Structured Trade Finance Analyst

About the role

The Structured Trade Finance Analyst will support all aspects of structured commodity finance across Trafigura's Latin American portfolio. This includes origination, structuring, syndication, documentation and risk participation, as well as estimating working capital needs and ensuring appropriate financing structures.

Key responsibilities

• Assist the Commercial Team in business negotiations and develop proactive business opportunities.
• Analyse clients and design financial proposals that meet customer needs while minimizing risk.
• Distribute risk across banking and insurance markets for applicable deals.
• Identify and mitigate credit, operational, political and legal risks associated with counterparties.
• Prepare due‑diligence, legal documentation, tax assessments and appraisals.
• Monitor counterparty performance and payment risk across the Latin American portfolio.
• Ensure timely recovery of disbursed loans and manage non‑current credits.
• Generate periodic exposure reports for senior management.
• Estimate regional working capital requirements and secure appropriate financing facilities.
• Negotiate with clients, banks, funds and insurance providers.

Required profile

• Minimum 2 years of experience in lending, M&A or investment banking with exposure to mining, oil & gas or commodities.
• Strong understanding of financial analysis, valuation techniques and credit risk assessment.
• Foundational knowledge of debt structuring and counter‑party risk evaluation.
• Fluency in Spanish (essential); Portuguese is a strong advantage.
• Highly motivated, accurate and precise with strong analytical attention to detail.

Required skills

• Advanced Excel (including integrated 3‑statement models, scenario and sensitivity analysis).
• VBA programming (a plus).
• Power BI (a plus).
• Financial modeling, including DCF and debt capacity analysis.
• Credit risk assessment.