About the Company - When you join GAR, you join something bigger. Big in scale, big in opportunities to grow, and big in impact. With over 100,000 employees across 14 countries, spanning Asia, Europe, North, and South America, Golden Agri-Resources (GAR) is one of the largest agribusinesses in the world. We manage over half a million hectares of palm oil plantations, including smallholder farms, across Indonesia. But our size is only part of the story. Since 1997, we've put sustainability at the centre of how we grow working hand-in-hand with farmers, communities, and partners to deliver food, fuel, and a better future.
We're a seed-to-shelf business rooted in palm oil, now expanding across other essential crops like sugar, soybean, sunflower, and coconut. Our people are our edge. We invest in them through global opportunities, cross-border exposure, and continuous learning, because growing a better business starts with growing our people. Here, your career feeds something meaningful for the planet, for people and for generations to come.
About the Role
- Work in the Market Risk department as a Market Risk Analyst, an integral member of the team that provides independent oversight over market risks across the Downstream Trading business.
- Assist in innovation and automation projects; drive process enhancement deliverables.
- We are seeking an individual with strong technical skills and a good commercial understanding to carry out day-to-day analysis, reporting and commentary of risk factors and drivers impacting the business. The Analyst will also work closely with the Functional teams to provide risk and control assurance of the policies and procedures. The Analyst will be actively involved in the development of new business intelligence and visual analytics tools to enable data-driven insights as part of a firm-wide transformation programme.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage and maintain daily market risk measurement activities of the Downstream Trading business with commodities trading risk management systems (CTRM).
- Review risk reports with analysis and attribution of market risk exposures on trading strategies, positions and intent. Work with Front office teams to develop a strong understanding of the business.
- Monitor daily market risk measures against limits; communication/escalation of high limit utilization and breaches for timely ratification/rectification.
- Validate and backtest market risk calculations to ensure conformity to accepted risk model requirements.
- Work in close partnership with Functional teams to ensure compliance with risk and control policies and procedures.
- Review new business/product, including any new, addition, or change around products and/or business activities.
- Contribute to design, development and implementation of CTRM, business intelligence and visual analytics tools.
Job Requirements:
- Degree in Finance, Economics, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Computing or any other equivalent disciplines
- Some internship/work experience in commodities risk management, finance, trading or marketing; Fresh graduates are welcome to apply
- Excellent problem solving skills
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Able to establish and maintain effective and cooperative work relationships both within and outside the department
- Ability to work well as part of a team
- Microsoft Excel
- Strong interest in moving into a market risk/middle office role
