Middle Officer - Coffee

Company Description

Louis Dreyfus Company is a leading merchant and processor of agricultural goods. Our activities span the entire value chain from farm to fork, across a broad range of business lines, we leverage our global reach and extensive asset network to serve our customers and consumers around the world.

Structured as a matrix organization of six geographical regions and ten platforms, Louis Dreyfus Company is active in over 100 countries and employs approximately 19,000 people globally.

Job Description

LDC is looking for a Middle Officer for the Coffee Platform in Madrid (permanent position).

The Middle Officer´s responsibilities, as part of the finance organization, includes generating the trading position (in collaboration with the business) and independent price verification.

Your missions:

• Consolidate, validate and explain the platform’s position
• Ensure daily production of Global position in an accurate and on-time manner, being a key point of contact with the platform
• Work with Team in day-to-day issues resolution, to make the position process issuance as smooth as possible
• Develop trading market understanding (Futures/Cash/Pol/Expiries/Options/Brokers)
• Support Trading Desk in Position related issues management
• Ensure that Market Risk system receives proper position and prices data
• Ensure that positions reported to Platform and Market Risk match and agree
• Price population: identify curves to be integrated in the Central Prices Database (Zema) and follow up of price population
• Contact counterparts if prices are missing and follow up
• Correction of any price series if needed into Market Risk system
• Make sure that business units are well allocated within the organization
• Perform Prices validation using third party data and contracts (independent price verification)
• Collaborate with the other finance functions (Operational Controlling / FP&A) and Execution to ensure efficiency and data accuracy
• Monitor Trade capture of the platform to ensure data quality
• Manage IT tools used to improve existing processes and make them as efficient and automated as possible (Excel Formulas/Macros/Databases, project contribution)

Qualifications

Your profile:

• Diploma in Business or Finance or Economics
• At least 5 years of relevant experiences similar to this position
• Excellent knowledge of Excel and VBA; Python is a plus
• Ease with numbers
• Interest in the commodity business
• Willingness to learn, curiosity
• Intercultural management skills
• English and Spanish fluent

Additional Information

What We Offer

We provide a dynamic and stimulating international environment, which will stretch and develop your abilities and channel your skills and expertise with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.

Our Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits​​​​​​
• Hybrid work available (not applicable to all roles)
• Pension contributions
• Access to Training and Development 
• Access to Concierge Partnerships

Diversity & Inclusion
LDC is driven by a set of shared values and high ethical standards, with diversity and inclusion being part of our DNA. LDC is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity, equity and inclusion.
LDC encourages diversity, supports local communities and environmental initiatives. We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply.

Sustainability
Sustainable value is at the heart of our purpose as a company.
We are passionate about creating fair and sustainable value, both for our business and for other value chain stakeholders: our people, our business partners, the communities we touch and the environment around us