Soybean Prop Trader Position Available In St. Tammany, Louisiana

Thank you for your interest in joining our team! At CGB, you can contribute to meaningful work, grow professionally and personally, and belong in a place where everyone has a voice. Founded in 1969, CGB Enterprises, Inc. is known as an innovative and progressive leader in the grain and transportation industries. Today, CGB operates an enterprise with over 100 locations and nearly 2,000 U.S. employees overseeing a diverse family of businesses that provide an array of services for producers and logistics services for an international base of customers. The combination of our assets provides a growing organization that is celebrating over 50 years of strength and stability! This job is primarily responsible for generating profits by trading company capital in financial markets. Additional responsibilities include, but are not limited to, performing research and analyzing market trends, interpreting and effectively sharing insights and collaborating with commercial teams. This job will work in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment with strict deadlines and targets. In this job, you will: Create, implement, and support the business plan to include strategy, asset utilization, market development, strategic alignment with the organization, and current objectives. Research and analyze market trends, identify profitable opportunities, and develop both discretionary and quantitative trading strategies to generate returns. Buy and sell agricultural derivatives or other markets as allowed, accurately maintaining records of trading activities and performance metrics, and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policies. Manage risk exposure with trades, ensuring adherence to established risk management guidelines to protect company capital. Collaborate with commercial teams to share insights and develop/refine strategies. Monitor market conditions, analyze performance of trades and refine strategies to improve profitability; this will include monitoring of markets during irregular hours such as evenings and weekends. Continually monitor and analyze markets to balance a bias and/or understand potential risk points on the curves. Provide reports, explanations, and updates to the group on positions and trades. Create additional revenue by leveraging optimal strategies. Ensure compliance with all company, federal, and industry regulations. Develop and maintain long-term relationships with customers, third party vendors, and end users to improve and expand origination and sales. Other duties as assigned. Here’s what you’ll need to be considered: Education Required – Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture, Agribusiness Finance, Economics, Mathematics or related field. Experience Required – Trading experience in oilseed crush or similar industry. Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities In-depth knowledge of agriculture, commodity, financial markets and trading instruments. Strong computer skills, including working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite; including proficiency with trading software and financial analysis tools. Effective interpersonal, oral and written communication skills with the ability to interact with all levels of people within and outside the organization. Excellent analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to interpret complex data and quickly make informed trading decisions under pressure. Strong ability to critically think. Strong negotiation and conflict management skills. Strong time management and prioritization skills, with ability to remain flexible to changing priorities. Strong proficiency in managing risk and making strategic decisions. Required to work outside of normal business hours (e.g. evenings and weekends). Here’s additional information you need to know: Physical Demands & Requirements Sedentary work. Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met. Hearing. Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound. The employee is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and/or operation of machines (including inspection); using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication parts at distances close to the eyes. Environmental Conditions The work environment described here are meant to be representative of those an employee would normally encounter while performing the essential functions of this job. The physical environment requires the employee to work inside where there are limited extremes to heat and/or cold; moderate noise; a normal office environment. Travel, occasional travel required for meetings and trainings; depending on primary location additional travel may be required to visit physical plant locations. The expected base pay range for this role is: $167,600.00 – $220,925.00 Actual pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including work location, job-related knowledge, skills and relevant experience for the job. Pay amount does not guarantee employment for any particular period of time. Are you ready to make a meaningful career move & an impact at CGB? Apply today! Known in our industry for stability and high ethics, CGB Enterprises, Inc. offers a stellar benefits package including: an outstanding 401(k) retirement plan with company contributions, medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, life, & disability benefits, flexible spending accounts, paid leave (holidays, vacation, sick), wellness programs, recognition programs, community involvement opportunities, and much more! CGB Enterprises, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. EEO is the Law links in English or Spanish. We are unable to legally hire anyone who is not eligible to work in the United States nor are we able to sponsor visas. The above is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for the performance of this position. It should not be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be performed in the job. All Third Party Agencies, Headhunters, and Recruiters CGB Enterprises, Inc. and its Subsidiaries only forms contracts with recruiters with whom we have an established relationship and with whom we have in place a signed contract. All contact from third parties must go through our Human Resources Department. Any contact made outside of our Human Resources Department by a third party will cancel any future business relationships between the third party and CGB Enterprises, Inc. and its Subsidiaries.

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Notice and Privacy Policy. The HR staff at CGB Enterprises, Inc. delivers HR solutions to CGB Enterprises, Inc. and its Subsidiaries in addition to Zen-Noh Grain Corporation, Zen-Noh Hay, Inc. and Cooper Consolidated, LLC. Operating within the diverse family of businesses at CGB Enterprises, Inc. are Consolidated Grain and Barge Co., River Bend Transport, River Bend Brokerage, AgriFinancial, CGB Marine, CGB Soybean Processing, Consolidated Terminals and Logistics Company, and North Dakota Soybean Processors, LLC. Click the above video to discover more about being a member of the CGB team!