Description: A fantastic opportunity has arisen within a City-based Global Trading House for a Credit Risk Analyst with sound commodities experience for a contractual period of 6 months. Working within the Risk Department, the successful candidate will have previous corporate / FI credit analysis experience with exposure to and understanding of commodities products to include commodities futures & options, LME forwards and OTC precious metals products.

Responsibilities include:

Proactively undertake the credit risk analysis and monitoring of the business and escalating significant credit risk issues to Management

Assess the credit risks and financial strength of new and existing counterparties

Monitor / manage credit risk limits

Negotiate and administer the exchange of corporate/bank guarantees, netting agreements, Standby Letters of Credit and other credit support documentation used to mitigate counterparty risk.

Assist with account documentation (e.g. terms of business/trading and client agreements) from a credit risk mitigation perspective

Assist with credit risk management-related projects.

Applications are welcome from those candidates with a commodities corporate credit background gained within a trading / capital markets / financial institution. You will demonstrate sound credit and financial statement analysis skills and will be a confident user of credit risk management tools and techniques.

COMMODITIES CREDIT RISK ANALYST (CONTRACT)