Commodity Risk Analyst, Reporting and Analysis - Petaling Jaya, Malaysia - Barry Callebaut

Barry Callebaut

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Petaling Jaya, Malaysia

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Commodity Risk Analyst, Reporting and Analysis

Location:
Petaling Jaya, 10, MY, 47800At Barry Callebaut, we are on a journey to transform the cocoa and chocolate industry.

As the world's leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, our actions truly shape the future of our industry.

We are a business-to-business company, serving the entire food sector, from the cocoa bean to the finest chocolate product.

We are a company with a purpose, we believe in doing well by doing good and reinvesting in the communities we operate.

We have a long-standing commitment to sustainability and our goal is to shape a sustainable cocoa and chocolate future. We are headquartered in Zurich, and have more than 12,000 passionate Employees working in more than 40 countries worldwide. We are very proud of who we are and what we do. And of course, we are always looking for talented people to help us have a positive impact on our industry and beyond

About the role

The business is very exposed to the volatility of the commodities market. A good governance of such a business requires accurate and regular risk reporting, analysis and control.

Hence, the Commodity Risk analyst, analysis & reporting will report directly to the Risk Manager APAC and play a key role in:

Preparing and performing checks in reports to ensure that the price risk management activities of the desk are captured timely within the trading systems and that the resultant pricing exposures carry the relevant fair values consistent with internal marktomarket standards.
Ensuring the traders are compliant with the risk governance framework
Acting as a key expert in derivativerelated master data maintenance, including onboarding new products/brokers, extension of new trading periods and liaising with derivative brokers
Provide meaningful analysis and explanations for performance and risk numbers in the reports
Raise, investigate and follow up on issues related to data quality and content of the reports
Proactively evaluate weaknesses, redundancies and inefficiencies in existing processes to continuously improve productivity, accuracy and reporting capabilities
Providing adequate support to risk team/support stakeholders on adhoc requests

Key responsibilities include

Preparation of reporting to capture pricing exposure, trading strategies and profit & loss (Pnl)
Working daily with various regional stakeholders (Trading, commercial & Sales, sourcing, customer service, logistics, treasury, accounting and local controllers) to ensure data integrity is upheld in the front office systems on our full portfolio (physicals, inventory and futures)
Ensuring all trading managers comply with the risk management governance framework (trading mandate limit, stop loss limit, etc.) and all costs (clearing, brokerage) are well recorded in the systems.
Drive the understanding of the trading strategies employed by the desk, pricing exposures and P&L generated by the trade book and the key drivers of fair value or markedtomarket generation.
Manage daily physical forecasting process with commercial and sourcing team
Identifies, analyzes, and communicates trends and issues affecting the business, able to drive process improvements, including the creation of standard and adhoc reports, tools, and Excel dashboards
The role supports the full Asia portfolio (Cocoa and ingredients) and requires the development effective relationships with multiple stakeholders

About you

At least 35 years of working experience in commodity risk management/ FP&A/financial controlling
Strong ability to work on complex reporting
Strong understanding of trading, operations, risk and mid/backoffice business processes, policies, procedures, and controls.
Advanced grasp of trading deal structures, interpreting positions, P&L, mark market, and financial analysis
Relevant bachelor's degree in a quantitative discipline, preferably in economics/finance or a related discipline with a good understanding of reporting, forecasting and analysis techniques
High proficiency in Excel, Power BI and BW are required. Technical skills (SQL, Python, R, Tableau), FRM and handling of large analytical datasets are preferred.
High proficiency in English (written and spoken) is required
Strong interpersonal and communication skills and an ability to build and maintain positive stakeholder relationships
Selfmotivated individual who functions well in an unstructured environment.
Ability to perform under tight deadlines in a very fastpaced business environment
Ability to multitask with a high level of attention to detail and accuracy
This is a replacement role with a new transformation in business requirements. The role works in a highly datadriven environment which provides high business value and plays a key role in business transformation

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