Want to build a stronger, more sustainable future and cultivate your career? Join Cargill's global team of 155,000 employees who are committed to safe, responsible and sustainable ways to nourish the world. This position is in Cargill’s agricultural supply chain business, where we seamlessly connect farming customers with food, feed and industry.
Job Purpose and Impact
This role is based in Geneva
The Options Quant/Systematic Trader will independently perform the most complex analytics and market intelligence activities to develop business intelligence, optimize effectiveness and predict business outcomes. In this role, you will independently research data, market information and trends; create and maintain complex and global modeling tools and systems. You will analyze data and interpret and execute strategies, sharing best practices.
Key Accountabilities
* Lead the creation of systematic options and futures strategies (alpha discovery, execution, risk management).
* Design trading strategies that relate to fundamental and nonfundamental influences on commodity markets.
* Develop scalable components to generalize models to other data sources, commodities or products and maintain advanced statistical ensemble systems.
* Benchmark, back test and stress test models to identify true sensitivities and risks.
* Maintain and enhance code repository and models infrastructure in a scalable fashion.
* Provide expert thought leadership in your field and work with limited direction, using additional research and interpretation to identify issues or problems. You may provide direction to supporting team members and be a strategic contributor.
* Other duties as assigned
* Provide expert thought leadership in your field and work with limited direction, using additional research and interpretation to identify issues or problems. You may provide direction to supporting team members and be a strategic contributor.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
Minimum of six years of related work experience
Preferred Qualifications
* Hands-on experience building infrastructure: Python proficiency + SQL proficiency, knowledge of OOP languages
* Experience in systematic trading of options (e.g. risk premia) with a track record of success with minimum manual overlay.
* Experience in systematic trading of commodities futures and/or options
* Experience with fundamental and alternative datasets, as they are the source of Cargill’s edge
We provide a fast paced stimulating international environment, which will stretch your abilities and channel your talents. We also offer competitive salary and benefits combined with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.
Our team of 160,000 professionals in 70 countries draws together the worlds of food, agriculture, nutrition and risk management. For more than 150 years, we have helped farmers grow more, connecting them to broader markets. We are continuously developing products that give consumers just what they’re seeking, advancing nutrition, food safety and sustainability. And we help all of our partners innovate and manage risk, so they can nourish the world again tomorrow.
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