Overview
Head of Back Office – Global Energy Trading Platform
Strict Requirement: Minimum 10+ years of experience in back office, trade operations, or post-trade functions within physical energy trading environments (crude oil, refined products, LNG, natural gas).
Applications without exposure to institutional commodity trading environments will not be considered.
Location: Hybrid / Executive Mobility
Reports to: Head of Trading / COO
Role Type: Founding Leadership Role
About the Opportunity
A unique opportunity to build and lead the Back Office function from inception within a new global physical energy trading platform.
We are establishing a next-generation trading company active in crude oil, refined products, LNG, and natural gas, designed to combine entrepreneurial agility with institutional-grade governance and operational discipline.
While the company’s core is physical energy trading, strategic infrastructure initiatives — including storage facilities, terminals, pipelines, and potential future refinery acquisition — are being evaluated strictly to optimize trading flexibility, logistics efficiency, and commercial margins.
Role Overview
The Head of Back Office will establish and lead the company’s post-trade operations and settlement infrastructure, ensuring operational accuracy, financial integrity, and seamless execution across the trading lifecycle.
This role sits at the core operational backbone of the trading organization, ensuring that trades executed by the front office are accurately processed, reconciled, settled, and reported.
The position plays a critical role in supporting the scalable growth of a global trading platform while maintaining institutional-grade operational controls.
Key Responsibilities
* Back Office Leadership
o Establish and lead the company’s back office and post-trade operations function.
o Define operational frameworks across trade confirmation, settlement, reconciliation, and reporting.
o Ensure operational discipline and accuracy across all post-trade activities.
* Trade Operations & Settlement
o Oversee trade confirmation, contract administration, settlement, and reconciliation processes.
o Ensure timely and accurate settlement of physical trading transactions.
o Maintain operational integrity across the full post-trade lifecycle.
* Operational Controls & Governance
o Implement strong operational control frameworks to support trading activities.
o Ensure compliance with financial reporting, operational risk, and internal control standards.
o Maintain robust reconciliation processes and transaction oversight.
* Cross-Functional Coordination
o Act as the operational interface between trading, finance, risk, logistics, and middle office teams.
o Ensure operational alignment across the entire trade lifecycle.
o Support scalable operational structures as trading volumes expand.
* Strategic & Infrastructure Support
o Provide operational support for logistics and infrastructure initiatives supporting trading optimization.
o Support operational readiness for storage, terminal, and pipeline initiatives.
o Contribute operational insight to potential future refinery acquisition initiatives.
Candidate Profile – Mandatory Criteria
⚠️ Only candidates with 10+ years experience within institutional physical commodity trading environments will be considered.
* Experience in back office, trade operations, settlements, or post-trade processing within energy trading firms or oil & gas institutions.
* Strong understanding of the physical trading lifecycle and post-trade operations.
* Experience managing operational processes in high-value, high-volume trading environments.
* Strong operational discipline and attention to detail.
* Fluent English required; additional languages advantageous.
Compensation & Structure
* Founding Head of Back Office leadership position within a global trading platform.
* Equity participation aligned with long-term enterprise value creation.
* Performance-based long-term incentives tied to trading growth and operational performance.
* Monthly compensation commencing upon achievement of predefined commercial milestones.
Why Join
* Build the back office infrastructure of a global energy trading platform from the ground up.
* Operate at the operational core of a high-performance trading organization.
* Contribute to the development of a bankable, institutionally credible energy trading enterprise.
* Support multi-billion-dollar trading activities and future logistics infrastructure initiatives.
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