Senior Derivative Sales

Alongside our established energy and environmental markets business, we are expanding our commodities offering across agricultural and soft markets, delivering sophisticated risk management solutions to a growing client base. We are extending our structured solutions capability growing further commodities (carbon, power, gas, biofuels, oil, Cotton, Grains & Oilseeds, Sugar, Coffee, Cocoa) and are hiring a senior salesperson to lead origination and client coverage across the complex.

This is a senior hire with direct P&L accountability, embedded within our structured derivatives franchise. You will own a client book, originate structured trades end-to-end, and work alongside an experienced trading and sales team. The platform is lean, commercial, and built around partner-level decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Own and grow the energy and agricultural derivatives client book across corporations, refiners, producers, processors, merchants, end-users, trade houses and financial counterparties
• Originate, structure and execute tailored hedging and yield-enhancement solutions across structured exotic derivative products.
• Drive desk P&L through OTC structured trade revenue from client flow
• Partner with traders and other Sales teams to translate house views and client risk profiles into commercial trade ideas
• Provide clients with sharp, commercially relevant intelligence on supply/demand fundamentals, basis, freight, weather, policy and macro
• Negotiate trade economics, ISDA terms, margining and post-trade lifecycle events
• Build out the franchise: contribute to product development, mentor juniors, and shape the desk as it scales
• Represent CFP at industry events, conferences and key client meetings globally

Requirements

• Around 5+ years in commodity derivatives sales, structuring or origination at a bank, broker, trading house or merchant with a portable, attributable client book
• Demonstrable revenue track record from structured derivatives origination with references and numbers
• Deep fluency across one of the commodity in scope (environmental, energy, agricultural markets) with the ability to extend across the complex
• Working knowledge of ISDA documentation, margining, clearing and physical/financial settlement mechanics
• Established network across producers, merchants, trade houses and corporate end-users
• Commercial instinct: return on credit lines, clear on risk, decisive in execution
• London based and willingness to travel internationally for client coverage and origination

Desirable, not essential

• Additional languages (Spanish, Portuguese, French, etc)
• Direct experience in other geographical locations, LATAM, Asia or West African origin markets

Benefits

• Formula based compensation – transparent and contractual payout linked directly to desk and individual P&L.
• A proven structured derivatives platform with a clear mandate to expand into agricultural markets
• Lean, commercial governance
• Direct access to senior management, traders, credit, Legal, risk
• Compensation structured around commercial outcomes, with meaningful upside for the right hire