Analyst - Market Risk and Reporting

You’re talented and adaptable. That’s why you’ll fit in.

We’re re-imagining mining to improve people’s lives. That includes the lives of everyone who works for Anglo American. We strive to be a great company where employees are happy and inspired to do their best work. A place where every colleague can grow, develop and realise their potential. To live up to our Always with Purpose employee value proposition, we’re putting the development and growth of colleagues first by ensuring everyone at Anglo American has the career experience they deserve.

The purpose of Anglo American Marketing is to sustainably maximise cash flows from the marketing of Anglo-American products and services.

Job Description

The Market Risk and Reporting team within Marketing Risk is part of the 2nd line of defence of Marketing’s activities. The team is responsible for measuring and managing market risk with Marketing’s equity and trading activities, as well as ensuring that all market risk exposures and mark to market P&Ls are known and monitored. Market Risk activities include the production of a broad set of market risk metrics, regular interaction with Front Office, and to deliver the right message to Senior Management, traders and other parts of the business in a proactive manner. Risk Reporting provides transparency into the financial exposure, the profit/loss results and risks being run in the different commodity trading and marketing portfolios

Responsibilities

• Generate (daily, weekly and monthly for senior management reporting) risk reports, including P&L and Exposure/Position, using the implemented risk system. Acts as the main focal point with traders and Finance on day to day issues, thus is responsible for creating solutions and maintain good customer relationships
• Analyse trading results, including P&L and volumes. The analysis can require a reasonable degree of technical competence, such as advanced Excel
• Produce Value at Risk (VaR) and other Market Risk measures, such as stress testing
• Perform analysis for VaR and other Market Risk measures.
• Provide support to the daily price feed process and validation
• Provide support in developing and enhancing risk management framework, policies and procedures
• Monitor compliance of Front Office activities with regards to the limit framework, and escalate when applicable
• Assist in the rolling out and UAT (User Acceptance Testing) of Risk system improvements

Compliance

• Adherence to all Anglo American Group and Marketing policies and procedures, as well as observing proper standards of conduct relating to the role.
• Comply with Anglo American Security and Operating Standards

Qualifications

• Bachelor\’s degree, preferably in numerate or finance field
• Greater than 2 years of professional experience in Risk

Specific Knowledge requirements

• Sound understanding of Market Risk techniques and concepts in a commodity environment.
• Understanding of P&L and exposures/positions in a trading environment
• Ability to work with datasets/databases
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines in a trading environment
• Excel, plus progamming skills such as VBA, Python and/or SQL would be beneficial
• Familiarity with trading, including the lifecycle of a trade
• Familiarity with Options
• Familiarity with BI technologies (e.g. Tableau, Microsoft Power BI)

About Us

We aim to lead the industry by pursuing ever safer ways of working, demonstrating integrity and showing care and respect for people and the planet. That means we are constantly seeking new opportunities to mine and process our products sustainably, using less water, less energy and more precise extraction technologies.

We are committed to promoting an inclusive and diverse workplace where we value and respect every colleague for who they are. We provide equality of opportunity to enable everyone to fulfil their potential.

What We Offer

When you join Anglo American, you can expect to enjoy a competitive salary and benefits package. But more than this, you’ll find yourself in an environment where the opportunities for learning and growth are second to none. From technical training to leadership programmes, we bring out the best in our people.

We are committed to ensuring you return home safely after a day’s work. To make that happen, we have the most rigorous safety standards in the industry. Not only that, we’re also continually investing in new technologies that are helping to make mining safer.