Trader

Job Title : Refined Fuel Trader / Trade Platform Designer → Operations & Trading Management Lead

Location : New York / New Jersey Metro Area (Required)

Type : Contract to Hire.

This role is based in the NY / NJ region. We will consider candidates who live outside the area if they can travel to New Jersey during the work week on a consistent basis. This role reports to the Head of Trading / Commercial Director / Platform Program Lead

Role Summary (Two-Phase Role)

This position is intentionally structured in two stages :

Phase 1 : Platform Design & Build (Initial Focus)

For the first portion of the role, the successful candidate will act as a front-office refined products trading SME and workflow owner, helping design, validate, and launch a new refined fuels trade platform. The candidate will translate real trading-desk needs into system requirements across the full lifecycle : origination → pricing → execution → logistics → due diligence / KYC → settlement.

Phase 2 : Operations / Management Transition (Post-Launch Focus)

After the platform is live and stable, the role will transition into a leadership seat overseeing trade operations, execution integrity, platform adoption, and ongoing optimization, with continued commercial / trading contribution as appropriate. This is a rare opportunity to design the system first, then run the business on it.

Key Responsibilities

Phase 1 – Platform Design & Launch Ownership

• Serve as trader-in-the-loop product owner for the design of a refined fuels trading platform.
• Define platform requirements and user stories based on real desk workflows :
• deal capture & pricing (Platts / Argus benchmarks, diffs, EFPs)
• hedging and paper links to physical trades
• shipping & scheduling (laycans, nominations, re-routes)
• terminal / storage integration
• credit checks & limits
• documentation, confirmations, invoicing, settlement
• Map and build in real-world exceptions : quality disputes, partial lifts, demurrage, claim handling, washouts, swaps / rolls.
• Lead UAT, go-live validation, and trader / ops acceptance testing.
• Partner with engineering / UX to ensure adoption-ready workflows.

Phase 1 – Trading & Market Expertise Input

Phase 2 – Operations & Management Lead (Post-Launch)

Required Experience & Qualifications

Preferred / “Edge” Capabilities