Commodities Trade Control Analyst

Job Description:

Job Title: Commodities Trade Control Analyst

Corporate Title: Officer

Location: Chester

Company Overview:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities, and shareholders every day.

One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.

Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.

Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!

Location: Chester

Be part of something special at Bank of America Chester. Part of a leading global financial institution, we are looking for high potential individuals to join us in driving our people forward. Bank of America Chester is an exciting, diverse workplace where we are committed to delivering a great client experience to the businesses and individuals who call Chester home. Join our team today and find a rewarding, global career.

Role Description:

Are you analytical? Do you like working in a team, and building relationships? Do you have a curious mind? If so, you would fit right into the EMEA Commodities Trade Control Team.

This role supports the expanding Global Commodities business covering multiple products, and instruments. Full technical training will be provided. Our role is focused on supporting the trading desk, and being responsible for trade validation/ reconciliation, trade amendments, regulatory & management reporting, process and risk improvement and issue resolution.

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual who is keen to develop and has a great attention to detail all whilst working in a fast paced, diverse and rapidly evolving environment.

Responsibilities Include:

• Trade Validation – You will reconcile trades to ensure trades are booked accurately in the system.
• You will perform trade amendments to correct booking errors.
• You will Investigate and resolve breaks – Working closely with Sales, Trading and Operations to resolve breaks.
• You will be involved with Adhoc Projects involving building requirements, stakeholder engagement, testing and implementation.
• You will be involved in Process Improvements – Generating ideas for how to improve efficiency and control and seeing them through to implementation.

What we are looking for:

• You will have a keen desire for learning and intellectual curiosity
• You will have excellent analytical skills including data reconciliation and interpretation
• You will have a controls mind set and risk appetite
• You will have experience working to tight deadlines
• You will have the ability to challenge and improve existing processes

Additional Skills:

• Excellent organizational skills - ability to switch between tasks and to prioritise work effectively.
• Good communication and negotiation skills and the ability to build relationships across all levels of seniority
• Logical approach to problem solving - taking ownership and offering practical solutions

Benefits of working at Bank of America
 

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• Private healthcare for you and your family plus an annual health screen to help you manage your physical wellness with the option to purchase a screen for your partner
• Competitive pension plan, life assurance and group income protection cover if you become unable to work as a result of a disability or health reasons
• 20 days of back-up childcare including virtual tutoring and 20 days of back-up adult care per annum
• The ability to change your core benefits as well as the option of selecting a variety of flexible benefits to suit your personal circumstances including access to a wellbeing account, travel insurance, critical illness etc
• Use of a flex fund to use towards benefits
• Access to an emotional wellbeing helpline, mental health first aiders and virtual GP services
• Ability to donate to charities of your choice directly through payroll and the bank will match your contribution
• Opportunity to access our Arts & Culture corporate membership programme and receive discounted entry to some of the UK and Ireland’s most iconic cultural institutions
• Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering in your local area

Bank of America

Good conduct and sound judgment is crucial to our long term success. It’s important that all employees in the organisation understand the expected standards of conduct and how we manage conduct risk. Individual accountability and an ownership mind-set are the cornerstones of our Code of Conduct and are at the heart of managing risk well.

We are an equal opportunities employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of sex, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, race, religion or belief, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, socio-economic background, responsibility for dependants or physical or mental disability. The Bank selects candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience.

We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.