CFP Energy
Senior Derivatives Sales - Commodities
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CFP Energy
CFP Energy is a leading provider of energy and environmental market solutions, helping organisations navigate the transition to a lower-carbon economy. The firm operates across carbon markets, environmental products and energy trading, supporting clients globally with market access, risk management and structured solutions.
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.
Role
- 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
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Ideal candidate
- 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
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Desirable, not essential
- Additional languages (Spanish, Portuguese, French, etc)
- Direct experience in other geographical locations, LATAM, Asia or West African origin markets
Why CFP Energy
- 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
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