Governance and Controls Analyst

About the Role

• Analyst within the Deal and Logistics Management (DLM) team in the Commodity Markets and Finance Division (CMF).
• Support the management and oversight of commodity finance transactions.
• Work alongside colleagues across the global business and central service groups.
• Monitor and analyze risks associated with commodity finance transactions across a diverse portfolio of energy, agriculture, and resources loans and structured physical transactions.
• Perform assurance reviews across a variety of DLM operating controls.
• Help ensure key risks are appropriately identified, monitored, and managed.

Key Responsibilities

• Investigate and verify borrowing base valuations and calculations using a wide range of data sources, including independent third-party information.
• Perform integrity controls and compliance checks against applicable credit agreements.
• Track cash conversions of invoicing and confirm these against external statements.
• Reconcile reported inventory against warehouse receipts.
• Perform additional detailed controls to confirm the existence and validity of collateral.
• Prepare monthly reporting to communicate validation outcomes.
• Partner with relationship teams to develop appropriate validation processes for new credit transactions.
• Support the systematic tracking and reporting of financing facility covenants.
• Coordinate the scheduling and review of collateral and borrowing base audits.
• Help ensure that findings are appropriately assessed and incorporated into ongoing monitoring and control activities.
• Support the transition toward greater automation, moving activities from manual data extraction and processing towards analytical review, exception management, and risk-based decision-making.
• Help ensure appropriate validation, controls, and human oversight remain in place during automation transition.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Engineering, computer science, finance, economics, accounting, or other quantitative disciplines (Major).
• 0-2 years of Commercial or Corporate banking experience.
• Understanding of banking, finance/accounting, and risk-related issues.
• Data collection and management experience.
• Coding/programming and analysis skills.
• Hands-on exposure to AI agents and concrete AI-driven projects (a plus).
• Effective writing skills.
• Analytical skills.
• Ability to multi-task.
• Is organized.
• Able to work under pressure to meet deadlines.
• Experience in the energy and/or commodities sector (a plus).