Associate, Commodity Swaps Trader, Commodities
Trade and structure OTC commodity swaps at CITIC Securities International. The role combines pricing, market risk and work with quantitative developers on trading tools.
What you’d work on
Our reading of the posting: what a new hire in this role would most likely spend their first months on.
- Quote commodity and basis swaps.
- Develop tailored hedges and commodity-linked structures.
- Manage trading exposures and improve pricing tools.
What they ask for
Required
- Commodity derivatives knowledge
- Quantitative analysis
- Client communication
- English fluency
Preferred
- Physical commodity markets
- CFA, FRM or relevant licensing
- Education
- Postgraduate qualification, at master’s level or higher, in mathematics, engineering, economics, finance or a similar quantitative discipline.
- Experience
- At least 3 years in commodity derivatives, swaps structuring or related risk work; junior candidates may be considered.
- Markets
- commodities
How to prepare
- Model the cash flows and basis risk of a commodity swap.
- Stress an energy or metals hedge under curve shifts.
- Design independent checks for a tailored swap payoff.
What to study
- Financial Instruments, Markets and Conventions
- Derivatives Pricing and Computational Finance
- Quantitative Risk Management
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SelfMadeQuant wrote this summary from the employer’s public posting, last checked 6 November 2026. SelfMadeQuant isn’t affiliated with CITIC Securities International Company Limited and doesn’t handle applications.