Role Overview

We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join us as a Compliance Officer to work in a truly global environment to support ED&F Man’s global sugar business unit, reporting to the Chief Compliance Officer. In this role you will be responsible for ensuring activities comply with applicable rules and regulations. You will support the day-to-day trading activities of the business and develop and advise on policies, processes, and procedures. You will also have an opportunity to provide ongoing compliance training to the business working with various functions across the business to support the development and implementation of compliance projects. The role provides long term development potential for someone eager to demonstrate their skills and experience in the fast-paced soft commodities environment.

Business Overview

Established in 1783, ED&F Man is an employee-owned agricultural commodities merchant with 2,800 people in 43 countries and annual revenue in excess of $8bn. We trade sugar, coffee, molasses, animal feed and fish oils. Corporate responsibility is ingrained in our culture. We are passionate about sustainable production, take care to limit the environmental impact of our operations and actively support the communities in which we work.

Key Accountabilities

• Support the implementation of ED&F Man’s global compliance program across the business
• Undertake risk assessments to identify key compliance risk and required mitigation
• Monitor compliance with internal policies and international regulations
• Monitor communications to ensure compliance with policies and laws
• Provide the business with regular compliance guidance in relation to high-risk trading activity
• Provide ongoing compliance training to the business covering internal policies and external laws
• Support the central compliance function and the business with counterparty KYC activities including understanding of how sanctions risks can be identified and mitigated and in key markets in which the business operates
• Identify compliance issues across the business and reporting them to the Chief Compliance Officer and working towards their rectification
• Review marketing materials and external presentations to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations
• Support the central compliance team by gathering information relevant to the business
• Work with Internal Audit on fraud or related investigations relating to our sugar business unit
• Manage compliance related SpeakUP investigations relevant to our sugar business unit
• Support various compliance projects implemented across the business
• Consistently engage with the businesses trading and leadership teams to ensure compliance remains a top priority
• Provide compliance support and advice to the trading business covering both financial and physical trading
• Advising on and monitoring compliance with policies and regulations including MiFid, REMIT, EMIR, MAR and Dodd Frank
• Monitor market abuse, anti-trust, and sanctions compliance
• Monitor OTC and exchange trading activity to ensure compliance with rules and local regulatory requirements

Skills and Experience

• Considerable and direct trading compliance experience working for a physical commodities trading house – essential
• Knowledge of UK, US, EU and other international compliance regulations applicable to commodity trading – essential
• Experience of providing compliance advice and guidance to traders – essential
• Degree in law or economics – highly advantageous
• Experience in being part of developing a compliance program and monitoring compliance performance
• Exceptional stakeholder leading and influencing skills
• Excellent communication and relationship building experience
• High ethical standards
• Critical problem-solving skills
• Ability to make informed decisions quickly

We recognise that talent comes in many forms, and we value potential just as much as experience. If this role excites you but you don’t meet ever requirement, we still encourage you to apply.

Our Offer

We provide a fast-paced, stimulating and truly global 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 global leaders in soft commodity trading.

Our Values

Respect, Integrity, Meritocracy, Client Focus, Entrepreneurship

Our values define who we are. They are the fundamental beliefs that determine our actions and guide our behaviour. They influence the way we communicate and collaborate, and define the way we engage with our clients, partners, and communities. Our values are underpinned by a set of essential behaviours, which form part of our performance management approach. Delivering on our objectives is very much about ‘what’ we do, but these essential behaviours also provide a guide and measure for ‘how’ we do things. Our performance essentials are Take Initiative, Self‐Management, Deliver Results and Collaboration.

Our Commitment

We are committed to creating and sustaining an inclusive and diverse work environment where all employees are treated with dignity and respect. We are committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment and are focussed on actively building and developing diverse teams. All qualified applicants will receive equal treatment without regard to race, colour, sex, gender, age, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, marital or civil partner status, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender reassignment (identity, gender expression), genetic information or any characteristic protected by local law.

We are willing to make any reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process.

To apply you must have the right to work for the provided location.

Role Overview

We have an opportunity for someone to join us as a Legal Counsel to become core to our groups legal function to support deal structuring, negotiation, documentation, execution, post-closing supervision, day-to-day management and ensuring the ongoing compliance of the group’s syndicated and bilateral lending arrangements.

In addition, the Legal Counsel will assist the group and group legal team with all relevant legal activities on an ad hoc basis, including (but not limited to), contract terms and conditions, legal due diligence, policies, legal compliance, legal, corporate governance, entity formation and litigation.

Established in 1783, ED&F Man is an employee-owned agricultural commodities merchant with 2,800 people in 43 countries and annual revenue in excess of $8bn. We trade sugar, coffee, molasses, animal feed and fish oils. Corporate responsibility is ingrained in our culture. We are passionate about sustainable production, take care to limit the environmental impact of our operations and actively support the communities in which we work.

