Reactivity in a fast paced trading environment while abiding by corporate procedures.

Autonomy, high degree of international exposure.

We are offering six months internship for someone who intends to be involved in a challenging Finance credit environment, as well as project related activities. 

This position sits within the credit team that assist in the day-to-day management of the counterpart portfolio risk under the Gas and Power sectors mainly. The intern will be a member of a team of professionals handling over 1.000 counterparties representing billion of US Dollars in credit lines.
 
 Business dimensions

The Trading activity accounts for almost 90% of Gas and Power’s revenue, representing over £10 billion per annum of delivered natural gas, LNG, power, coal and emissions. Transactions average in excess of 10,000 per month covering both intra-desk and external counterparty deals. The counterparts for these operations and contracts take various forms (such as long-term contracts, forwards, futures, options, swaps, transportation and storage). 

Main team activities

The intern will assist the team members on its operational activities:

1.Goal : Reviewing and establishing credit limits on counter parties in the Gas and Power portfolio. 
 Action : Credit risk analysis and preparation of credit risk summary including recommendation on credit limits , terms, and risk mitigation.
 Tools : Familiar with financial and macro analysis techniques.

2.Goal : Macro and Micro view of the Gas and Power, LNG sectors mainly. 
 Action : Collect and analyze market intelligence data, follow-up of counter-parties in the portfolio.
 Tool : Familiar with competitive strategy analysis technique.
 

3.Goal : Support the development of the credit System, Cube, and related functions.
 Action : Intern will be in charge of supporting the portfolio manager in the management of data and supporting new developments.
 Tools : IT literate with some coding knowledge (e.g. Python)

This internship is for finance students in the final year of their master degree with solid finance background and knowledge of commodities markets.

• Previous experience on a Finance commodity trading organisation is a plus.
• Good communication skills and ability to work in a team environment.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Good knowledge of both French and English is required.
• Knowledge of Power BI and/or VBA is highly desirable.
• Only University sponsored applications will be considered.
• Due to restriction applied to work permits in Switzerland we can only accept applications from Swiss or EU citizens.