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Senior Crude Oil Trader

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* The purpose of this position is to trade 3rd party crudes. This position takes on significant trading risk as there is no organizational base asset involved. The trader must utilize his/her cognitive abilities to identify and create trading opportunities.
* The trader must be able to utilize financial instruments to manage and optimize inherent trading risks.
* This position requires an entrepreneurial skill as the trader creates his/her own opportunities by foreseeing and forecasting market trends.
* This particular Sr. Crude Oil Trader role will focus on USGC, Cushing and Atlantic Basin crude trading.
* The areas of focus for this role are North Sea, USGC, Mediterranean, African, Russian and Cushing.
* The Crude Oil Trader will utilize his/her expertise in these markets to create value through identifying arbitrage opportunities, blending opportunities and trading.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

* Generate 3rd party trading profits without the benefit of base assets.
* Identify trading opportunities and execute plans to create value for the Corporation.
* The trader takes on significant trading risk. The trader must be able to manage this risk and generate profits for the Corporation.
* Will be responsible for trading Atlantic Basin Crudes such as North Sea, USGC, West African and Mediterranean Crudes.
* Must have a strong knowledge of the Cushing market.
* Will be responsible for communicating market intelligence to other members of the Crude Oil trading Team.
* Will be responsible for sharing market information flow to benefit the Corporation’s equity assets.
* The trader will be expected to generate more than $10 M US in profits through trading activities.
* The position will have $2.0 M US in VaR and a stop loss of $2.0 M US.
* The trader will be responsible for managing and creating value from strategic storage positions in key North American trading hubs.
* A 3rd party trader must be an ambassador for the Corporation as they have significant relationships with external counterparties. These counterparties are important for both our equity trading so maintaining relationships is an important part of this role.

DECISION MAKING

* Trader will have direct influence over key trading decisions in the USGC and Cushing.
* The incumbent works with little direction over his/her trading activities.
* The trader is required to trade within guidelines and procedures outlined by the Corporation.
* Must be able to absorb market information and develop market calls.
* Must be able to execute market calls.
* Will be expected to develop long term trading strategies and create value for the Corporation through trading profits and market information.

PROBLEM SOLVING:

* This position requires significant problem solving skills including linking market information to understand crude oil markets. This includes a broad understanding of how macro and micro economics impacts crude oil pricing.
* The trader has to have an understanding of products markets, pipelines, financial markets, currency, supply/demand, refinery operations, risk management, other commodities (gold, silver, etc) and relevant economic data (job reports, interest rates etc).
* This position requires a high level of risk tolerance as the trader must be able to execute market calls and live with those market calls.

Working Conditions:

* The Crude Oil Trading Position works in an open concept area.
* This position spends a lot of time sitting at a desk monitoring market data.
* This is a high stress job as they have to take trading positions that are high risk as they are to generate profits without the aid of base assets.
* There is frequent business travel with this position as many of the customers, suppliers and refineries are located across North America.

REQUIREMENTS:·

* The incumbent must have extensive knowledge of international crude trading, in particular Atlantic Basin, Cushing and USGC.
* Must utilize his/her vast knowledge of trading to create value through arbitrage and blending activities.
* Significant knowledge of the Brent and WTI markets is essential for this job.
* Market knowledge of key customers, suppliers and refineries is essential for the success of this position.
* Knowledge of financial trading to manage risk and optimize physical positions.
* Utilize NYMEX and Brent futures and options.
* Highly developed analytical skills required to develop market calls and execute those market calls.
* A trader must have a strong mathematical background in order effectively trade physical and financial positions.
* Must have a minimum 10 years trading with some of that directly related to Brent and Cushing trading.

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Trading Applications Support Lead (Financial Trading Firm)

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Permanet job
Location: Chicago

Client is a well known financial trading firm. Very challenging and fast paced environment

In a nutshell the group is looking for someone to be the “go to" person for Trade Support Analysts working on the trade floor. Perl is the most commonly used scripting language so this person will have to mentor and handle some of the more sophisticated issues. Experience working with traders on the floor is a must.