Key Accountabilities

• Maintain a record of all major borrowing facilities and ensure ongoing compliance with, and protection of security arrangements, covenants and other such commitments through legal policy, governance and controls.
• Conduct legal due diligence on new, and amendments or extensions to, financing agreements.
• Advise relevant internal stakeholders on material legal matters.
• Manage third party legal service provider relationships, ensuring competitive, cost-effective service provision.
• Contribution to a high-performance, collaborative team culture within the group function, and company more generally, to deliver the processes, thoroughness and depth of checks and tests for effective consolidation accounting, and an inclusive environment for our people leading to confidence, growth, retention, and reputation.

Skills and Experience

• Qualified lawyer with solid and related post qualification experience as an in-house lawyer or lawyer in a leading law firm.
• Working knowledge of and experience in trade and commodity financing products including borrowing bases, secured and unsecured corporate lending, inventory financing, self-liquidating structures, receivables financing, contingent instruments, repurchase transactions and general banking experience.
• Experience with ISDA documentation advantageous.
• Experience with cross-border transactions.
• High level of initiative, integrity and commercial understanding.
• Adept at developing interpersonal relationships.

We recognise that talent comes in many forms, and we value potential just as much as experience. If this role excites you but you don’t meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply.

Our Offer

We provide a fast-paced, stimulating and truly global 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 global leaders in soft commodity trading.

Our Values

Respect, Integrity, Meritocracy, Client Focus, Entrepreneurship

Our values define who we are. They are the fundamental beliefs that determine our actions and guide our behaviour. They influence the way we communicate and collaborate, and define the way we engage with our clients, partners, and communities. Our values are underpinned by a set of essential behaviours, which form part of our performance management approach. Delivering on our objectives is very much about ‘what’ we do, but these essential behaviours also provide a guide and measure for ‘how’ we do things. Our performance essentials are Take Initiative, Self‐Management, Deliver Results and Collaboration.

Our Commitment

We are committed to creating and sustaining an inclusive and diverse work environment where all employees are treated with dignity and respect. We are committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment and are focussed on actively building and developing diverse teams. All qualified applicants will receive equal treatment without regard to race, colour, sex, gender, age, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, marital or civil partner status, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender reassignment (identity, gender expression), genetic information or any characteristic protected by local law.

We are willing to make any reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process.

To apply you must have the right to work for the provided location.

Role Overview

We have a fantastic new opportunity for an experienced and tenacious Talent Acquisition Business Partner to work in a truly global environment to play a pivotal role in sourcing, attracting, and hiring top talent for our organisation, reporting to, and working closely with the global talent acquisition manager. You will manage end to end recruitment and search processes, ensuring quality hires, an efficient and effective in-house recruitment service that prioritises direct hiring, as well as a high-touch candidate and hiring manager experience. You will partner closely with a variety of diverse multi-disciplinary stakeholders globally and will support the talent acquisition manager in ensuring robust reporting, recruitment best practise, talent mapping, networking and talent pipeline building, as well as being involved in key talent acquisition projects.

Whilst primarily remote based applicants living in the West Midlands, Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire or home counties will be prioritised.  

Business Overview

Established in 1783, ED&F Man is an employee-owned agricultural commodities merchant with 2,800 people in 43 countries and annual revenue in excess of $8bn. We trade sugar, coffee, molasses, animal feed and pulses. Corporate responsibility is ingrained in our culture. We are passionate about sustainable production, take care to limit the environmental impact of our operations and actively support the communities in which we work.

Key Accountabilities

• Managing the full life cycle of recruitment and search processes for junior to mid- level positions across the business, from approval to recruit through to verbal offer acceptance.
• Prioritizing a direct sourcing strategy, below average time to hire, quality of hire and high-touch, candidate and hiring manager experience.
• Utilizing various sourcing methods; LinkedIn, job boards, social media sharing, LinkedIn headhunting, employee referrals and internal advertising.
• Creating compelling and attractive job adverts and advertising on all the key platforms available.
• CV sifting, candidate screening, providing consistent, clear overviews of the business and the role, assessing candidates against the role, and hiring manager criteria, through to shortlisting for hiring manager assessment.
• Managing and coordinating the hiring manager interview process ensuring interview best practice and coaching managers where needed.
• Providing detailed constructive interview feedback, managing and negotiating offers.
• Business partnering with and advising a diverse range of multi-disciplinary hiring managers and HR colleagues across our global business.
• Research, build and maintain talent pipelines in key skills shortage areas as guided by the talent acquisition manager to support future hiring needs and where needed external succession planning, in line with the business strategy.
• Partnering and engaging with carefully selected recruitment or search agencies where appropriate and approved by the talent acquisition manager.
• Researching and co-creating content for the business social media pages to increase our followers and improve employer brand perception in the market.
• Contribute to the evaluation and improvement of recruitment processes, tools, and systems to enhance efficiency, effectiveness, and candidate experience.
• Talent acquisition project involvement and contribution across EDI, systems enhancements/implementations and employer brand building and as guided by the talent acquisition manager.

