Corporate & Investment Bank - Base Metals Trader - Executive Director

**JOB DESCRIPTION**
If you are passionate about commodities market and excel in dynamic global team environment, you have found the right team.

As an Executive Director in the Base Metals trading team, you will be responsible for managing risk for broad range of Base (Copper, Aluminum, Nickel, Lithium, Cobalt included) and Bulk (Iron Ore, Steel included) commodities underliers. Role will require you to trade futures and options traded on global trading venues and increasingly on regional trading venues during Asia time zone. Furthermore, you will partner with client coverage team to provide bespoke risk management and financing solutions to a franchise of global and local clients of JPMorgan.

**Job responsibilities**
- Managing risk in global and regional Base and Bulk commodities trading book
- Managing risk on global and regional trading venues
- Making markets on forwards and options to JPM global client franchise
- Managing and monitoring client flows and order book
- Engage clients in partnership with coverage teams through market color and trade ideas
- Collaborate with risk, technology and quantitative research teams to continuously enhance product platform

**Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills**
- Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Economics, Math or other related disciplines
- At least 8 years of experience in Base Metals or other commodities underliers
- With experience in trading over-the-counter derivative and/or listed futures & options
- With experience in covering China commodities market - physical trading and/or futures trading on Chinese Exchanges (market making and/or proprietary trading)
- In role with responsibility to manage risk and PNL in trading book
- Strong, disciplined approach to our controls environment
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team

**Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills**
- Mandarin speaker is preferred to support clients from China as well to effectively trade futures on Chinese commodities exchanges.

**ABOUT US**

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world’s most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

**ABOUT THE TEAM**

The Corporate & Investment Bank is a global leader across investment banking, wholesale payments, markets and securities services. The world’s most important corporations, governments and institutions entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. We provide strategic advice, raise capital, manage risk and extend liquidity in markets around the world.