Job Description

Location(s)

Singapore, South East

Company

Koch Minerals & Trading

Career Field

Trading

Job Number

143155

Your Job

The Commodity Trading Support Analyst plays an active role within the organization which provides the unique opportunity of experiencing and learning the business of commodity trading from multiple perspectives.

Candidates for this role should possess strong critical thinking skills and have a demonstrable ability to not only solve problems, but also to help implement those solutions throughout the business. Ideal candidates should have a deep commitment and willingness to achieve success, both on a personal and a company-wide level. The candidate should also be proactive, team-oriented, possess good interpersonal communication skills, and demonstrate an enthusiasm and passion for the work that underscores the candidate\'s dedication to pioneering improvement and to driving change.

Apart from providing reports to the traders and executing trade support functions, the Commodity Trading Support Analyst is responsible for the execution of daily tasks and leveraging other resources to drive process improvements. The applicant should be an effective facilitator who excels in applying concepts and principles to real-world trading transactions.

Our Team

The Commodity Trading Support Analyst works closely with traders, IT professionals, operations, and accounting professionals throughout the Koch Supply & Trading organization.

What You Will Do

• Calculating and reporting trading positions and gross trading profit & loss for the use of Financial Reporting group and the trading teams
• Proactive communication with traders, analysts, shipping groups & Settlements group.
• Follow the movement of physical cargoes, ensure costs for the cargoes are accrued and correctly accounted for
• Ensuring compliance with control policies and trading standards
• Understanding expected positions and/or P&L and raising questions to understand or correct any variance
• Providing traders with accurate daily hedge orders.
• Ensure trades done by the Traders are correctly captured in the system, if not, make corrections and inform of potential impact (of the errors) to the Credit Group, Risk Group, Operations and General Accounting Group
• Prepare P&L estimate (for the day) for Traders and upload prices for mark to market and analysis.
• Developing new tools/processes that will facilitate ease and efficiency for the front & back office
• Sharing knowledge across accounting/business teams
• Month end responsibilities includes curve validations, generation of bid ask reserves and inventory reconciliation.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

Bachelor\'s degree in Finance, Accounting or Economics (or related field)

Team-oriented individual

Excellent interpersonal communication skills

Highly motivated; willing to put in extra effort to get the job done

Ability to handle numerous tasks simultaneously and perform under pressure

Strong analytical skills and numerical sense; willingness to grasp and communicate complex trading transactions

Internally motivated with the ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced, interactive business environment

Attention to detail; ability to work with detailed transactions and properly control, report and communicate trading activity

Passion for the commodities market and working in a trading environment

Extensive knowledge of Microsoft Office; comfortable working using Excel Spreadsheets and macros.

What Will Put You Ahead

Technical skills including programming/Python/SQL knowledge/Power BI

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate\'s knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Who We Are

As a Koch company, Koch Minerals & Trading (KM&T) specializes in the innovative procurement, exchange, and delivery of essential commodity products and services that empower our daily way of life. We pursue the development of investments into successful ventures and new, transformative platforms.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

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