Skills and Experience

• Proven experience in talent acquisition/recruitment from a corporate in-house and/or agency environment.
• Industry exposure from one or more of the following: FMCG, Financial Services and/or Commodity Trading.
• Passion for talent acquisition and a commitment to deliver an exceptional candidate and hiring manager experience.
• Good understanding of recruitment best practice across the whole recruitment process, including experience of critical candidate assessment.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build rapport and collaborate effectively with hiring managers, HR business partners and candidates.
• Exceptional organizational and time-management skills, with capacity to manage and prioritize multiple priorities, deadlines, and requirements in a fast-paced environment.
• Meticulous attention to detail especially with written communication.
• Resilience and tenacity, target driven with a continuous improvement mind-set.
• Problem solving skills and ability to think innovatively to overcome recruitment challenges.
• Willing and able to travel weekly to Worcestershire and occasionally to London.

We recognise that talent comes in many forms, and we value potential just as much as experience. If this role excites you but you don’t meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply.

Our Offer

We provide a fast-paced, stimulating and truly global 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 global leaders in soft commodity trading.

Our Values

Respect, Integrity, Meritocracy, Client Focus, Entrepreneurship

Our values define who we are. They are the fundamental beliefs that determine our actions and guide our behaviour. They influence the way we communicate and collaborate, and define the way we engage with our clients, partners, and communities. Our values are underpinned by a set of essential behaviours, which form part of our performance management approach. Delivering on our objectives is very much about ‘what’ we do, but these essential behaviours also provide a guide and measure for ‘how’ we do things. Our performance essentials are Take Initiative, Self‐Management, Deliver Results and Collaboration.

Our Commitment

We are committed to creating and sustaining an inclusive and diverse work environment where all employees are treated with dignity and respect. We are committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment and are focussed on actively building and developing diverse teams. All qualified applicants will receive equal treatment without regard to race, colour, sex, gender, age, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, marital or civil partner status, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender reassignment (identity, gender expression), genetic information or any characteristic protected by local law.

We are willing to make any reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process.

To apply you must have the right to work for the provided location.

Role Overview

We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join us as a Treasury Analyst to work in a truly global environment reporting to the Treasury Operations Manager. The Treasury Analyst will form part of the treasury operations department and help oversee and execute daily treasury activities, perform month-end duties, and monitor daily controls. The treasury team is part of group treasury which is based across London and Amsterdam. This role has great growth opportunities as the team is transitioning to a technology led straight through processing environment.

Business Overview

Established in 1783, ED&F Man is an employee-owned agricultural commodities merchant with 2,800 people in 43 countries and annual revenue in excess of $8bn. We trade sugar, coffee, molasses, animal feed and fish oils. Corporate responsibility is ingrained in our culture. We are passionate about sustainable production, take care to limit the environmental impact of our operations and actively support the communities in which we work.

STRICTLY NO AGENCIES!

Key Accountabilities

• FX deal execution using FXall – arrange spot, forward and swap trades, in line with the group treasury policy.
• Bank account administration and maintenance.
• Management of internal loans, documentation and related interest/fees.
• Provide backup and support for corporate treasury activities such as;
  • Process payments using online banking systems.
  • Funding.
  • FX and debt settlements.
  • Record treasury transactions in treasury management system (Kyriba).
• Assist with the resolution of payment, loan and FX discrepancies.
• Assist in month-end reporting on treasury transactions and intercompany balances.
• Assist in system developments (Kyriba and TPS).
• Assist in providing front line customer service to internal clients and banks, answering queries in a timely and professional manner.
• Systems used include: FXall (electronic trading platform), Kyriba (treasury management system), TPS (in-house treasury payment system) and electronic banking platforms.

Skills and Experience

The post-holder will need a high level of attention to detail, accuracy and the flexibility to perform a wide variety of tasks in the broader treasury department. The post-holder will also need to have a strong customer focus, be adaptable to change and be able to proactively work with the team.

Essential:

• Minimum bachelor’s degree in business economics, accounting, or finance.
• Experience in the corporate treasury environment.
• Attention to detail and high levels of accuracy.
• Strong analytical and Excel skills.
• Continuous improvement mind-set.

Desirable:

• An understanding of treasury accounting principles.
• Experience with interacting with multiple business units around the world.
• Knowledge of interest rate, foreign exchange, commodity and derivatives markets and risks.
• Experience using Kyriba and FXall is advantageous.

We recognise that talent comes in many forms, and we value potential just as much as experience. If this role excites you but you don’t meet ever requirement, we still encourage you to apply.

Our Offer

We provide a fast-paced, stimulating and truly global 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 global leaders in soft commodity trading.

