Internship Opportunity | Market Risk

BHP; Singapore; On-site; SGD 13,000 - 20,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Safety & well-being

Development opportunities

Global intern network

Flexible working options

Parental leave

Job summary

BHP is offering a 6-month Commercial Internship Programme in Singapore designed to give real-world experience in market risk and data analytics. You will work on projects leveraging macroeconomic indicators, commodity fundamentals, and LLMs to enhance risk assessment.

You’ll gain hands-on experience with AI applications in finance, build dashboards in Power BI, and collaborate within a diverse, global intern network while developing technical and professional skills.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate/postgraduate student pursuing a quantitative degree.
• Strong Python and SQL proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Support development of AI and GenAI solutions for market risk management, focusing on stress testing and tail risk.
• Collect, clean, validate, and analyze structured and unstructured data (commodities, macro indicators, market reports, news).
• Apply ML, NLP, and LLM techniques to extract market insights and support probabilistic scenario generation.
• Develop dashboards and visualizations using Power BI and Python to communicate risk insights.

Skills

Python

SQL

Machine Learning

LLMs

Data analytics

Analytical thinking

Education

Undergraduate/postgraduate degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Business Analytics, Quantitative Finance, Economics or related field

Tools

Power BI

Python (coding)

Job description

About BHP

At BHP we support our people to grow, learn, develop their skills and reach their potential. With a global portfolio of operations, we offer a diverse and inclusive environment with extraordinary career opportunities. Our strategy is to focus on creating a safe work environment where our employees feel strongly connected to our values and objectives, and where the capability of our people is key to our success.

About BHP

At BHP we support our people to grow, learn, develop their skills and reach their potential. With a global portfolio of operations, we offer a diverse and inclusive environment with extraordinary career opportunities. Our strategy is to focus on creating a safe work environment where our employees feel strongly connected to our values and objectives, and where the capability of our people is key to our success.

About The Role

Are you ready to gain real-world experience, contribute to meaningful projects, and accelerate your career in commercial operations? Join the BHP Commercial Internship Programme in Singapore and become part of a dynamic team shaping the future of resources. You will work on innovative projects that leverage macroeconomic indicators, commodity fundamentals, market intelligence, news analytics, and large language models (LLMs) to enhance market risk assessment and probabilistic stress testing capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the development of AI and GenAI solutions for market risk management, with a focus on stress testing, scenario analysis, and tail risk assessment.
• Collect, clean, validate, and analyse structured and unstructured data, including commodity prices, macroeconomic indicators, market reports, and news articles.
• Apply machine learning, NLP, and LLM techniques to extract market insights and support probabilistic scenario generation.
• Develop dashboards and visualizations using Power BI and Python to communicate risk insights and support decision-making.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate/postgraduate student pursuing a degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Business Analytics, Quantitative Finance, Economics, or a related quantitative discipline.
• Working-level proficiency in Python and SQL.
• Outstanding understanding of Machine Learning, LLMs, GenAI, and data analytics.
• Familiarity with Power BI and data visualization tools.
• Interest in financial markets, commodity markets, risk management, or AI applications in finance.
• Strong analytical thinking, communication skills, collaboration mindset, and sense of ownership.

Preferred

• Knowledge of market risk concepts such as stress testing, VaR, scenario analysis, or probability distributions.
• Exposure to NLP, time-series forecasting, or commodity market analytics.

What We Offer Our Interns

Our dynamic 6-month Commercial internship is designed to give you real-life working experience. You’ll be exposed to a variety of projects across different commodities and regions, helping you understand how business operates in the real world. The program combines hands‑on learning with formal training sessions to help you build both technical and professional skills from the ground up. You’ll also participate in a team‑based projects, where you’ll collaborate with others to solve real business problems—giving you the chance to apply what you learn and develop practical solutions. Beyond the profession work above, we also offer excellent work culture:

• Ongoing commitment to your safety and well-being
• Holistic and personalised development opportunities
• Support from your global interns and graduate network
• Multicultural, inclusive and diverse workforce

We believe that you would have the opportunity to learn extraordinary leadership and technical skills from this internship, which will transfer into your future careers that create lasting impact.

About Our Process

At BHP, we are committed to employing individuals who align with the BHP Charter Values and meet the requirements of the role. As part of the recruitment process, there are a number of checks which may be conducted to demonstrate applicants suitability for a role including police / criminal background checks, medical, drug and alcohol testing, due diligence checks, right to work checks, and/or reference checks.

Supporting a Diverse Workforce

The size, stability and magnitude of our business not only provides significant opportunity for professional development, but also attractive salary packages with performance-based bonuses and a best‑in‑class employee share program. We know there are many aspects of our employees' lives that are important, and work is only one of these, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, other extended leave entitlements and parent rooms.

At BHP, we know that we are strengthened by diversity. We are an Equal Opportunity employer that is committed to making BHP a safe and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive and be at their best every day. We are focused on creating a workforce that’s more diverse and represents the communities where we work and live. providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and recognise that true diversity includes gender, age, race, disability status, sexual orientation, religion, neurodiversity, education levels, and many more aspects of your identity.

BHP is committed to providing a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible for all. If you have a disability, we know that it may be helpful for us to adjust our process to make it equitable for your individual situation. If you would like to reach out to someone about your situation and our recruitment process, please email us at [e-mail].