Head of Commodities Compliance Asia

Balyasny Asset Management (BAM) is a global, multi-strategy investment Firm with over $21 billion in assets under management. We are a diversified business, with global breadth and depth. Our Firm has a clear mission: To consistently deliver uncorrelated returns in all market environments. Today, BAM employs more than 160 portfolio managers and 1,200 investment professionals across 19 offices in the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. We are active across six investing strategies: Equities Long/Short, Equities Arbitrage, Macro, Commodities, Systematic, and Growth Equity. We also have a dedicated private investment team, BAM Elevate, and a standalone equities unit, Corbets Capital.

Role Overview:

• Maintain a comprehensive understanding of all compliance requirements relating to the firm’s Asia commodities business
• Provide counsel to staff in relation to day-to-day compliance-related questions
• Develop, implement, and monitor compliance policies, procedures, and controls to ensure Asia commodity trading activities remain in compliance with applicable regulatory requirements
• Assist with enforcing compliance policies as it applies to the firm’s business on a day-to-day basis
• Monitor regulatory developments and stay ahead of them to update compliance policies and procedures as required
• Liaise with regulatory agencies and exchanges
• Develop and manage the ongoing enhancement and implementation of compliance training programs
• Work with the Surveillance Team to enhance existing surveillance systems and protocol and suggest new surveillance approaches and ways to implement
• Keep track of industry leading compliance practices and adopt and implement such practices to continually enhance the firm’s compliance program
• Escalate matters to the global Compliance leaders and the regional Business leaders as necessary

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree required
• 5+ years of commodities compliance experience in commodity trading houses
• Strong working knowledge of physical and financial commodity trading, products, and platforms
• High standard of professionalism in all dealings with internal staff and any external partners, clients and regulatory agencies
• Ability to work in a high-volume, fast-paced environment that is continuously growing
• Must be highly collaborative and possess excellent writing, communication, and problem-solving skills
• Strong organizational and research skills
• Outstanding attention to detail