Published: Dec 30, 2025 - The Junior Trader contributes to the development and automation of trading workflows, inventory optimization, and collateral management within fixed income, forex, and equity derivative markets. This role involves executing and monitoring transactions, including swaps, repos, and derivatives, while managing client profitability, regulatory ratios (LCR/NSFR), and internal reporting. The trader also collaborates with sales and clients to identify opportunities, enhance pricing and risk tools, and improve front-to-back operational efficiency.

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1. Junior Trader, Blue Harbor Commodities LLC, Tulsa, OK
Job Summary:
- Assist in general administrative activities for the team (Account setting up, credit insurance application, wire processing, account maintenance, etc.)
- Assist and execute orders as outlined by Traders, and review all activity for accuracy of contract information.
- Ensure all contracts are fulfilled before the deadline, in alignment with the logistics team, keeping traders and customers updated on the delivery dates and/or documentation status.
- Ensure correct order entry and routing.
- Maintain communication with the accounting and finance team and assist in resolving any settlement problems.
- Reconcile daily and/or monthly reports.
- Ensure compliance monitoring is in place, including processes for management of operational risk, in accordance with regulatory standards.
- Provide daily market information and/or price sheet to be disseminated to clients through traders.
- Review and assist Traders in the implementation of general and administrative issues relevant to the department.
- Ensure client general satisfaction and proactively seek business with existing accounts.
Skills on Resume:
- Order Execution (Hard Skills)
- Contract Review (Hard Skills)
- Account Setup (Hard Skills)
- Financial Reconciliation (Hard Skills)
- Regulatory Compliance (Hard Skills)
- Team Coordination (Soft Skills)
- Client Management (Soft Skills)
- Detail Orientation (Soft Skills)
2. Junior Trader, NorthRidge Energy Trading, Bismarck, ND
Job Summary:
- Responsible for daily modelling, pricing and risk management of collateral discounting risk on Credit Suisse's derivative portfolio.
- Accountable for the timely and accurate booking of trades on a regular basis.
- Responsible for effective reporting of daily CAV P&L to senior management.
- Collaborate closely with Sales, Trading, Quantitative Strategies and Risk to deliver risk management solutions.
- Actively monitoring market developments to assist in effective risk management.
- Deliver ad hoc projects focused on enhancing business processes across XVA Management (e.g., IBOR transition).
- Partner closely with XVA Management colleagues in other regions.
- Ensure the effective operation of CAV as a global business.
Skills on Resume:
- Collateral Risk (Hard Skills)
- Derivative Pricing (Hard Skills)
- Trade Booking (Hard Skills)
- P&L Reporting (Hard Skills)
- Market Monitoring (Hard Skills)
- Team Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Process Enhancement (Soft Skills)
- Global Coordination (Soft Skills)
3. Junior Trader, Apex Grain Markets, Lincoln, NE
Job Summary:
- Responsible for supplier relationship management of the agreed portfolio.
- Accountable for effective delivery and tracking of supplier revenues.
- Source new products in line with business and customer retention and development strategies.
- Manage 'AT Risk' products to minimise business exposure.
- Package regulatory awareness, compliance and information communication.
- Be in charge of close liaison with the Marketing Team to ensure the trading strategy dovetails with Channel/Operator/Consumer insight.
- Accountable for ongoing price management to ensure Creed remains competitive and works with the Sales team to ensure profit maximisation by account is realised.
- Present proactive plans and Category insight to internal and external customers.
- Drive efficiencies, reduce costs and add value.
- Responsible for Product Benchmarking, Competitor Analysis, Market updates, and Commodity.
Skills on Resume:
- Supplier Management (Hard Skills)
- Revenue Tracking (Hard Skills)
- Product Sourcing (Hard Skills)
- Risk Management (Hard Skills)
- Regulatory Compliance (Hard Skills)
- Pricing Strategy (Hard Skills)
- Market Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Stakeholder Collaboration (Soft Skills)
4. Junior Trader, RiverStone Capital Advisors, Des Moines, IA
Job Summary:
- Execute trades to achieve the best price within set parameters across multiple execution channels.
