Analyst - Deals Desk

Trafigura Group; Mumbai; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Trafigura Group in Mumbai is seeking an Analyst for the Deals Desk to provide essential market and risk analysis. The role involves monitoring risks and exposures related to commercial activities and reporting findings to the Management Board.

The ideal candidate will have an MBA in Finance or an Engineering degree, alongside proficiency in market analysis and Excel. You will work closely with trading teams to produce daily P&L reports and analyze trading positions, contributing to informed decision-making in a dynamic trading environment.

Qualifications

• 1-5 years of work experience in finance or a related field.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced high-pressure environment.
• Familiarity with using multiple systems is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Produce daily trading positions and management P&L reports.
• Enter inception P&L for new trading strategies.
• Analyse exposure and M2M profit and loss.

Skills

Market analysis skills

Proficient in Excel

Strong organizational skills

Excellent English communication

Education

MBA in Finance

Degree in Engineering

Job description

## Analyst - Deals DeskApplylocations: Mumbai, Indiatime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: R-017423**Main Purpose** The Deals Desk is a middle office team providing market and risk analysis globally. The team’s primary responsibilities revolve around monitoring all elements of the risk and exposures related to commercial activity and report it directly to the Management Board on a daily basis. Commercially, the team adds value by providing traders with risk assessments and analysis which highlight their exposure, optionality and P&L. These reports are essential to help them make the right commercial decisions and optimize the opportunities their portfolios generate, all the while providing Deals Desk employees with an unprecedented office learning experience in the world of trading. The deals desk team is responsible for maintenance and enhancement of core P&L data to increase accuracy and timeliness of the daily trading results.**Knowledge and Skills & Abilities**Candidates preferably with at least 1-5yrs work experience with the following: •* MBA in Finance* Degree in Engineering is desirable* Should be meticulous and innovative* Have reasonable market analysis skills* Should be proficient excel abilities* Familiarity with using multiple systems is a plus* Strong organisationalskills* Should have excellent English communication skills* Ability to work in a fast paced high pressure environment**Key Responsibilities**Be responsible for the production and reporting of daily trading positions and management P&L, production and monitoring of daily trading P&L and volumetric exposure reports, post deal review and system reconciliation. Enter inception P&L for all new trading strategies, and maintain the economics on these strategies from cradle to grave* Independently justify the economics applied to each trading strategy.* Apply forward curve on daily basis for physical and derivative markets to current position and to explain the impact on the trading P&L.* Produce daily commentary for board of directors / traders to explain the change in the trading profit and loss due to market changes/change in estimated / actual economics for each deal.* Analyse exposure and M2M profit and loss on physical/derivative portfolios* Ensure all market price risk is captured and hedge actions executed* Assess implication of changes to future physical deliveries and report and discuss impact of hedge strategy* Creation and maintenance of ad-hoc reports to assist in any area of position reporting /structure /hedging ( data integrity / trade entry / irregular business structures).* Full responsibility for integrity of data in trading systems that is used to generate the above items**Key Relationships*** Deals Management, Physical/Derivative Traders, Operators, Finance Dept, Chartering Dept, Demurrage Dept, Deals Team**Reporting Structure*** Deals Desk Manager at TGS