Credit Team – Internship

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

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.

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.