- Ensure trades are booked in an accurate and timely manner.
- Analyse data, cost analytics and utilise systems.
- Analyse execution data and quality metrics to help enhance trade execution across asset classes.
- Maintain strong working relationships with brokers and counterparties to ensure good trade execution.
- Develop, maintain and update relevant investment databases, models, and reports.
- Liaise with Portfolio Managers, Middle Office, Compliance, and IT departments.
- Contribute to project work to upgrade systems and tools used for managing and analysing execution.
Skills on Resume:
- Trade Execution (Hard Skills)
- Order Booking (Hard Skills)
- Data Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Execution Analytics (Hard Skills)
- Broker Relations (Soft Skills)
- Investment Databases (Hard Skills)
- Cross Team Liaison (Soft Skills)
- System Enhancement (Hard Skills)
5. Junior Trader, IronPeak Trading Group, Boise, ID
Job Summary:
- Develop product knowledge.
- Manage the project side of the business.
- Create proposals and sales quotes, cost calculations and negotiate contracts and close sales.
- Establish rapport with all stakeholders, prospective and existing customers.
- Interface with intercompany personnel to help ensure high customer satisfaction.
- Assess the customer's needs and future project timelines.
- Create solutions to meet customer requirements.
- Coordinate sales meetings and product knowledge presentations.
Skills on Resume:
- Product Knowledge (Hard Skills)
- Project Management (Hard Skills)
- Sales Proposals (Hard Skills)
- Contract Negotiation (Hard Skills)
- Customer Engagement (Soft Skills)
- Needs Assessment (Soft Skills)
- Solution Design (Hard Skills)
- Presentation Coordination (Soft Skills)
6. Junior Trader, Summit Valley Commodities, Provo, UT
Job Summary:
- Continuously monitor trade markets.
- Maintain awareness and anticipate news affecting market movement.
- Review market position and lock volume.
- Communicate with Trade Brokers to execute trades.
- Reconcile daily trade confirmations.
- Monitor dealer limits and trade limits.
- Assist Senior Trader and/or Management to reconcile Class Settlement.
- Attend and participate in weekly Trade team meetings.
- Complete all tasks as assigned by Management.
- Manage the locked pipeline.
- Assist Mortgage Consultants and Processors with product and pricing questions.
- Run reports in Excel.
- Monitor the MBS market.
Skills on Resume:
- Market Monitoring (Hard Skills)
- Trade Execution (Hard Skills)
- Position Management (Hard Skills)
- Trade Reconciliation (Hard Skills)
- Limit Monitoring (Hard Skills)
- Pipeline Management (Hard Skills)
- Excel Reporting (Hard Skills)
- Team Communication (Soft Skills)
7. Junior Trader, PrairieView Trading Co., Fargo, ND
Job Summary:
- Contribute to the development of the linear perimeter and collateral management platform.
- Automate execution workflows.
- Automate inventory optimization.
- Execute fixed income/forex/equity derivatives.
- Engage in (reverse) repo transactions.
- Accountable for daily monitoring and management of positions, including (but not limited to) swaps/repo/and derivative transactions.
- Client interaction on market intelligence and opportunities.
- Cooperate with sales on existing positions and continue building out the platform.
- Responsible for monitoring of (client) profitability.
- Automate and enhance book management/(risk) reporting.
- Automate internal optimization processes.
- Manage regulatory ratios (scarce resources) LCR/NSFR (liquidity ratios based on future cash flows).
- Provide detailed explanations of the sources of revenues.
- Improve the tools used to price and analyze client transactions, optimize inventory usage, enhance balance sheet profitability, and manage funding constraints.
- Optimize Front Office to Back Office processes with an attention to keeping operational losses at a minimum.
Skills on Resume:
- Platform Development (Hard Skills)
- Workflow Automation (Hard Skills)
- Inventory Optimization (Hard Skills)
- Derivatives Trading (Hard Skills)
- Repo Transactions (Hard Skills)
- Position Management (Hard Skills)
- Risk Reporting (Hard Skills)
- Client Collaboration (Soft Skills)