Alex Robertson Email & Phone Number

Denver, Co, Us

Boulder, Colorado, United States

Houston, Texas Area

Trade Support Analyst. Houston, Texas • Assists all US Based Metals traders with tracking their intraday and end of day positions• Assists in the daily entry and fills for all LME MOC Give-Up orders and sends a recap highlighting the activity for the day to the client for clearing• Executes a checkout for all Precious OTC trades against trader chats/recaps as they are executed• Acts as the primary point of contact with KST’s clearing broker for the ICE Daily IBA… Show more Trade Support Analyst. Houston, Texas • Assists all US Based Metals traders with tracking their intraday and end of day positions• Assists in the daily entry and fills for all LME MOC Give-Up orders and sends a recap highlighting the activity for the day to the client for clearing• Executes a checkout for all Precious OTC trades against trader chats/recaps as they are executed• Acts as the primary point of contact with KST’s clearing broker for the ICE Daily IBA Gold and Silver Auction settlements, for which KST is a Direct Participant• Worked with global teams in the setup of KST as a Direct Participant for the ICE Daily IBA Gold and Silver Auctions• Books trades for all US based activity including but not limited to LME outrights and carries, swaps (LME and NYMEX), physical base metals averaging trades, Arb basis swaps and Precious Metals EFPs• Performs month end processing including processing option expiry/exercise and month end fixings on NYMEX and Base metals curves• Manages client requests on an ad hoc basis including sending statements, invoices and confirmationsLogistics Coordinator, Houston, Texas July 2015 – Present• Acts as the primary point of contact between the traders and the clearing broker for all US Based exchange held material on NYMEX (for precious and base metals)• Oversees all metal movements both base and precious with warehouses and logistics companies including import of fresh production material into the US via water and rail and truck moves from warehouse to warehouse within the US• Manages relationships between KST Metals team and warehouses and logistics providers/brokers• Manages physical material in the KST system and ensures that the system accurately captures physical activity• Coordinates customs clearance of material with KST customs teams and Customs brokers• Executes a monthly reconciliation of physical material held over month end Show less

Houston, Texas Area

• Run and send daily Flash PnL for Oil and Agricultural Products, Natural Gas and Power to the desk in order to provide a snapshot of all daily trading activity• Investigate any discrepancies between Flash PnL and trader estimate PnL in order to gain an understanding of where it’s coming from and how to fix it• Run, maintain and send daily control files including FX exposure, position and risk reports in order to assess the outstanding risk, both financial and regulatory, associated… Show more • Run and send daily Flash PnL for Oil and Agricultural Products, Natural Gas and Power to the desk in order to provide a snapshot of all daily trading activity• Investigate any discrepancies between Flash PnL and trader estimate PnL in order to gain an understanding of where it’s coming from and how to fix it• Run, maintain and send daily control files including FX exposure, position and risk reports in order to assess the outstanding risk, both financial and regulatory, associated with trading activity• Checked and saved down daily end of day rates for Oil• Manually input daily prices for CAD and USD for indexes that did not have an automatic feed and update the affected trades with the prices that were input so that all trades were up to date and the correct value is taken• Investigate trades with discrepancies raised by other teams and amend the deals if necessary to ensure accuracy of all trades with clients• Input fees requested by operations in order to ensure prompt settlement of all payments• Book and process all deals affected by novations when they are executed Show less

Houston, Texas Area

• Managed and submitted daily reports detailing all global financially settled transactions for the Commodity Financial Trading Commission (CFTC), the regulatory body for commodity trading of the US Government• Work with IT and compliance to ensure that all reports sent are accurate• Investigate the cause of any errors and work with IT, when necessary, to fix them• Worked with IT to build tests for the reporting tool so that all reports are correct and any errors made are discovered… Show more • Managed and submitted daily reports detailing all global financially settled transactions for the Commodity Financial Trading Commission (CFTC), the regulatory body for commodity trading of the US Government• Work with IT and compliance to ensure that all reports sent are accurate• Investigate the cause of any errors and work with IT, when necessary, to fix them• Worked with IT to build tests for the reporting tool so that all reports are correct and any errors made are discovered before submission to the CFTC Show less

Houston, Texas Area

• Streamlined the confirmation process on Base Metal longform confirmations working with other teams including legal, tax and front office to agree on a standardized template• Drafted and confirmed the confirmation documents for all American Physical Metals, both Base and Precious• Executed a daily checkout of all brokered power and Natural Gas trades both physical and financial• Assisted the finance team by executing a month end report reconciling all cash activity for DB North… Show more • Streamlined the confirmation process on Base Metal longform confirmations working with other teams including legal, tax and front office to agree on a standardized template• Drafted and confirmed the confirmation documents for all American Physical Metals, both Base and Precious• Executed a daily checkout of all brokered power and Natural Gas trades both physical and financial• Assisted the finance team by executing a month end report reconciling all cash activity for DB North America trading branches • Analyzed and reconciled weekly cash activity for all North American accounts • Booked any cash breaks in order to ensure that the ledgers and accounts were balanced by month end• Assisted in remotely transitioning the precious metals confirmation process to another bank location in order to minimize risk by making sure that there is a large global coverage base • Assisted in drafting any manual confirmations to be sent to the counterparty• Invoiced clients and chased for invoices for monthly payments on Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) activity• Helped to transition the invoicing process for NGL payments to an offshore site• Assisted in reconciling the physical activity of Natural Gas• Processed payments for all physical Natural Gas activity• Commodities product knowledge includes structured/exotic products, Precious Metals, Base Metals, Natural Gas, Power and limited exposure to Oil and Agricultural products Show less

London, United Kingdom

Mountbatten Graduate-Commodities Documentation TeamResponsible for confirmation drafting and affirmation for Precious & Base Metals Physical and Financial OTC transactions, Commodity Index and Dry Bulk Freight. Extensive Swift confirmation experienceResponsible for confirmation MIS for senior management across operations and trading.Commodities product knowledge includes Precious & Base Metals, Oil, Commodity Indices, Coal, and Freight.Derivatives knowledge of swaps… Show more Mountbatten Graduate-Commodities Documentation TeamResponsible for confirmation drafting and affirmation for Precious & Base Metals Physical and Financial OTC transactions, Commodity Index and Dry Bulk Freight. Extensive Swift confirmation experienceResponsible for confirmation MIS for senior management across operations and trading.Commodities product knowledge includes Precious & Base Metals, Oil, Commodity Indices, Coal, and Freight.Derivatives knowledge of swaps, options, forwards, exoticsStrong client relationship skills. Working knowledge of 2005 Commodity ISDA definitionsConfirmation template creation and maintenance as part of global project to automate confirmation process. Comprehensive understanding of the trade life cycleCompleted Deutsche Bank learning program for Financial Markets as well as a comprehensive training course in Core CommoditiesExposure to further financial asset classes including FX, Equities and RatesExperienced the open outcry ring markets at the London Metals Exchange Show less

B.A., Government

Activities and Societies: Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity Business Foundations Certification Program/Minor

Post Graduate Certificate, International Business

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