Head of Commodities Pricing & Valuations (Front Office) - Hedge Fund - up to £300k total comp

My client, a market leading, global, multi-billion dollar AUM hedge fund, are looking to make a newly created hire for its rapidly expanding European commodities front office. This role, working as the most senior person (‘head of’) in a small team, directly supports industry leading commodity Portfolio Managers, Traders and quants that you’ll sit with. The coverage is broad, but a core focus is on energy.

The hire will help buildout internal system infrastructure focusing on the pricing and valuation of commodity products, lead the setup of new products, verification of pricing models, as well as the observation and analysis of P&L. You will be the go-to point of contact for market leading portfolio managers looking to resolve pricing, position and risk related issues. This is both a highly technical and commercial / street facing role (managing relationships with brokers). The team’s remit is highly quantitative.

Candidates should have strong experience in either trading / valuations / structuring / risk management / financial engineering roles (+ a strong background in pricing). Candidates must have a specialist commodities background, extending to strong experience in power and gas. An excellent academic profile (maths/science/engineering preference) is required. We have a preference to look at candidates that have good programming skills, however coding skills are certainly not a requirement.

The role can pay a strong performer a total comp of up to £300k. There is good flexibility on base salary to provide the hire with an attractive uplift. My client also provides all employees with a market leading benefits package.