Our Values

Respect, Integrity, Meritocracy, Client Focus, Entrepreneurship

Our values define who we are. They are the fundamental beliefs that determine our actions and guide our behaviour. They influence the way we communicate and collaborate, and define the way we engage with our clients, partners, and communities. Our values are underpinned by a set of essential behaviours, which form part of our performance management approach. Delivering on our objectives is very much about ‘what’ we do, but these essential behaviours also provide a guide and measure for ‘how’ we do things. Our performance essentials are Take Initiative, Self‐Management, Deliver Results and Collaboration.

Our Commitment

We are committed to creating and sustaining an inclusive and diverse work environment where all employees are treated with dignity and respect. We are committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment and are focussed on actively building and developing diverse teams. All qualified applicants will receive equal treatment without regard to race, colour, sex, gender, age, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, marital or civil partner status, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender reassignment (identity, gender expression), genetic information or any characteristic protected by local law.

We are willing to make any reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process.

To apply you must have the right to work for the provided location.

Role Overview

We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join the team in Bristol as an experienced logistics and accounts coordinator to work in a truly global environment across the supply chain that feeds into the UK and Ireland green coffee market. You will oversee all inbound and outbound stock movements – from origin countries through to end-client delivery via our trusted warehouse and distribution partners reporting to the country manager. This is a key client-facing accounts support function with responsibility for the generation and distribution of all invoices receivable, acting as first point of contact for our clients for all logistics, accounts and invoicing enquiries, good customer service is paramount. The role is both varied and complex, involving cross-department working and across multiple territories, often to tight deadlines.

Business Overview

Volcafe Ltd is one of the world’s leading international green coffee trading companies, operating in over 20 countries globally. Our expertise spans green coffee procurement and preparation, sustainability, blending, quality control, risk management and export as well as importing and distribution. We supply the world’s major coffee roasters and retail distributors with their green coffee requirements, with significant strategic growth ambitions for the future. We are part of ED&F Man Commodities, a world leading trader of agricultural products including coffee, sugar, molasses and animal feed.

Volcafe works across the whole green coffee supply chain to make coffee business better, together with our partners and employees. We have built and operate sustainable coffee supply chains across all our origins, addressing key economic, social and environmental issues in coffee farming communities. Our Volcafe Way farmer support programme engages with thousands of coffee farmers and provides a holistic response to the challenges they face.

Key Accountabilities

• Manage all forward purchases and export functions including shipping instructions, declarations and warehouse/transportation instructions.
• Manage all import of stock to include customers clearance procedures into both UK and Ireland.
• Manage and build stakeholder relationships with key partners across logistics, warehousing and distribution, prioritising customer service.
• Respond promptly and efficiently to all client enquiries and liaise with distribution partners for the daily releases of outbound stock.
• Generate, distribute and ensure timely receipt of all invoices, receivables and account statements with our clients and suppliers.
• Monitor and update clients with stock position statements and contract expirations to ensure timely delivery of coffee within contracted terms.

Skills and Experience

You will use your logistics industry experience, passion and problem-solving initiative to help us be better across our critical back-office services.

• Minimum of 2 years logistics industry experience, ideally in both import and export.
• Demonstrable understanding of global logistics regulations, particularly EU/UK.
• Passionate about logistics, highly organised and with a strong eye for detail.
• Someone who cares about customer service, has client focus and can quickly find solutions to issues.
• Good understanding of the UK distribution networks and key stakeholders.
• Strong (inter-cultural) communicator and confident with client interaction.
• Self-driven, detail-focussed and task-orientated.
• Fully proficient in written and spoken English with relevant permissions to work in the UK.
• Fluency in Portuguese, Spanish or German would be a major benefit.

As an ever-friendly reminder: Researchers have found that men apply to roles when they meet an average of 60% of the criteria. Women and other underrepresented groups tend to apply only when they check every box. If you are interested, but don’t feel like you meet every single point on the job description, please still apply!

Our Offer

We provide a fast-paced, stimulating and truly global 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 global leaders in soft commodity trading.

Our Values

Respect, Integrity, Meritocracy, Client Focus, Entrepreneurship

Our values define who we are. They are the fundamental beliefs that determine our actions and guide our behaviour. They influence the way we communicate and collaborate, and define the way we engage with our clients, partners, and communities. Our values are underpinned by a set of essential behaviours, which form part of our performance management approach. Delivering on our objectives is very much about ‘what’ we do, but these essential behaviours also provide a guide and measure for ‘how’ we do things. Our performance essentials are Take Initiative, Self‐Management, Deliver Results and Collaboration.

Our Commitment

We are committed to creating and sustaining an inclusive and diverse work environment where all employees are treated with dignity and respect. We are committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment and are focussed on actively building and developing diverse teams. All qualified applicants will receive equal treatment without regard to race, colour, sex, gender, age, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, marital or civil partner status, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender reassignment (identity, gender expression), genetic information or any characteristic protected by local law.

