Trade Desk Analyst

Overview

Connecting clients to markets and talent to opportunity. With 5,400+ employees and over 80,000 institutional, commercial, and payments clients, we operate from more than 80 offices spread across six continents. As a Fortune 100 Nasdaq‑listed provider, we connect clients to the global markets, focusing on innovation, human connection, and world‑class products and services for all types of investors.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing physical trading firm and help build a next‑generation commodity trading and finance business. We are a physical commodities trader operating worldwide across a wide range of commodities and currencies—from coffee to corn to cocoa. Our approach focuses on delivering value to clients through a best‑in‑class platform, people, processes, and technology. With over $3B in revenue and fewer than 80 employees, this role offers a high‑degree of autonomy and ownership from day one.

You will work alongside senior traders with nearly 50 years of combined experience.

• Analyze the firm's portfolio of physical commodity trades and assess exposure to movements in commodity, interest rate, and FX markets.
• Design and execute derivative strategies (futures, options, OTC instruments) to manage market risk on a portfolio level.
• Provide real‑time pricing, risk management, and structuring support to physical trading teams.
• Monitor valuation and risk models across the physical and financial portfolio.
• Develop and maintain counter party relationships with brokers, banks, and trading houses.
• Support the development and pricing of new products and structured tools for physical trading clients.
• Handle client interaction on order placement, execution, and fills with professionalism and urgency.

• 3–6 years of experience in commodity trading, derivatives execution, or risk management.
• Demonstrated hands‑on experience with futures, options, and/or OTC derivative instruments.
• Strong understanding of financial concepts such as derivatives pricing, risk management, hedging strategy, and portfolio‑level thinking.
• Ability to operate independently in fast‑moving markets while maintaining discipline around risk controls.
• Strong communication skills, as you will interface with physical traders, counter parties, and senior leadership daily.

• Experience as a commodity merchandiser with understanding of basis dynamics, physical flows, and origination.
• SQL or other database query experience.
• Familiarity with analytical tools such as Python, R, or Excel VBA.
• Experience with trading platforms such as Bloomberg, CQG, CME Direct, FXAll, or similar.

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Engineering, Statistics, or a related quantitative field.
• Progress toward CFA charter or other evidence of continued learning.

• 4 days per week onsite, 1 day remote.
• Must be authorized to work in the US for any employer.

Hiring Salary Range $100,000 – $140,000. Salary determined by education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data. Subject to business performance and management recommendations, this role may be eligible to participate in an incentive compensation plan. The compensation package includes a full range of medical, financial, and other benefits, dependent on the position.