding f futures and options will be an advantage
- Experience in one of the following markets:
- Ethanol
- Gasoline
- DDG
- Corn
SCB provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, or any other personal characteristic.