Hybrid Trading Back Office Assistant - Derivatives (1 year contract) (Leça do Balio, Matosinhos, Porto, PT) bei COFCO International

COFCO International is a global agri-business with a clear vision, strong values and a positive culture, focused on being a leader in the global grains, oilseeds and sugar supply chains. We provide the food the world needs in a responsible way. Headquartered is Geneva, Switzerland, we are ambitious, with the right structures and culture to meet the world's increasing and changing needs. With 11,000+ people in 35 countries, our global portfolio includes assets across the Americas, Europe, Africa, Middle East, and Asia-Pacific. We trade with over 50 nations, while providing farmers unique direct access to the growing Chinese market.

Job Purpose

In our Centre of Excellence, the Back-Office team plays an important role in establishing efficient processes through segregation and centralization of duties and by building robustness in the controls through effective reconciliation processes. This position will focus on derivatives and the daily reconciliations of Futures and Options trades between brokers and exchanges, the daily review of broker and execution fees, the assistance of some controllers’ functions and the involvement in few projects.

Responsibilities

• Derivative trades:
• Daily reconciliations of broker statements, exchange records, trading system transactions and internal systems (Listed Derivatives)
• Daily reconciliation of broker fees and exchange fees
• Monthly reconciliation process for fees and rebatesEnsure that the daily maintenance is done on time 
• Participate in some of the projects that were assigned to the team
• Measure and report adherence to CIL’s policy with relevant KPI and dashboard

Requirements

• High School/graduate (nice to have a bachelor degree in a related field)

   

   

• Fluent in English (spoken and written)

   

• Other languages a plus

• Very comfortable with Microsoft Excel (filtering, sorting, pivot tables)
• Naturally gifted when it comes to numbers
• Willing to learn more about new technologies
• Very good communication skills
•  Excellent time management
• Control focused
• Proactive and willing to find root cause if discrepancies arise
• Able to liaise with multiple stakeholders and deal with various tasks simultaneously in an ever changing and challenging environment
• Keen to question everything and understand the detail behind the numbers and/or process

COFCO International is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.   www.cofcointernational.com

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