What you’ll do
Assists in the market risk management and risk reporting support to the Risk and Marketing teams, as well as supporting the related market data requirements
Performance & Delivery
- Produce Value at Risk (VaR) and other Market Risk measures, such as stress testing
- Perform analysis for VaR and other Market Risk measures.
- Apply Python in automation tasks
- Assist the Market Risk team in determining and validating forward curves
- Provide support in developing and enhancing risk management framework, policies and procedures
- Provide support to the daily price feed process and validation
- 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 very high degree of technical competence, which requires advanced Excel and SQL knowledge
- Monitor compliance of Front Office activities with regards to the limit framework, and elevate when applicable
- Assist in the rolling out and UAT (User Acceptance Testing) of Risk system improvements
- Ad-hoc reporting as requested by the Marketing Risk and Reporting Manager or Head of Commodity Risk
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
What we’re looking for
- Bachelor's degree, preferably in numerate or finance field
- Professional experience in Risk
- 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
- Effective written and verbal communication skills; fluency in English (verbal and written) is essential
- Excel, plus progamming skills such as VBA, Python and/or SQL.
- Familiarity with trading, including the lifecycle of a trade
- Familiarity with Options
- Familiarity with BI technologies (e.g. Tableau, Microsoft Power BI)
Additional information
Anglo American is a global diversified mining business. Our portfolio of world-class mining operations provides the metals and minerals that make modern life possible. We use innovative practices and the latest technologies to discover new resources and mine, process, move and market our products to our customers around the world.
As a responsible miner – of diamonds (through De Beers), copper, platinum and other precious metals, iron ore, coal and nickel – we are the custodians of what are precious natural resources. We work together with our key partners and stakeholders to unlock the sustainable value that those resources represent for our shareholders, the communities and countries in which we operate and for society at large. Anglo American is re-imagining mining to improve people’s lives.
What we offer
- Competitive salary and benefits package
- Amazing opportunities for learning and growth - from technical training to leadership programs, we bring out the best in our people
- We’re a large, successful multinational company and there are plenty of opportunities internally to move onwards and upwards too