James Murphy

About James Murphy

Financial industry professional with 20+ years of experience in trading, risk management, and business development within the derivative markets. Broad-ranging career with the most recent focus on customer-facing roles in financial technology- Relationship Management: Skilled in building and maintaining strong relationships with clients and internal stakeholders. Focus on maintaining overall customer engagement while expanding and retaining managed revenue- Customer Engagement: Proactively nurtured and developed relationships by understanding our customers\' goals and needs in detail. and continually prioritising and executing customer success programs and touchpoints to drive onboarding, adoption, and to secure retentionBuilding and nurturing relationships with clients: to drive success- Commercial & Strategic Thinking: Ability to approach issues from a top management perspective, considering the overall business context and implications. Coordinate all commercial activities within customer accounts, while leveraging product knowledge to collaborate on long-term relationships and improving use cases - Communication & Collaboration: Ability to effectively communicate complex information and collaborate across multiple departments- Risk & Portfolio Management: Experience calculating VaR, drawdown, stress testing, and Monte Carlo simulations. Expanded knowledge in liquidity risk concepts of margin attribution, stress testing, capital optimization via position netting, reconciliation, and allocation- Exchange & Clearing: Well-versed in futures clearing, the process of listing physical and financial contracts, margin, regulatory landscape, and up to date on fixed income, currency, and commodity markets- Price Discovery & Market Dynamics: Solid understanding of price discovery mechanisms, futures-physical convergence, term structure drivers (backwardation, contango), and typical physical contract terms- Commodity & Options Trading: Extensive experience in physical and financial commodity markets, with a deep understanding of trading options strategies, hedging, and pricing forward curves.

Experience

1. Regional Account Manager

   LSEG

   Jun 2025 — Present · New York, NY, US

Education

• Towson University

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics; Actuarial Science

Skills

• Financial Markets
• Trading
• Arbitrage
• Options
• Electronic Trading
• Proprietary Trading
• Fixed Income
• Technical Analysis
• Swaps
• Equities
• Bloomberg
• Risk Management
• Commodity Markets
• Hedging
• Trading Systems
• Fx Options
• Commodity
• Hedge Funds
• Derivatives
• Financial Risk