We are willing to make any reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process.

To apply you must have the right to work for the provided location.

Role Overview

We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join us as an Insurance Risk Analyst to work in a truly global environment to support the current Insurance Risk Manager. The role provides long term development potential for someone eager to demonstrate their skills and experience in the fast-paced soft commodities environment.

Business Overview

Established in 1783, ED&F Man is an employee-owned agricultural commodities merchant with 2,800 people in 43 countries and annual revenue in excess of $8bn. We trade sugar, coffee, molasses, animal feed and pulses. Corporate responsibility is ingrained in our culture. We are passionate about sustainable production, take care to limit the environmental impact of our operations and actively support the communities in which we work.

Key Accountabilities

• Consolidate and process monthly Insurance declarations for the Group
• Assist in daily management of Key Insurance Policies
• Respond to ad-hoc in-house Insurance queries
• Manage and oversee specific areas of cover in relation to Worldwide Storage facilities
• Undertake projects to improve the administrative side of Group Insurance
• Daily liaison with brokers, department colleagues and overseas Operations worldwide
• Engage regularly with the Insurance market including off-site meetings
• Review internal agreements and advise on relevant coverage available under Group Policies, (Warehouse Agreements / Purchase & Sale contracts)
• Assist with local placements and queries from overseas operations
• Periodic review of key insurance documents
• Ad hoc analysis projects

Skills and Experience

• Substantial experience within the commodities Industry working for either a Trade House or within the Insurance Market.
• Knowledge of Incoterms.
• Working knowledge of: Word Excel (advanced Excel skills) Outlook and Powerpoint
• Excellent communication skills

As an ever-friendly reminder: Researchers have found that men apply to roles when they meet an average of 60% of the criteria. Women and other underrepresented groups tend to apply only when they check every box. If you are interested, but don’t feel like you meet every single point on the job description, please still apply!

Our Offer

We provide a fast-paced, stimulating and truly global 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 global leaders in soft commodity trading.

Our Values

Respect, Integrity, Meritocracy, Client Focus, Entrepreneurship

Our values define who we are. They are the fundamental beliefs that determine our actions and guide our behaviour. They influence the way we communicate and collaborate, and define the way we engage with our clients, partners, and communities. Our values are underpinned by a set of essential behaviours, which form part of our performance management approach. Delivering on our objectives is very much about ‘what’ we do, but these essential behaviours also provide a guide and measure for ‘how’ we do things. Our performance essentials are Take Initiative, Self‐Management, Deliver Results and Collaboration.

Our Commitment

We are committed to creating and sustaining an inclusive and diverse work environment where all employees are treated with dignity and respect. We are committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment and are focussed on actively building and developing diverse teams. All qualified applicants will receive equal treatment without regard to race, colour, sex, gender, age, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, marital or civil partner status, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender reassignment (identity, gender expression), genetic information or any characteristic protected by local law.

We are willing to make any reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process.

To apply you must have the right to work for the provided location.

Role Overview

We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join us as a Proprietary Trader to work in a truly global environment to help leverage our in-house research and physical coffee market information flow. The role provides an exciting development potential for someone eager to demonstrate their skills and experience in the fast-paced soft commodities environment.

Business Overview

Volcafe Ltd is one of the world’s leading international green coffee trading companies, operating in over 20 countries globally. Our expertise spans green coffee procurement and preparation, sustainability, blending, quality control, risk management and export as well as importing and distribution. We supply the world’s major coffee roasters and retail distributors with their green coffee requirements, with significant strategic growth ambitions for the future. We are part of ED&F Man Commodities, a world leading trader of agricultural products including coffee, sugar, molasses and animal feed.

Volcafe works across the whole green coffee supply chain to make coffee business better, together with our partners and employees. We have built and operate sustainable coffee supply chains across all our origins, addressing key economic, social and environmental issues in coffee farming communities. Our Volcafe Way farmer support programme engages with thousands of coffee farmers and provides a holistic response to the challenges they face.

Key Accountabilities

• Early responsibility for trading arabica and robusta futures and options markets under the supervision of and in collaboration with the proprietary trading team
• Assist in trading overall positions, executing in accordance with a clearly defined plan
• Reconciliation and management of all trading positions
• Participate in various calls and meetings to understand the underlying physical market both in order to learn from and advise colleagues as regards to their trading strategies
• Develop an understanding of the role of exogenous drivers (macro, technical etc) in influencing the global coffee market
• Assist and advise in the provision of derivatives hedging for our global physical trading operations

Skills and Experience

• Substantial experience in trading physical commodities and/or futures markets and/or some other derivative
• Clear commitment and enthusiasm for a career in the commodity space
• Degree level educated, maths, economics or another numerate or analytical subject
• Proven ability to exercise quick decision making and sound judgement under the pressure of ever-changing circumstances
• This is a role for a team player rather than a standalone trading position, though the intention is to give individual PNL responsibility to the successful applicant within the overall proprietary book

As an ever-friendly reminder: Researchers have found that men apply to roles when they meet an average of 60% of the criteria. Women and other underrepresented groups tend to apply only when they check every box. If you are interested, but don’t feel like you meet every single point on the job description, please still apply!

