Commercial Broker/Business Development

Company Overview

Farmers Business Network®* (*FBN®) is on a mission to power the prosperity of family farmers and rural communities around the world, transforming how the world farms with an integrated, technology-enabled agricultural platform.

We offer high ROI farm inputs, fintech and sustainability products and services powered by network data, and farm-tested insights from our global farmer community. Our platform helps FBN® members make confident decisions to ensure the economic viability of their farms, while also empowering them to be a part of the solution as the global community confronts its most pressing issues: providing food security for a growing population, transitioning to more sustainable agriculture, and responding to climate change.

We are a dynamic, innovative, and mission-driven AgTech company that offers competitive compensation and benefits as well as boundless career mobility. We are backed by top investors, including Fidelity, ADM, Google Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, DBL Partners, T Rowe Price and Temasek. We have been featured in these articles by the Wall Street Journal and Forbes, and were also named "One of the 50 Most Innovative Companies in the World" by Fast Company Magazine.

Position Summary

SCS Financial Services, part of Gradable Commercial Services, is looking for a dynamic professional to help service brokerage clients, along with acquiring and engaging new clients in brokerage products and other financial risk management services. This professional will convert newly identified customers to fully engaged and transacting educated ones on the financial services we provide.

Core Responsibilities:

• Work to maintain and foster relationships with customer End users, Elevators and Coops.
• Service risk managers, merchandisers, and originators at customer entities.
• Partner with and provide advice to FBN’s current brokerage customers and future customers.
• Foster a relationship and build trust with current clients, helping them with existing needs and providing support and advice on future customer endeavors.
• Serve as the business development support for grain risk management, using technical knowledge of the agricultural markets.
• Focus on and specialize in both cash and financial trading and brokering.
• Solicit and onboard new business for the FBN Financial Business Unit.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 7 years of experience in agriculture financial services
• Deep understanding of the cash grain markets, including basis and transportation dynamics across the country.
• Understanding of derivatives (options, futures) and how they apply to hedging at an deep level
• Series 3 or ability to attain in short order required
• Location flexible. Offices in Chicago preferable, but ability to work from home part/all time will be considered
• Travel when needed - 10-20% possible

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in agriculture financial services
• Ability, willingness and confidence to reach out to commercial entities across agriculture to discuss and offer the many services offered by Gradable Commercial Services, including but not limited to IB services.
• Established agricultural commercial relationships (particularly end user relationships) a strong positive

*The following represents FBN's reasonable estimate of the US national average base salary range of possible compensation for this role based on market data and placement of internal employees: $125,000 - $150,000. *

This salary range may vary based on geography and variations in cost of labor. Beyond the above or adjusted to market salary range, FBN also offers all full-time employees competitive equity compensation, health and wellness benefits, and various perks.

FBN is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. FBN considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. ******We participate in the E-Verify program in certain locations as required by law. Learn more about the E-Verify program here.****** FBN is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please email fill out this form.#LI-REMOTE