Trading Risk Analyst

7 months ago


Cape Town, South Africa Engen Full time

**Purpose of the Job**:
**Who You Are**:

- You are passionate about supporting the business with risk mitigation strategies.
- You have a reputation for integrity.
- You are comfortable working with numbers (Volumes, Exchange rates, Project costings).
- You have a good understanding of the Supply Chain Trading environment.
- You are passionate about adding value to Engen at an integrated level.
- You have excellent Business Information Warehouse skills. (Ability to extract volumes and costs from Allegro and SAP ERPM System.
- You have excellent interpersonal, communication, problem-solving and analytical skills.
- You are noted as someone that has a concern for accuracy and has a keen eye for detail.
- You can work with people of various levels, both in the organization and in the broader business environment.
- You work well in a stressful environment and with little or no supervision.

**What you’ll have done before**:
Baseline:

- NQF Level 6 Diploma in Commerce/ Finance or equivalent.
- Relevant IT Systems knowledge/training.
- Minimum 3 years’ experience in Finance and Accounting.
- Knowledge of Trading platforms and SAP.
- Knowledge of Microsoft SQL and SQL report writing.
- Ability to work successfully in a Team environment.

Advantageous:

- Post Graduate Degree in Finance and Accounting.
- Experience in ETRM Logistics/Distribution system design and implementation.
- Knowledge of database management.

**Exciting Challenges you might face in the role**:

- Operate in an ever-changing environment and navigate ambiguity.
- Collaborate with various business divisions.
- Lead and assist with various projects as part of the functions of your role.
- Deliver excellence, amidst tight deadlines and high expectations.

**What you’ll be doing**:

- Managing trading platform where deals are captured and maintained.
- Daily, monthly and annual reporting on various deals re profitability, exposure and risk profile.
- Support Allegro system upgrades and maintenance.
- Managing Trade life cycle ensuring accurate record keeping of trades and enabling the Trading Team to actively manage forex and commodity price exposure.
- Business support, i.e. providing assistance to system users and resolving system errors.
- Daily validating of risk reports to monitor commodity price risk exposure.
- Daily margin impact analysis (wrt East/West spread, crack spread, price movement and exchange rate analysis).
- Risk system updated daily based on contracts with counterparties, both realized and unrealized positions recorded.
- SAP system updated with month end positions for realized and unrealized deals.
- Ensure positions are accounted for correctly in terms of Foreign Currency accounting.
- Managing user access to Allegro.
- Work with the Data Base Administrator to ensure database is backed up and restored.
- Conduct user acceptance testing for proposed Allegro patches and upgrades.
- Undertake user training.

**Additional Information**:
Location: Cape Town

Salary Band:FH


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