Regional Commodity Risk Analyst Americas
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At Barry Callebaut, we are on a journey to transform the cocoa and chocolate industry. As the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, our actions truly shape the future of our industry. We are a business-to-business company, serving the entire food sector, from the cocoa bean to the finest chocolate product. We are a company with a purpose, we believe in doing well by doing good and reinvesting in the communities we operate. We have a long-standing commitment to sustainability and our goal is to shape a sustainable cocoa and chocolate future. We are headquartered in Zurich, and have more than 12,000 passionate Employees working in more than 40 countries worldwide. We are very proud of who we are and what we do. And of course, we are always looking for talented people to help us have a positive impact on our industry and beyond!
About the role:
The Barry Callebaut Group is the world's leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products. Our cocoa and chocolate businesses and the timing of sales versus the timing of purchases expose us to commodity price risks, liquidity risk, foreign currency (FX) risk, and credit risks, among others.
The Regional Commodity Risk Analyst Americas reports into the Head of Americas Commodity Risk & Finance. The role controls the commodity position for all entities in the region Americas, calculates cocoa trading profits and the cocoa fair valuation and provides supporting analysis for position moves and valuation moves.
Key responsibilities include:
Commodity position control for cocoa and non-cocoa commodities
- Review daily position moves from physical contracting and derivative hedging with sourcing teams. Sense check monthly position moves from processing and yield impacts on the position
- Control the conversion of cover-sales contract into product sales contracts with sourcing and pricing teams
- Monitor the risk position of the price list business, update forecasted sales volumes, monitor invoiced volumes vs forecasts
- Update forecasts for cocoa sales and purchases to support the hedging decision of the cocoa trading team
- Monitor limit compliance and document limit excesses
Cocoa trading profit and fair valuation calculation
- Run the fair valuation of the contract portfolio and inventory for cocoa beans and cocoa products
- Update benchmarks and parity adjustments for certification and Inco terms
- Make plausibility checks of the result and movements
- Prepare the accounting postings for the fair valuation
- Calculate realized and unrealized cocoa trading profits
- Make plausibility checks of the results and movements
- Prepare the internal management reporting of trading profits
- Prepare the input into the budget process and mid-term planning based on unrealized trading profits
- Provide ad hoc analysis for commodity risk and profits, or related risks like FX, counterparty, liquidity risk
- Automate risk calculations and reports.
About you:
- University Master’s degree in Finance (ideally with a quantitative focus) / Economics or similar education
- Market risk management education (e.g. FRM) is a plus
- English advanced level (B2+)
- At least 5 years of experience in risk management or FP&A in a commodity sourcing or trading environment, commodity mid office department of a bank, or related experience in an audit or consulting firm
- Experience in financial risk and P&L analysis for commodities
- Experience in SAP BW, Power BI and Python is a plus
What you can expect from Barry Callebaut:
- Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package
- Environment that welcomes workplace flexibility An atmosphere where diversity is embraced, and inclusivity is second nature. We call it #OneBC! Just ask our champions with the Americas Women’s Forum and the Racial Equality Forum!
- Ability to grow personally and professionally within an organization that values development and internal career growth
- Be part of our mission in making sustainability the norm through Forever Chocolate with priorities centered around prospering farmers, zero child labor, carbon and forest positive, and creating 100% sustainable ingredients in all of our products.
At Barry Callebaut, we are committed to Diversity & Inclusion. United by our strong values, we thrive on the diversity of who we are, where we come from, what we’ve experienced and how we think. We are committed to nurturing an inclusive environment where people can truly be themselves, grow to their full potential and feel they belong. #oneBC - Diverse People, Sustainable Growth.
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At Barry Callebaut, we are committed to Diversity & Inclusion. United by our strong values, we thrive on the diversity of who we are, where we come from, what we’ve experienced and how we think. We are committed to nurturing an inclusive environment where people can truly be themselves, grow to their full potential and feel they belong. #oneBC - Diverse People, Sustainable Growth.
Seniority level
- Associate
Employment type
- Full-time
Job function
- Finance
- Industries
- Food and Beverage Services
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