About this role
J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world’s most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.
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As a Sales & Marketing professional in Commodities Financing, you will support the daily functions of our global Commodities Financing efforts, originating, structuring, and executing commodities financing transactions across all commodities asset class. You will help build and drive commodity financing efforts, collaborate with trading and structuring teams, and deliver customized commodity-linked financing to our corporate client base. You will be part of a team that values innovation, inclusivity, and professional development, enabling you to build strong relationships and contribute to our success.
Job responsibilities
• Originate, support origination of commodity-linked financing opportunities with corporates, traders, processors, refiners, producers, and commodity-intensive end users • Maintain strong understanding of industry trend and needs across all commodities asset class to be able to identify commodity financing opportunities • Lead end-to-end pitch, structuring and execution of commodity-linked financings, including title-based financing, refinery intermediation, and commodity prepay structures • Engage and partner with internal stakeholders to obtain approvals and ensure structures meet internal policies and risk appetite • Working alongside other client stakeholders of the bank, to develop and execute a client strategy to deepen relationships, expand wallet share, and drive repeat transaction flow across priority subsectors and geographies
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
• Possess track record of client engagement, solutioning, negotiation and pricing with senior stakeholders • Strong understanding of structured finance concepts, financial modelling and credit analysis • Possess understanding of risk with strong judgment on structuring mitigants to address associated risks • Strong communication skills – able to pitch, produce clear term sheets, client-ready materials, and internal approval documents • Possess basic financial derivatives understanding and commodities market risk • High attention to detail, ownership mentality, and ability to anticipate issues and drive to resolution • Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree (MBA, MS Finance) and/or relevant certifications are a plus
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
• Experience originating, structuring, and executing commodity-linked financing transactions, example title-based financing, refinery intermediation, and/or commodity prepays • Experience across adjacent structures: borrowing base / inventory finance, structured trade receivables, tolling or offtake-related financings, working capital solutions tied to commodity flows, and/or hybrid secured/unsecured structures • Existing market relationships that can accelerate origination (clients, traders, logistics providers, industry advisors, or legal counterparts). • Deep understanding of the practical mechanics of commodity movement and title transfer in those markets • Additional spoken and written language abilities
This role encompasses the performance of UK regulated activity. The successful candidate will therefore be subject to meeting UK regulatory requirements in the assessment of fitness, propriety, knowledge and competence (as assessed by the Firm) and (where appropriate) approval by the UK Financial Conduct Authority and/or the Prudential Regulation Authority to carry out such activities.