In this role, you will operate across both Metals Product Control and Metals Operations, partnering closely with traders, operations, and finance teams to deliver trusted insights on positions, profit and loss, risk, and working capital. You will help the business make better decisions, identify opportunities, and improve efficiency throughout the trade lifecycle.

This position offers the opportunity to develop a deep understanding of physical and financial metals trading while helping scale capability through improved controls, analytics, data management, and automation.

What You Will Do

Business Partnership & Commercial Insight

Partner with traders and commercial leaders to explain drivers of P&L and positions, highlight key risks and themes, and support decision-making across daily, monthly, and quarterly cycles.
Deliver meaningful analysis to improve understanding of performance, exposures, and portfolio dynamics.
Build trusted relationships across trading, finance, operations, and risk teams by clearly connecting financial results to commercial activity.

Controls & Financial Integrity

Support the integrity of the trading book through balance sheet substantiation and effective controls over positions, accruals, inventories, warrants, and margins.
Identify control gaps across trade capture, valuation, and operational processes and implement improvements that reduce risk and improve efficiency.
Assist with accurate and timely close processes by investigating exceptions, resolving discrepancies, and escalating issues when appropriate.

Trade Operations & Lifecycle Execution

Support key operational processes including settlements, reconciliations, contract administration, margining, warrant and physical processing, and client servicing activities.
Collaborate with commercial and operations teams to proactively address potential issues, improve reliability, and enhance client outcomes.

Transformation & Continuous Improvement

Identify opportunities to automate manual processes and improve workflows, allowing for greater focus on value-added analysis.
Support projects and business initiatives involving new products, reporting enhancements, process improvements, and operational capabilities.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

Bachelor's degree or higher in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
Analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to work with large datasets and reconcile complex positions.
Problem-solving and critical-thinking capabilities.
Effective communication skills and an ability to collaborate across multiple functions.

What Will Put You Ahead

Experience using SQL, Python, VBA, or similar analytical and automation tools.
Experience in commodities, metals, trading, financial markets, product control, operations, or risk management environments.
Demonstrated ability to improve processes through automation, analytics, or systems enhancements.
Interest in developing expertise in metals and global commodity markets.

What We Offer

Each of the benefits listed below is subject to the detailed rules of the relevant Scheme or Plan as established from time to time by the Company and the provider of the relevant Scheme or Plan.

Defined contribution pension scheme
Long-term disability insurance
Private medical insurance
Death in service life assurance
Health screening
Interest free season ticket loan
Ride to work scheme

Who We Are

As a Koch company, Koch Minerals & Trading (KM&T) specializes in the innovative procurement, exchange, and delivery of essential commodity products and services that empower our daily way of life. We pursue the development of investments into successful ventures and new, transformative platforms.

At Koch, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. The employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees realize their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.