Head of Trading Strategy & Operations

Role Overview

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee trading operations across physical base metals, commodity derivatives, and equities activities.
• Manage the end-to-end trade lifecycle including trade capture, confirmations, settlements, reconciliations, and operational controls.
• Support execution oversight, market positioning coordination, and trading strategy implementation across the desk.
• Monitor market developments, trading exposures, liquidity conditions, and operational impacts relevant to trading activities.
• Coordinate physical pricing and hedge alignment across base metals and commodity trading activities.
• Manage relationships with brokers, FCMs, banks, exchanges, and trading counterparties.
• Supervise margin, collateral, funding, and liquidity management processes.
• Oversee operational reporting including exposures, MTM, P&L support, and trading control frameworks.
• Drive process improvement, automation initiatives, and operational scalability across the trading platform.
• Build and lead a high-performing trading operations team with strong accountability and governance standards.
• Ensure robust operational risk controls and institutional best practices are maintained across all trading activities.

Candidate Profile

• 10+ years of experience within commodity trading, derivatives operations, trading strategy support, or trading desk management environments.
• Strong experience and understanding of base metals markets, commodity derivatives, and physical-to-paper hedging dynamics.
• Demonstrated experience supporting or operating within base metals trading environments is essential.
• Strong understanding of futures, options, OTC products, exchange-traded instruments, and market structure.
• Demonstrated ability to operate closely alongside senior trading stakeholders within active trading environments.
• Strong commercial judgment with the ability to interpret market developments, trading risks, and execution considerations.
• Experience within commodity trading houses, investment banks, hedge funds, brokers, or FCMs preferred.