contracts analyst

As a Contracts Analyst, you will be responsible for assessing the overall trade flow plan including commercial terms, operational terms, payment terms and legal obligations of sale and purchase transactions concluded by the company.
You will then draft or review the underlying commercial contracts keeping in mind Trafigura’s interests and business strategy and will also highlight the relevant potential risks for consultation with other key departments such as Trading, Cargo Operations, Trade Finance, Claims and Legal.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities, Key Responsibilities:

• BSc or MSc in Law

• Extensive experience of drafting / reviewing contractual documentation

• Proven understanding of legal principles and commercial practices

• Experience in shipping and metals contracts will be a plus

• Proficient in spoken and written English is mandatory, French will be a plus

• Ability to work in a fast-pace environment and meet required deadlines

• Microsoft Word and Excel

• Ability to think commercially

• Detailed 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

• 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

Key Relationships and Department Overview:

• Counterparties

• Traders

• Cargo Operators

• Trade Finance

• Deals Desk

• Claims

• Foreign Exchange, VAT, Legal, Securitization departments

Department

The Contracts team is responsible for producing, reviewing and negotiating a range of contractual documentation relating to the purchase, sale and storage of a variety of asset classes including Oil (and oil products), Metals, and Gas. The team is based in three different international locations and has global responsibility necessitating the daily interaction with numerous internal teams (such as Operations, Trading, Finance and Legal) across the business as well as external counterparties. The team is a key risk management function for the business and is providing an essential service for the organization.