Our Offer

We provide a fast-paced, stimulating and truly global 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 global leaders in soft commodity trading.

Our Values

Respect, Integrity, Meritocracy, Client Focus, Entrepreneurship

Our values define who we are. They are the fundamental beliefs that determine our actions and guide our behaviour. They influence the way we communicate and collaborate, and define the way we engage with our clients, partners, and communities. Our values are underpinned by a set of essential behaviours, which form part of our performance management approach. Delivering on our objectives is very much about ‘what’ we do, but these essential behaviours also provide a guide and measure for ‘how’ we do things. Our performance essentials are Take Initiative, Self‐Management, Deliver Results and Collaboration.

Our Commitment

We are committed to creating and sustaining an inclusive and diverse work environment where all employees are treated with dignity and respect. We are committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment and are focussed on actively building and developing diverse teams. All qualified applicants will receive equal treatment without regard to race, colour, sex, gender, age, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, marital or civil partner status, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender reassignment (identity, gender expression), genetic information or any characteristic protected by local law.

We are willing to make any reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process.

  To apply you must have the right to work for the provided location.

Role Overview

We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join us as a Financial Analysis & Planning Manager (FP&A Manager) to work in a truly global environment.  Your primary responsibility will be to act as a number two for the Head of FP&A, ensuring smooth functioning of the department to free up time to focus on broader strategic projects and initiatives. You will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the FP&A team, working with the ESG and Sustainability teams to develop the reporting framework, providing guidance, and ensuring accurate financial analysis and reporting.

Business Overview

Established in 1783, ED&F Man is an employee-owned agricultural commodities merchant with 2,800 people in 43 countries and annual revenue in excess of $8bn. We trade sugar, coffee, molasses, animal feed and pulses. Corporate responsibility is ingrained in our culture. We are passionate about sustainable production, take care to limit the environmental impact of our operations and actively support the communities in which we work.

Key Accountabilities

• Collaborate with the Head of FP&A and Group Finance Director to develop and implement strategic initiatives to optimise the efficiency and effectiveness of the FP&A function, including the development of necessary new reporting structures.
• Collaborate with the ESG team to ensure accurate and transparent ESG data reporting, contributing to building trust with stakeholders and promoting ethical and sustainable business practices.
• Integrate ESG metrics into the financial planning and analysis process to provide a comprehensive view of the company’s performance, ensuring that sustainability considerations are embedded in strategic decision-making.
• Develop and integrate robust ESG reporting processes into the overall financial reporting framework to ensure consistency, accuracy, and transparency in sustainability disclosures.
• Keep up to date with evolving ESG disclosure trends and regulatory requirements, ensuring proactive compliance and alignment with new expectations and standards.
• Assist in the development of long-term financial plans, budgets, and forecasts in alignment with corporate objectives and market trends.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to the central finance team, ensuring the production of high-quality management information and analysis in a timely manner.
• Develop and maintain highly effective key relationships with the business unit support teams and CFOs.
• Transaction and M&A support, including ad-hoc analysis and reporting as required
• Help shift the focus of FP&A from Data and Analysis to Insight and Action.
• Process development, including:
  • Incremental improvements and process re-design of the annual group budgeting process.
  • Developing and enhancing the internal reporting processes.
• Planning and analysis, including:
  • Accurate and high-quality reporting, budgeting, and forecasting.
  • Detailed P&L, balance sheet and cash flow analysis.
  • Project management – support the senior team with project work by producing and updating financial models and forecasts, challenging assumptions, managing internal stakeholders, presenting data-driven recommendations, and assisting with execution.

Skills and Experience

• Qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA) with post qualification experience in FP&A, Risk or product control function of large global organization (preferably commodity trading).
• Experience building and maintaining financial models and driving business decision support of complex business situations.
• Advanced proficiency in financial modeling, Excel, and other analytical tools; experience with ERP systems (e.g., Dynamics) preferred. Experience with Hyperion (HFM) preferred.
• Good level of business and commercial acumen.
• Excellent communicator (written and verbal) and relationship builder; hands-on and self-driven, not in need of high oversight and supervision with a keen eye for detail.
• Proactive and goal orientated.
• Experience in preparing professional reports and presentations.
• Project management skills

As an ever-friendly reminder: Researchers have found that men apply to roles when they meet an average of 60% of the criteria. Women and other underrepresented groups tend to apply only when they check every box. If you are interested, but don’t feel like you meet every single point on the job description, please still apply!

