Vice President, Agricultural Commodities Trading – Soft Commodities

Overview

BMO Capital Markets is a leading, full‑service financial services provider offering corporate and investment banking, treasury management, and research and advisory services worldwide. We have a unique opportunity for a Vice President to help launch the Agricultural Commodities business in North America, focusing on soft commodities. The role requires market knowledge to price, execute, and manage derivatives and financing transactions for BMO’s corporate and investor client base, while actively managing risk, identifying efficiencies and driving positive change within the unit.

• Use financial and fundamental analysis to communicate with Commodities Sales and clients, facilitating deals.
• Develop marketing ideas and help initiate transactions through effective data presentation.
• Understand and utilize all software systems for trading and pricing transactions.
• Develop, maintain, and expand fundamental models.
• Actively manage non‑linear and linear risk for the trading book.
• Provide fundamental insight and work as part of BMO’s Global team.

• Minimum 5 years managing an active book of Agricultural Commodity Derivatives, focused on soft commodities.
• Minimum 5 years structuring and managing inventory financing transactions, including deliverable and non‑deliverable products.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, including listening, understanding, and responding to inquiries.
• Expertise in financial applications such as MS Excel, VBA, and Bloomberg; strong proficiency in other Microsoft Office products.
• Ability to exercise independent thought and judgment under limited supervision and adapt to new tasks with little notice.
• Creative, insightful, and eager to learn.
• Experience developing North American and/or Global supply/demand models across different Agricultural Commodity markets.
• Collaborated with Engineering team to design pricing and risk management tools.
• Experience in livestock or dairy is a plus.

• Strong knowledge of soft commodities and Agricultural markets – both financial and physical.
• Thorough knowledge of derivatives, including options.
• Understanding of banking and risk concepts as well as derivative regulations.
• Current awareness of existing and emerging industry trends worldwide.
• Relevant experience and passion for working in a market‑making, direct client‑facing role.

• Strong partnership within the Commodities Team to share market information and solve problems.
• Act as subject‑matter expert in soft commodities to support platform build‑out.
• Build relationships with product partners across Global Markets to provide/solicit cross‑product mandates for new opportunities.
• Continuously coach and mentor Analysts and Associates.
• Ensure high levels of client satisfaction through strong cross‑department coordination with the following groups:
  • Other Global Markets Groups
  • I&CB
  • Commercial Banking
  • Global Markets Engineering
  • Trade Floor Supervision
  • Market Risk
  • Client Onboarding
  • Legal & Compliance

Base salary for this role in New York is $260,000. Salaried position with potential commission structure and performance‑based incentives. BMO also offers health insurance, tuition reimbursement, accident and life insurance, and retirement savings plans. For more details on our benefits, visit

BMO is proud to be an equal employment opportunity employer. We evaluate applicants without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, age, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other legally protected characteristics. We also consider applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law. BMO is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities.