Knowledge and Skills:
• 2-5 years relevant work experience with exposure to Foreign Exchange markets / Derivative Instruments / Cash Liquidity Management.
• Experience working in commodities trading companies is highly preferred.
• Graduated Bachelor Degree in Economics, Accounting or Business Administration.
• Fluent English and Spanish is a MUST (Portuguese is a Plus).
• Be flexible, open minded, comfortable in working with firm deadlines and able to handle stressful situations.
• Good team-player and an open personality with energy and drive.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office and flair for IT systems.
Key Responsibilities:
• Identify risks inherent to daily trading activity in US, Canada, Chile, Peru and Argentina.
• Risks connected with trading and logistic business in Colombia, Mexico and Brazil.
• Develop hedging strategies for FX risk mitigation (to be approved by risk owners).
• Deploy hedging strategies with internal and external brokers.
• Monitor the risk, allocate the hedge PnL to each underlying exposure and report hedge effectiveness results on a periodic basis.
• Liaise with Derivatives Back Office in order to agree daily settlements and resolve discrepancies.
• Work with Treasury to manage account liquidity in foreign currency and minimize exposure and costs connected with interest rates and overdrafts.
• Actively monitor the markets for events, opportunities and early sign of distress in order to inform management and traders timely.
• Support the hedge accounting process in LATAM and North America.
• Support all manners of reconciliation related to FX and development of FX system(s) to improve current process.