Our Offer

We provide a fast-paced, stimulating and truly global 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 global leaders in soft commodity trading.

Our Values

Respect, Integrity, Meritocracy, Client Focus, Entrepreneurship

Our values define who we are. They are the fundamental beliefs that determine our actions and guide our behaviour. They influence the way we communicate and collaborate, and define the way we engage with our clients, partners, and communities. Our values are underpinned by a set of essential behaviours, which form part of our performance management approach. Delivering on our objectives is very much about ‘what’ we do, but these essential behaviours also provide a guide and measure for ‘how’ we do things. Our performance essentials are Take Initiative, Self‐Management, Deliver Results and Collaboration.

Our Commitment

We are committed to creating and sustaining an inclusive and diverse work environment where all employees are treated with dignity and respect. We are committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment and are focussed on actively building and developing diverse teams. All qualified applicants will receive equal treatment without regard to race, colour, sex, gender, age, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, marital or civil partner status, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender reassignment (identity, gender expression), genetic information or any characteristic protected by local law.

We are willing to make any reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process.

To apply you must have the right to work for the country of application,

Role Overview

We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join us as a Head of Treasury Operations and Transformation to work in a truly global environment taking responsible for overseeing all aspects of treasury operations and change within the group, reporting to the Group Finance Director. This role requires substantial experience of implementing treasury related systems, processes and organisations, as well as a exceptional understanding of cash management, financial markets, liquidity management, risk management, and compliance with regulatory requirements. The incumbent will play a critical role in ensuring the efficient and effective management of the company’s financial resources.

Business Overview

Established in 1783, ED&F Man is an employee-owned agricultural commodities merchant with 2,800 people in 43 countries and annual revenue in excess of $8bn. We trade sugar, coffee, molasses, animal feed and pulses. Corporate responsibility is ingrained in our culture. We are passionate about sustainable production, take care to limit the environmental impact of our operations and actively support the communities in which we work.

Key Accountabilities

Treasury Operations:

• Lead treasury operations team and ensure smooth execution of daily treasury activities, including payments, and cash reconciliations.
• Maintain banking platforms and treasury management systems (Kyriba, etc.) to support efficient treasury operations.
• Develop and implement policies and procedures to enhance controls and mitigate operational risks.
• Review and approve treasury transactions and ensure compliance with internal policies and external regulations.
• Implement appropriate controls and segregation of duties.

Risk Management:

• Help identify assess, and mitigate financial risks, including interest rate risk, foreign exchange risk, and credit risk.
• Monitor market developments and recommend adjustments to risk management strategies as needed.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders, such as finance, accounting, and legal departments, to ensure alignment of risk management practices with overall business objectives.

Compliance and Reporting:

• Stay informed about regulatory changes impacting treasury operations and ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
• Prepare treasury-related reports, disclosures, and compliance filings for internal management and external stakeholders.
• Coordinate with internal and external auditors to facilitate audits of treasury activities and controls.
• Implement best practices in treasury operations and maintain documentation to support compliance efforts.

Treasury Transformation:

• Lead or participate in treasury-related transformation projects, such as system implementations, process improvements, or structure optimization initiatives.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive efficiency, automation, standardization and innovation in treasury operations.
• Evaluate and recommend new technologies or tools to enhance treasury capabilities and productivity.
• Create/update target operating model to align global operations to strategic goals.
• Build a team based on strengths and capabilities, providing support, mentoring and development across operations and systems.
• Re-engineer processes and workflows reducing manual intervention with automation and increased technical functionality to reduce operational risk and provide more accurate management and day to day information.
• Reduce costs by leveraging economies of scale and increased efficiencies.
• Provide enhanced management information based on increased visibility of accurate liquidity and funding.
• Build and maintain relationships with stakeholders and the business units to engender support for new initiatives.

Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting or equivalent.
• Qualified accountant or MBA or ACT preferred.
• Proven and substantial experience in treasury operations, cash management, or corporate finance roles.
• Deep understanding of financial instruments, banking products, and treasury systems and operations, as well as accounting understanding.
• Substantial experience in middle or back-office operations area within a bank or an in-house treasury department.
• Proven experience of working efficiently and accurately with high value payments (~$20m ~ $50m/week).
• Experience working in an international environment with a variety of currencies.
• Knowledge of structured commodity finance products including transactional bilateral, borrowing base and other asset backed structures.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders.
• Self-motivated and driven; takes initiative to improve ways of working, governance, and assurance.
• Attention to detail and a commitment to maintaining high standards of accuracy and integrity.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, wide range of experience in treasury management systems and banking platforms, Kyriba highly advantageous.

As an ever-friendly reminder: Researchers have found that men apply to roles when they meet an average of 60% of the criteria. Women and other underrepresented groups tend to apply only when they check every box. If you are interested, but don’t feel like you meet every single point on the job description, please still apply!

