Junior Internal Control & Compliance Analyst
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About the Role
BxT Trading seeks a Junior Internal Control & Compliance Analyst to support internal controls, market compliance, anti-corruption, sanctions, and KYC processes in a fast-paced energy trading environment.
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Responsibilities
- Administer and maintain the internal procedures database
- Manage user administration including access provisioning and removal
- Coordinate implementation and follow up of Return on Experience initiatives
- Monitor and analyse key internal control KPIs
- Support anti fraud activities
- Deliver internal control training to new joiners
- Monitor trading activities using surveillance tools
- Review and investigate market conduct alerts
- Develop, calibrate and improve surveillance scenarios
- Maintain and enhance market compliance dashboards
- Provide advisory support to front office on market conduct rules
- Perform corruption risk due diligence and sanctions risk analysis
Requirements
- Familiarity with Medyssis ETRM
- Strong analytical capability
- Proficiency in Power BI
- Working knowledge of Python
- Good understanding of internal control, market compliance, anti corruption, sanctions and KYC processes in commodity or energy trading
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- High attention to detail and sound judgment
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Role Summary
- The Junior Internal Control & Compliance Analyst will support the implementation, monitoring and continuous improvement of internal control, market compliance, anti corruption, sanctions and KYC processes within a fast paced energy trading environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Administer and maintain the internal procedures database, including drafting, updating, reviewing and ensuring consistency with internal control and governance standards.
- Manage user administration, including access provisioning and removal, periodic user access and profile reviews, and monitoring to ensure segregation of duties and compliance with internal policies.
- Coordinate the implementation and follow up of Return on Experience initiatives, including tracking remediation actions, ensuring timely closure and promoting continuous improvement of internal controls.
- Monitor and analyse key internal control KPIs, maintain and enhance related reporting tools and escalate relevant findings to management.
- Support anti fraud activities, including coordination of investigations, tracking identified risks and incidents, and reporting to relevant governance bodies.
- Deliver internal control training to new joiners, including onboarding sessions on policies, procedures, systems and key risk areas.
- Monitor trading activities across relevant markets, including Platts MOC windows and exchanges, using surveillance tools to identify potential market abuse indicators and escalate findings.
- Review and investigate market conduct alerts using communications monitoring tools, liaise with front office for clarification and document outcomes.
- Develop, calibrate and improve surveillance scenarios and alerts, ensuring alignment with evolving market risks, trading strategies and applicable regulatory frameworks.
- Maintain and enhance market compliance dashboards and reporting, including KPI monitoring, trend analysis and preparation of regular reports to management.
- Provide advisory support to front office on market conduct rules and acceptable behaviours, including MOC participation, information sharing and interactions with brokers and counterparties.
- Participate in market compliance training and communication initiatives for front office staff, focusing on market abuse risks and real case studies.
Anti Corruption and Economic Sanctions Compliance
- Perform corruption risk due diligence and analysis on counterparties using dedicated onboarding tools.
- Conduct sanctions risk analysis and provide advice to front office and operational teams regarding trading and shipping transactions and contracts.
- Perform sanctions risk analysis and validation for chartering teams through dedicated compliance tools.
- Conduct regulatory watch and counterparty screening following new sanctions designations.
- Maintain a database of anti bribery and economic sanctions related contractual clauses.
- Maintain up to date compliance documentation and records.
- Report incidents and compliance breaches in line with internal escalation requirements.
- Participate in the implementation, maintenance and improvement of dedicated compliance tools.
- Participate in the review of gifts, hospitality and conflict of interest declarations through dedicated tools.
- Support training and communication initiatives to monitor effective implementation of compliance policies and contribute to a robust culture of compliance.
KYC and Counterparty Onboarding
- Coordinate with internal teams to provide company and activity information to external counterparties, ensuring successful onboarding and trading readiness.
- Follow up on onboarding status with counterparties and maintain related registers and dashboards.
- Manage KYC renewal requests from counterparties.
- Maintain, update and circulate the BxT KYC information package, coordinating with internal teams for regular updates as required.
Required Skills and Experience
- Essential familiarity with Medyssis ETRM, including trading workflows, user access administration, trade data, control points and compliance monitoring requirements.
- Strong analytical capability, with the ability to review trading, compliance and internal control data, identify trends, investigate exceptions and prepare clear management reporting.
- Proficiency in Power BI for dashboard development, KPI monitoring, data visualisation and reporting automation.
- Working knowledge of Python for data extraction, cleansing, analysis and automation of recurring control or compliance monitoring tasks.
- Good understanding of internal control, market compliance, anti corruption, sanctions and KYC processes within a commodity or energy trading environment.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to document findings, explain control requirements, liaise with front office and operational teams, and escalate issues clearly and professionally.
- High attention to detail, sound judgment, discretion and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast paced trading environment.
Candidate Profile
- The ideal candidate is a proactive, detail oriented and analytical professional with an interest in internal control, compliance and energy trading. They should be comfortable working with data, systems and cross functional stakeholders, and able to communicate findings clearly and professionally in
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