Market Risk Manager

Zen-Noh Global Grain is a global agribusiness organization committed to delivering high-quality agricultural products and services across international markets.

With roots in Japan and established operations in the U.

S., Canada, Brazil, Switzerland and other key agricultural regions, Zen-Noh Global Grain is expanding its international footprint to meet growing demand and build resilient supply chains.

Joining Zen-Noh Global Grain means being part of a dynamic, forward-thinking team that values sustainability, innovation, and strategic growth.

Role Summary

Zen-Noh Global Grain is looking for an experienced Market Risk Manager to own and further develop the firm's market-risk framework across its physical and paper trading activities.

Sitting at the intersection of the trading desks, quantitative analytics, and senior management, this role combines hands‑on risk measurement with significant scope to shape how the business measures, monitors, and communicates risk as it continues to grow.

The successful candidate will work in close partnership with traders to independently assess trading strategies from a risk and operational perspective, while also acting as a bridge between highly technical quantitative work and clear, actionable reporting for senior management.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner closely with traders across the trading desks, providing independent challenge on profit drivers, market assumptions, and risk positioning, from a market-risk and operational perspective.
• Lead and provide technical direction to a small team of data scientists and quantitative analysts delivering mathematically and technically demanding projects including data pipeline development, Value-at-Risk (Va R) calculation, and the design and build of in-house risk applications.
• Own and continue to develop the firm's market-risk measurement framework across commodity price risk and FX, with the scope expected to expand to additional risk types as the business evolves.
• Collaborate closely with Trade Execution, Accounting, Credit, and Compliance to ensure alignment across the organization and a seamless end-to-end trade flow.
• Contribute to the ongoing development and enhancement of risk management systems, including ETRM tooling, ensuring robust data integration and strong analytical capabilities.
• Implement and continuously improve operational controls to reduce risk and strengthen compliance across the trading business.
• Present risk exposures and assessments to senior management and governance meetings in a precise, balanced, and accessible manner, supporting the CFO in preparing materials and analysis.
• Undertake other duties as assigned, in line with the evolving needs of the risk function.

Profile

• Minimum of 10 years' experience in market or commodity risk, ideally within soft commodities and preferably grain trading.
• Strong mathematical and technical literacy, with the ability to follow, discuss, and provide direction on the team's quantitative work.
• Solid grounding in risk management methodologies and valuation models, including Va R, sensitivities, stress testing, and scenario analysis.
• Working knowledge of commodity markets and instruments — futures, options, physical and paper positions, basis, calendar spreads, and forward curves — together with FX risk and other risk types as they are added to scope.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and develop a small technical team, translating between quantitative detail and business decision‑making.
• Excellent communication skills, with a track record of presenting complex risk topics clearly to senior management and non‑technical stakeholders.
• An independent, control‑minded approach, with the confidence to constructively challenge the front office.
• Fluency in English.
• Familiarity with, and practical experience using, Gen AI tools.
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