Cargill is committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. Sitting at the heart of the supply chain, we partner with farmers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living.
Our 155,000 team members innovate with purpose, providing customers with life's essentials so businesses can grow, communities prosper, and consumers live well. With over 160 years of experience as a family company, we look ahead while remaining true to our values. We put people first. We reach higher. We do the right thing-today and for generations to come.
Job Purpose and Impact
The Financial Trading Group Trader will drive profit generation through the financial trading group's proprietary trading activities with a primary focus on South Africa, Brazil and/or Mexican Markets. In this role, you will actively trade and invest in the assigned markets including foreign exchange, interest rates, and sovereign credit and ensure desk profitability and pursue alpha generation through proprietary positioning.
Key Accountabilities
- Generate profits by trading the assigned instruments including foreign exchange, local rates, or sovereign credit, with primary focus South Africa. Brazil and/or Mexico.
- Book and accurately reflect positions and strategies traded.
- Execute all desk trades across different asset classes to ensure minimum slippage and execution errors and independently handle counterparty interactions and resolve transactional issues with them.
- Provide trade ideas and research information to other team members as well as identify new trading strategies that complement the portfolio and augment the desk profit and loss.
- Provide expert thought leadership in your field and work with limited direction, using additional research and interpretation to identify opportunities and problems.
- Provide direction to supporting team members and be a strategic contributor.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications- Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
- Confirmed financial trading track record with consistent high risk return results in the afore mentioned markets
- Minimum of six years of related work experience
- Other minimum qualifications may apply
Prior Beneficial Experience - Generating trading profits in foreign exchange rates, local rates, sovereign credit markets and similar instruments.
- Providing trade ideas and research information to related team members
Our Offer
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.
We welcome applications from people with disabilities and are committed to providing an inclusive, accessible recruitment process and workplace. We encourage candidates to let us know if they require any accommodations during the recruitment or interview process so we can support them appropriately.
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