Job Description:

Join Macquarie's Commodity Operations group as a Trade Operations Associate - North American Energy. In this role, you will provideessential business aligned support services to our Commodities and Global Markets group.

Sitting within the Corporate Operations Group, the Operations Division is responsible for the operational infrastructure required to support the settlement of a variety of financial and physical products on behalf of Macquarie. The division works in a time sensitive environment in which accuracy of processing, timely escalation and communication within the division, the businesses, the Risk Management Group, correspondent banks and custodians is essential to ensuring a smooth settlement process.

In Operations, we are proud of our high-performance culture, empowering innovation while maintaining a strong partnership to the businesses we support.

Your ability to work collaboratively will be demonstrated as you engage with Trading, Scheduling, Legal, Compliance, Finance/Tax, Technology, Risk Management, among many other stakeholder groups throughout the Commodities businesses.

Your drive for continuous improvement will be utilized as you create sustainable and innovative solutions to address business issues/needs.

Additional key deliverables in support the Commodity Markets and Finance division include:

• Trade Verification


• Trade Confirmation


• Trade invoice and Settlement services


• Treasury activities


• De-centralized reconciliations of books of records

What you'll bring to the role:

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills


• Strong analytical skills and exceptional attention to detail


• Naturally collaborative, working directly with a trading business and supporting traders


• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, while maintaining a high level of motivation and enthusiasm.


• A strategic mindset with the ability to simplify complex situations through human centered design

If you are a recent graduate with up to two years relevant experience working in the Energy Commodities Markets and/or have experience working with basic programming, data or workflow tools (e.g. Python, R, Alteryx, PowerBI), we would love to hear from you.

About the Corporate Operations Group

The Corporate Operations Group brings together specialist support services in Digital Transformation & Data, Technology, Operations, Human Resources, Business Services, Business Improvement & Strategy, and the Macquarie Group Foundation. We deliver service excellence to ensure Macquarie is open for business, deliver on transformational change, invest in our people and have deep relationships with our customers.

Our commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

The diversity of our people is one of our greatest strengths, and an inclusive workplace enables us to embrace that diversity to deliver more innovative and sustainable solutions for our people, clients, shareholders and communities. At Macquarie, you'll be encouraged to be yourself and supported to perform at your best. If you're inspired to deliver on our purpose of 'empowering people to innovate and invest for a better future', we want you on our team. If you need adjustments made to the recruitment process, please reach out to your recruiter.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, marital status, gender identity or any other impermissible criterion or circumstance. Macquarie also takes affirmative action in support of its policy to hire and advance in employment of individuals who are minorities, women, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities.

We equip our people with the support to work in a range of flexible ways. Talk to us about what working arrangements would help you thrive.

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About Macquarie

A career at Macquarie means you'll have the opportunity to develop and utilise new skills, explore interesting fields and do challenging work that will impact the lives of people around the world-whether it's accelerating the green energy transition, helping sustain global food supplies, financing social housing projects or investing in essential infrastructure. At Macquarie, we're empowering people to innovate and invest for a better future.

Our size and international presence means your work can take you anywhere-across business groups, disciplines, sectors and borders. With 16,300+ employees and offices in 31 markets around the world, we're a truly global organisation.

You'll be supported by a diverse team where the unique perspectives, ideas and experiences that all of our people bring are valued. You'll be empowered to address unmet needs in our communities whilst advising and investing alongside our clients and partners. Working with us, you'll have the opportunity to make a difference.

Macquarie is a global financial group providing clients with asset management, retail and business banking, wealth management, leasing and asset financing, market access, commodity trading, renewables development, investment banking and principal investment.

Find out more at www.macquarie.com/careers

Job no: COG-957184

Work type: Full time

Location: Houston

Category: Junior, Commodities, Operations

Group: Corporate Operations Group

Division: Operations

Recruiter: Danielle Scaife

Opening Date: 16/4/2021

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