If someone is a strong hands on Trade Support Analyst, who could leverage into this role that would be fine as well.

DESCRIPTION

Trading System Lead will be responsible for managing Front Office trading systems within the organization. The successful candidate will be working very closely with the traders and business team, and lead a small team of Trading System Administrators. This position leads the support and assurance initiatives for the current trading applications, while managing deployment tasks such as software installations, patch upgrades, code deployments, coordinating with development, infrastructure teams and external vendors.

Role and Responsibilities

• Responsible for the multiple silo based environments (including production) for core business applications across front office covering electronic trading, pricing and risk systems across multiple product groups
• Work with development team in regression testing functionality, stress test servers for capacity and performance.
• Contribute to the quality of the Execution service lines, by measuring, identifying and communicating about applications to at their early inception.
• Work with the business and lead analysis and project development.
• Work on tactical development, tools development for the traders and business.
• This position may be involved in functional analysis and documentation.
• Manage direct communication with Traders, Business managers and Development Leads.
• Escalate hot issues pro-actively and ensure all stakeholders are kept abreast of issues and development.

REQUIREMENTS

• Experience managing production & support on key financial markets systems, bug-fixing, development, code enhancement
• Prior experience supporting traders, trading desks is a must
• Solid knowledge of Trading Systems Applications, OMS, FIX engines.
• Proven experience of application support and administration
• 6-8 years UNIX/Linux, Perl, Python, Scripting, problem solving & support experience in a financial markets environment
• Experience of C++ is desirable
• Experience with testing methodologies and test tools desirable
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

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Natural Gas Trader - Northeast

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Koch Supply & Trading companies offer global coverage and world-class market knowledge in diverse commodities â€" both in their physical and paper form. These companies are backed by worldwide resources and Koch Resources, LLC's strong credit rating.

Koch Supply & Trading companies have a unique, analysis- and relationship-based foundation that has become their trademark in the global marketplace. From worldwide locations, the companies' traders, accounting professionals, market analysts, market and credit risk specialists, logistics specialists and information technology professionals connect with international markets.

To learn more, visit us at www.ksandt.com

Koch Supply & Trading companies www.ksandt.com conduct worldwide trading and risk management activities in crude oil, refined petroleum products, metals and other commodities. KS&T's businesses bring a disciplined, strategic approach to trading that emphasizes market analysis and centers on knowledge systems and customer relationships. From worldwide locations, the companies' traders, accounting professionals, market analysts, market and credit risk specialists, logistics specialists and information technology professionals connect with international markets. We are looking for an individual who is interested in being a part of a dynamic trading environment that offers fresh challenges each day, wants to be a part of a team, and enjoys working in a fast-paced environment.

Be a part of a ground floor opportunity for a growing natural gas trading team. This is a leadership role responsible for vision, business plan development, origination and optimization of asset positions and generation of financial basis trading strategies. Candidate should be comfortable developing a trading desk from the ground up with no existing asset positions. Candidate must be a self-starter with the ability to thrive in an environment with minimal management supervision. Candidate must have a strong understanding of market fundamentals and have proven analytical abilities and trading potential. Develop and maintain positive relationships with industry counter-parts to promote future business.

# Requirements A minimum of 5 years natural gas trading experience
# 2+ years natural gas trading experience in Northeast region
# Experience trading physical, futures, swaps, options, index and spreads
# Strong verbal and written communication skills
# Collaboration – must be able to work in a team environment
# Independent – ability to work on own
# Strong problem solving skills
# High motivation and intellectual curiosity, willing to put in the extra effort to get the job done
# Fundamental understanding of economic theory and principles
# Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business, Finance, Engineering or related field.

Preferred:
# Strong MS Office skills: Excel, Word, PowerPoint
# Ability to use market analytic tools
# Master’s degree in Business, Finance or Engineering.

Compensation/Benefits
Competitive wages and benefits packages commensurate with experience. For additional benefit information, go to www.kochcareers.com/default.asp?Section=Benefits .

We are an equal opportunity employer. M/F/D/V
Drug test are required, unless prohibited by state law

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