Analyst - Contracts - Fixed Term Contract

Main Purpose:

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

-          Commerce, Business Administration, Law or equivalent qualification with impressive academic credentials

-          Strong communication skills

-          Strong interpersonal skills

-          Ability to meet deadlines

-          Accurate and efficient working style with high attention to detail

-          Computer literacy: MS Word, MS Excel and Outlook

-          Adaptive to change

-          Self-starter and pro-active attitude

-          Fluent in English. Knowledge of French language is advantageous

-          Willingness to work in flexible time zones

-          Basic knowledge of international commercial terms (Incoterms 2000, 2010 and 2020)

Key Responsibilities

-          Assessing commercial, operational and legal risks in a sale/purchase transaction and highlight the same promptly to relevant departments

-          Preparing and reviewing contracts for the physical movement of oil via vessel/trucks/rail car/pipeline which accurately reflect the verbal negotiations

-          Processing and reviewing of contractual amendments, including the countering of commercial terms, operational terms, payment provisions, lay time and demurrage provisions, and legal provisions

-          Liaising with traders, operators and other internal departments highlighting potential risks in the transactions and providing advice to reduce the same

-          Preparing and reviewing other oil related agreements including; tender documents, book out agreements, storage agreements, master trading agreements, and counterparty general terms and conditions

-          Liaise closely with other departments to discuss and finalize company’s contractual position

-          Issue final contracts, termination agreement, Non-Disclosure Agreements or amendments after compiling views of key departments

-          Pro-actively liaise with stakeholders to achieve mutually acceptable contractual position

-          Take advisory role to suggest traders’ ways to mitigate key risks and highlight those exceptions to management

-          Timely filing of contracts, amendments, communications on the in-house database management software’s

-          Strict adherence and compliance to Trafigura’s policy and codes

-      Counterparties

-      Traders

-      Cargo Operators

-      Trade Finance

-      Deals Desk

-      Claims

-      Foreign Exchange, VAT, Legal, Securitization departments