What are the responsibilities and job description for the Commodities Operations Analyst position at Mission Staffing?
Our client, a multi-strategy hedge fund is looking for a Commodities Operations Analyst to join its Commodities & Futures team. The role provides middle-office support across the trade lifecycle for Oil, Power, and Natural Gas products, including futures, options, and commodity swaps. You'll work closely with Trading, Risk, Valuations, and Portfolio Managers. It's a fast-paced, hands-on seat for someone who enjoys solving operational problems and improving processes.
Responsibilities
- Manage trade lifecycle events for commodity futures, options, and swaps, including expirations, option exercises and assignments, futures rolls, swap resets, settlements, and cash flows
- Perform daily trade, position, cash, and P&L reconciliations, and resolve breaks with brokers, FCMs, clearinghouses, and OTC counterparties
- Handle month-end manual bookings for option expiries and futures close-outs
- Resolve trade representation issues with the trading ops team and Portfolio Managers
- Escalate application and data feed issues to Technology
- Identify process gaps and help define requirements to fix them
- Maintain accurate trade, position, and reference data
What they're looking for
- Bachelor's degree, preferably in finance, economics, or a related field
- 2 years of operations or middle-office experience at a hedge fund, asset manager, commodity trading firm, or bank
- Experience with commodity or derivatives products (futures, options, swaps); Oil, Power, and Nat Gas exposure is strongly preferred
- Hands-on reconciliation and break-resolution experience
- Advanced Excel
- Advent Geneva preferred; Bloomberg AIM, Orchestrade, or similar platforms are a plus
- Strong attention to detail and communication skills
Salary : $45 - $50