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What we are looking for:

Are you an experienced Director LME base metals trader
Our Commodity Trading Desk in London is seeking a driven trading professional to help shape its growth trajectory. If you bring deep trading expertise in the LME base metals markets - wed love to hear from you.

You will have the professional autonomy and entrepreneurial scope to shape your remit while managing a high-impact and growing trading book.

The Function & Role:

The Commodities Trading team sits in the Markets division which is the organisational umbrella housing all of Rabobanks financial markets related activities. The team is the centre of excellence for the position management risk taking and pricing in the commodity derivatives markets for all Rabobank clients.

Skills & Experience Required:

Key Responsibilities:

• Execute and manage trading activity and risk positioning across the base metals portfolio ensuring alignment with the Banks strategic objectives and risk framework.

• Provide liquidity and market-making services to corporate and institutional metals clients supporting their trading and hedging needs.

• Monitor and manage real-time risk exposures maintaining strict adherence to market credit and desk limits.

• Partner with quantitative and technology teams to enhance pricing capabilities trading infrastructure and automation.

• Leverage programming skills (Python VBA) to support data analysis improve operational efficiency and assist with strategy evaluation.

• Ensure full compliance with UK and EU regulatory standards as well as internal governance and control policies.

• Promptly escalate any risk or control concerns through appropriate channels.

Skills & Personal Attributes Required:

• Solid trading experience within base metals on LME.

• Knowledge of option trading and non-linear risk management.

• Strong understanding of market structure pricing and liquidity dynamics.

• Experience in quoting and executing trades for clients.

• Ability to manage client relationships and tailor solutions to their needs.

• Demonstrated ability to evaluate and manage trading risk with a strong understanding of market dynamics and impacts.

• Trusted credible and has high integrity.

• Leads by example collaborative fosters a positive team culture and is someone others genuinely enjoy working with.

Why work with us

A career at Rabobank can offer insights into many areas. As well as having the opportunity to really see and understand the role of Financial Institutions in the Food & Agribusiness sector we are committed to providing our employees with the opportunities to develop their skills and progress their careers within the company. We work flexibly at Rabobank combining the benefits of working at the London office and working from home allowing the best of both worlds to come together. Our expectation is that all UK Markets employees work a minimum of 60% (3 days) of their working week in the London office.

Our Benefits for this role include:

• A competitive salary.

• A discretionary annual bonus.

• 28 days holiday plus the option to buy additional days.

• Company pension scheme plus other financial benefit schemes.

• Private medical insurance regular health screening checks plus other health benefits.

• A range of family friendly policies and lifestyle benefits.

• Salary sacrifice schemes cycle to work and electric vehicle salary sacrifice.

Plus many more incentives

As well as helping our clients to grow their businesses we are fully committed to growing our people to make them the best that they can be. We embrace differences and strive to create a truly inclusive work culture based on trust and respect for all. A place where everyone can be themselves and bring their whole selves to work along with their unique experiences background and expertise. We strive to empower our people to focus on their wellbeing by providing a range of resources that will enable them to flourish both in and outside of the workplace. Our ambition is to maintain sustainable meaningful and collaborative working environments so that our people understand how they contribute to our vision and overall mission they can be healthy at work and bring the best version of themselves to our vibrant UK Branch community. We are an equal opportunities recruiter. Should you require any additional support at any stage of the recruitment process due to a disability or health condition or if you require any support or assistance due to any individual characteristics you may have please do not hesitate to contact a member of the Talent Acquisition Team who will work with you to consider any adjustments or support which we can reasonably make or provide.

Application Process:

Deadline for application: 1st March 2026 (due to high volume of applications this advert may close prior to the posted close date). Applications via LinkedIn message or email will not be reviewed please apply via the link.

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