Trading Back Office Assistant (Fixed-term contract)

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 Trading 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 focuses on the physical commodities and their daily review i.e. the daily reconciliation between trade data captured in Trading Systems and broker/counterparty confirmations, the assistance of some controllers’ functions and the involvement in few projects.

Responsibilities

Trade Confirmation:

• Daily reconciliations of broker/counterparty documents and trading system transactions (commodities trades).
• Daily reporting of breaks to the Business.
• Daily interaction with trading peers to resolve issues.
• Daily review of issues requiring an escalation
  
  

Measure And Report Adherence To Internal Policies

• Produce weekly reports of pending issues.
• Report and escalate non adherence to internal policies.
  
  

Requirements

• High School/graduate.
• Fluent in English (spoken and written).
• Comfortable with using the latest technology (no programming needed!).
• Highly developed analytical skills and intellectual curiosity.
• 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.
• FIXED-TERM CONTRACT DUE MATERNITY LEAVE ***
  
  

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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