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Risk Management Group Market Risk AnalystM/F/D

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Job ID 313567 Date posted 09/04/2025 Location : Geneva, Switzerland Category  TRADING Job Status  Salaried Full Time

Cargill’s size and scale allows us to make a positive impact in the world. Our purpose is to nourish the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way.


We are a family company providing food, ingredients, agricultural solutions and industrial products that are vital for living. We connect farmers with markets so they can prosper. We connect customers with ingredients so they can make meals people love. And we connect families with daily essentials — from eggs to edible oils, salt to skincare, feed to alternative fuel. Our 160,000 colleagues, operating in 70 countries, make essential products that touch billions of lives each day. Join us and reach your higher purpose at Cargill.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Risk Management Group (RMG) plays a critical role in enabling Cargill's trading and risk management capability and strengthening our risk culture. We strive to achieve this by developing top talent and partnering with businesses and functions to bring a holistic perspective of market risk and insights that enhance performance. The Market Risk Analyst will identify, assess and mitigate market risk. In this role, you will establish risk management procedures and processes to ensure adherence to policies and you will contribute to determining potential loss to the business due to market movements.

Key Accountabilities

•    Assess and communicate information with regard to business risks with functions across the organization, including dissemination of risk reports and related analytics.
•    Participate in development and implementation of controls and cost-effective approaches to minimize the organization's risks.
•    Contribute to the estimation of the potential financial consequences of an occurring loss, using industry standard metrics such as Value-at-Risk (VaR) and Stress.
•    Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.
•    Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:
•    Minimum Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
•    Minimum of two years of related work experience.
•    Other minimum qualifications may apply.

Preferred Qualifications:
•    Prior experience in market risk management 
•    Strong interest in commodities and financial markets
•    Strong analytical skills and problem solving skills
•    Strong  communication and interpersonal skills with an ability to work collaboratively across a global team 
•    Ability to work in a time sensitive environment

Our Offer
We provide a fast paced stimulating international environment, which will stretch your abilities and channel your talents. We also offer competitive salary and benefits combined with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.

There are so many stories to tell of the great people that are helping the world to thrive at Cargill.  You   can find a few of the stories of diverse talent that make up the trading, merchandising and global trading analytics teams at Cargill.  Access their stories here https://www.cargill.com/careers/trading-careers


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