Metals Trade Analytics & Risk Insights Analyst

Koch; Greater London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Defined contribution pension scheme

Long-term disability insurance

Private medical insurance

Death in service life assurance

Health screening

Interest free season ticket loan

Ride to work scheme

Job summary

Koch Minerals & Trading (KM&T) in London seeks a Metals Middle Office Analyst to partner with traders, operations, and finance teams, delivering insights on positions, P&L, risk, and working capital.

You will help drive better decisions, identify opportunities, and improve efficiency across the trade lifecycle, with exposure to both physical and financial metals trading and opportunities for automation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related discipline.
• Analytical and quantitative skills with ability to work with large datasets and reconcile complex positions.
• Problem-solving and critical-thinking capabilities.
• Effective communication and collaboration across functions.

Responsibilities

• Partner with traders and commercial leaders to explain drivers of P&L and positions, highlight risks and themes, and support daily, monthly, and quarterly decision-making.
• Deliver meaningful analysis to improve understanding of performance, exposures, and portfolio dynamics.
• Build trusted relationships across trading, finance, operations, and risk teams by clearly connecting financial results to commercial activity.
• Support the integrity of the trading book through balance sheet substantiation and controls over positions, accruals, inventories, warrants, and margins.
• Identify control gaps across trade capture, valuation, and operational processes and implement improvements to reduce risk and improve efficiency.
• Assist with accurate and timely close processes by investigating exceptions, resolving discrepancies, and escalating issues when appropriate.
• Support key operational processes including settlements, reconciliations, contract administration, margining, warrant and physical processing, and client servicing activities.
• Collaborate with commercial and operations teams to proactively address potential issues, improve reliability, and enhance client outcomes.
• Identify opportunities to automate manual processes and improve workflows, allowing for greater focus on value-added analysis.
• Support projects and business initiatives involving new products, reporting enhancements, process improvements, and operational capabilities.

Skills

SQL

Python

VBA

Analytical skills

Data reconciliation

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Engineering, Mathematics, CS

Tools

SQL

Python

VBA

Job description

Koch Minerals & Trading (KM&T) in London seeks a Metals Middle Office Analyst to partner with traders, operations, and finance teams, delivering insights on positions, P&L, risk, and working capital.

You will help drive better decisions, identify opportunities, and improve efficiency across the trade lifecycle, with exposure to both physical and financial metals trading and opportunities for automation.