US Energy Commodities Back Office Delivery Specialist

Futures & Commodities Operations Specialist (AVP Level)

A leading global financial institution is seeking an experienced Futures & Commodities Operations professional to support exchange-traded derivatives activity across major global futures markets. This role plays a critical part in managing the life-cycle of energy and commodity futures and options, ensuring accurate clearing, settlement, reporting, and delivery processing while partnering closely with trading, risk, compliance, technology, and client-facing teams.

The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing daily operational workflows surrounding futures and options expiration, delivery processing, exchange reporting, trade reconciliation, and exception management. This position requires a detail-oriented professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment and can effectively manage competing priorities while maintaining strong control standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage futures and options expiration processing across multiple exchanges.
• Support physical and financial delivery processes for commodity and energy products.
• Monitor positions approaching First Notice Day (FND) and Last Trading Day (LTD).
• Perform trade, position, and cash reconciliations across internal and external systems.
• Investigate and resolve trade breaks, settlement discrepancies, position mismatches, and operational exceptions.
• Coordinate with exchanges, clearing organizations, brokers, clients, traders, and internal stakeholders to ensure accurate processing and reporting.
• Manage daily exchange reporting, position reporting, and end-of-day controls.
• Support regulatory, compliance, and audit-related requests.
• Maintain strong operational controls and documentation standards.
• Participate in process improvement initiatives, workflow automation efforts, and operational risk reduction projects.
• Assist with system enhancements, testing, and implementation efforts.
• Provide support for high-priority operational events and time-sensitive market deadlines.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Business, Mathematics, or a related discipline.
• Experience supporting listed derivatives, futures, options, commodities, clearing, settlements, or exchange operations.
• Strong understanding of trade life-cycle events from execution through settlement.
• Experience with trade reconciliation, break investigation, and exception management.
• Working knowledge of futures and options expiration processes.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities while working in a deadline-driven environment.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting commodity, energy, or exchange-traded derivatives products.
• Knowledge of CME, ICE, EEX, Eurex, or other major global exchanges.
• Exposure to physical delivery processes, First Notice Day (FND), or Last Trading Day (LTD) workflows.
• Experience with clearing and settlement platforms such as GMI/FIS, ClearVision, or related futures operations systems.
• Familiarity with SQL, Python, VBA, Power BI, Tableau, or other reporting and automation tools.
• Experience working in a futures commission merchant (FCM), clearing broker, exchange, investment bank, proprietary trading firm, or commodities trading environment.

Ideal Backgrounds

Candidates may currently hold titles such as:

• Futures Operations Analyst
• Senior Futures Operations Analyst
• Clearing Operations Analyst
• Commodities Operations Analyst
• Energy Operations Analyst
• Delivery Operations Specialist
• Futures Delivery Analyst
• Listed Derivatives Operations Analyst
• Trade Support Analyst
• Exchange Operations Analyst
• Middle Office Analyst
• Settlements Analyst
• Client Operations Associate
• Clearing Specialist

What Makes Someone Successful in This Role

This position is best suited for someone who enjoys solving operational problems, working directly with market participants, managing time-sensitive processes, and ensuring that complex financial transactions are processed accurately. The ideal candidate combines technical expertise, attention to detail, strong ownership mentality, and the ability to collaborate across multiple business functions while maintaining a focus on operational excellence.

This is an opportunity to join a highly visible team supporting mission-critical market operations within a sophisticated trading environment, with exposure to global markets, exchange-traded products, and ongoing technology and process transformation initiatives.