Risk Analyst Mid-Level

our client is a private owned midsized energy commodity trading company with HQ in Switzerland operating worldwide.

to strenghten the Risk and Finance team we are looking for dedicated new colleague

as Risk Analyst who is interesting in working within an active trading environment.

Tasks

Your Function:

In this function you will work in the Risk Management team and will report to the department head. Your responsibilities will mainly include:

• Daily review of the trading P&Ls to ensure correctness and completeness covering also the correct valuation of open physical and paper positions at market value as well as associated cost of sales
• Daily reconciliation procedure of analyzed figures with responsible traders as well as monthend reconciliation with accounting department and reconciliation of intercompany positions; also monitoring of daily positions of paper hedge positions (swaps and futures) and reconciliation with brokers
• Regular review of storage positions with all movements on a daily basis such as lifting discharges month end rollover stock positions
• Production of reports to traders and management such as exposure reports weekly bank positions reports VaR reports
• Ad hoc analysis of markets products business cases to support the traders
• Daily review and upload of market prices into the trading system setting up new price curves for new market locations and products

Requirements

Your Profile:

• Degree in Finance Business Economics or related field preferred)
• At least 2 years of experience in a midsize international trading company preferably in a similar role.
• Working knowledge of trading processes (operations logistics shipping storage transactional trade finance hedging) is desired. Experience in the area of biofuels is a plus.
• Good understanding of commodity valuation risk metrics of a trading company (operational/price/ base and currency risks)
• Strong mathematical and analytical skills
• Working experience with ETRM systems Analysis Tools and SAP Business Objects
• Excellent MS Office skills knowledge of a coding language is a plus
• Strong communication skills are required to interact daily with front office and senior management
• Full professional proficiency in English
• Detailoriented team player with high integrity
• Commercially driven selfmotivated resultsoriented problem solver

Benefits

Offer:

• Key role in our daily interactions with the trading team accounting trade finance operations as well as with our colleagues in the U.S. and Singapore
• Career opportunity in an international trading company within a dynamic environment in the center of Zug