Our Offer

We provide a fast-paced, stimulating and truly global 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 global leaders in soft commodity trading.

Our Values

Respect, Integrity, Meritocracy, Client Focus, Entrepreneurship

Our values define who we are. They are the fundamental beliefs that determine our actions and guide our behaviour. They influence the way we communicate and collaborate, and define the way we engage with our clients, partners, and communities. Our values are underpinned by a set of essential behaviours, which form part of our performance management approach. Delivering on our objectives is very much about ‘what’ we do, but these essential behaviours also provide a guide and measure for ‘how’ we do things. Our performance essentials are Take Initiative, Self‐Management, Deliver Results and Collaboration.

Our Commitment

We are committed to creating and sustaining an inclusive and diverse work environment where all employees are treated with dignity and respect. We are committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment and are focussed on actively building and developing diverse teams. All qualified applicants will receive equal treatment without regard to race, colour, sex, gender, age, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, marital or civil partner status, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender reassignment (identity, gender expression), genetic information or any characteristic protected by local law.

We are willing to make any reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process.

Role Overview

An essential role in ensuring the group’s adherence to compliance requirements and industry legislation regarding sanctions. Works with the business to process requests for due diligence on all new counterparties, intermediaries and service providers (including vessels). This role demands knowledge of global sanctions regimes and experience in using due diligence software and screening tools to manage red flag alerts.

Business Overview

Established in 1783, ED&F Man is an employee-owned agricultural commodities merchant with 2,800 people in 43 countries and annual revenue in excess of $8bn. We trade sugar, coffee, molasses, animal feed and pulses. Corporate responsibility is ingrained in our culture. We are passionate about sustainable production, take care to limit the environmental impact of our operations and actively support the communities in which we work.

Key Accountabilities

• Conduct Due Diligence and Know Your Customer (KYC), including AML, checks for the onboarding of new counterparties, and refresh/ ongoing monitoring for pre-existing counterparties as part of the ED&F Man Group Sanctions & Due Diligence policy and procedures.
• Perform screening by reviewing counterparty documentation, trade capture data, and external screening tools and validating the information obtained on the counterparty using a variety of independent research sources.
• Perform data quality review of KYC requests for completeness, including ensuring all appropriate information is contained in the KYC to meet all regulatory, legal, bank and audit requirements.
• Execute and review negative media alerts from client screening and escalate where necessary.
• Understand sanctions risks and AML requirements, documentary red flags and approaches to mitigate risk during due diligence checks.
• Perform additional due diligence on high-risk counterparties, or where a red flag has been raised.
• Maintain detailed records on counterparties for second-level review, and internal audit/ external regulatory inspection.
• Liaise with counterparties, Front Office, Credit, Legal and Operations as necessary as part of the KYC process.
• Support process documentation exercise for all future regulatory changes and process improvements within the scope of KYC/ AML.
• Prepare management information on number of counterparties screened, timeliness of screening, red flag rates, approval, and rejection rates for Head of Compliance.
• Continuously develop knowledge of Sanctions and AML related regulations.

Skills and Experience

• Proven experience in a due diligence/KYC role within commodities – physical trading ESSENTIAL, preferably agricultural soft commodities although other commodities might be considered.
• Experience of working with industry standard GRC software (such as Lexis Nexis, Refinitiv, Thomson Reuters) and screening tools (Dow Jones, Dun & Bradstreet, BvD) – ADVANTAGEOUS
• Experience in a commodities or physical trading environment would be beneficial
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Analytical mindset with the ability to translate regulatory requirements into practical solutions. Proficiency in strategic analysis.

As an ever-friendly reminder: Researchers have found that men apply to roles when they meet an average of 60% of the criteria. Women and other underrepresented groups tend to apply only when they check every box. If you are interested, but don’t feel like you meet every single point on the job description, please still apply!

Our Offer

We provide a fast-paced, stimulating and truly global 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 global leaders in soft commodity trading.

Our Values

Respect, Integrity, Meritocracy, Client Focus, Entrepreneurship

Our values define who we are. They are the fundamental beliefs that determine our actions and guide our behaviour. They influence the way we communicate and collaborate, and define the way we engage with our clients, partners, and communities. Our values are underpinned by a set of essential behaviours, which form part of our performance management approach. Delivering on our objectives is very much about ‘what’ we do, but these essential behaviours also provide a guide and measure for ‘how’ we do things. Our performance essentials are Take Initiative, Self‐Management, Deliver Results and Collaboration.

Our Commitment

We are committed to creating and sustaining an inclusive and diverse work environment where all employees are treated with dignity and respect. We are committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment and are focussed on actively building and developing diverse teams. All qualified applicants will receive equal treatment without regard to race, colour, sex, gender, age, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, marital or civil partner status, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender reassignment (identity, gender expression), genetic information or any characteristic protected by local law.

We are willing to make any reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process.