Controlling & Reporting Analyst - Agricultural Trading

Location Dubai
Discipline: Commodities
Job type: Permanent
Contact name: Freddie Ricks

Contact email: freddie.ricks@venturesearch.com
Job ref: 2735
Published: about 1 month ago

We are working with a leading trading house seeking to expand their team in Dubai with a product controller:

Key Responsibilities:

Profit & Loss Analysis

  • Oversee the daily management and reporting of profit and loss (P&L) for various segments within the agritrading sector, focusing on critical components such as physical holdings, futures positions, cost variances, premium allocations, valuations, and other influencing P&L factors.
  • Assess operational activities, futures trading, and other initiatives to determine exposure and P&L ramifications.
  • Ensure thorough validation and oversight of ancillary accounts related to P&L, addressing any issues that arise promptly.

 

Controlling and Financial Analysis

  • Manage commodity and foreign exchange risk exposure for the trading desk, calculating Value at Risk (VaR).
  • Collaborate with finance, treasury, risk management, and trading teams to analyze reported P&L and its fluctuations on a daily basis.
  • Provide traders with detailed risk assessments and analyses, highlighting their exposures and P&L positions.
  • Support traders in validating their cost and P&L assumptions throughout the trade lifecycle.
  • Address inquiries from management and trading staff regarding discrepancies between actual P&L figures and trader forecasts.
  • Develop and maintain customized reports to enhance position reporting, structure, and hedging efforts.
  • Ensure the accuracy and integrity of data within trading systems to improve daily P&L reporting reliability.
  • Identify and monitor performance metrics, such as returns on credit extended per client and trader profitability adjusted for risk.
  • Conduct quarterly financial analyses of competitors and relevant industry entities.
  • Assist in the annual budgeting and business planning processes for the trading team.
  • Occasionally support ad-hoc analyses, including financial modeling for business initiatives and credit assessments for trade financing, as well as preparing presentations for management meetings.