Job Summary:
Mitsubishi International Corporation (MIC) is a U.S.-based subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation, engaged in a wide range of businesses including metals, energy, machinery, chemicals, food resources. MIC plays a key role in the Mitsubishi Corporation Group’s operations in North America, supporting both trading and investment activities across multiple industries.
Mitsubishi Corporation RtM Americas (RtMA) is the regional operating company responsible for managing Mitsubishi Corporation’s metal trading and marketing businesses in the Americas, covering a broad range of products including base metals, precious metals, steel, and raw materials.
Aluminum Division (ALD) engages in physical and derivative aluminum trading with a wide range of counterparties across industries and geographies. These activities involve significant exposure to market, credit, and operational risks, making robust, disciplined risk management essential to the sustainability and growth of the business.
This position serves as a core Middle Office function within the Aluminum Division, covering product control, risk monitoring, and daily Middle Office operations in an independent capacity from the Front Office, and reports to the division's Risk Management Manager (RMM).
The role involves a combination of hands-on execution and coordination across a wide range of Middle Office activities, including trade validation, settlement processes, position monitoring, P&L analysis, and internal reporting, ensuring integrity, accuracy, and transparency in trading operations in line with company policies and risk management frameworks.
In addition to performing these responsibilities, the position is responsible for supervising selected Middle Office activities by reviewing outputs, providing guidance to team members, and coordinating task allocation and workflow management within the team.
In alignment with the company’s market risk management framework, the role contributes to the continuous monitoring and control of trading portfolio risks through independent validation and analysis of positions and P&L. The position is also expected to provide analytical insights and constructive feedback to support sound and disciplined risk-taking by Front Office, while maintaining appropriate checks and balances as an independent control function.
A key responsibility of this role is the preparation and delivery of timely and accurate P&L and risk-related reports, including clear commentary and insights to support management decision-making and financial reporting requirements. The role is also expected to contribute to enhancing the frequency, quality, and usability of reporting outputs.
Separately, the position contributes to the maintenance and enhancement of internal control frameworks and supports audit and compliance-related requirements, ensuring that Middle Office activities are conducted in accordance with internal policies and regulatory expectations.
In addition, the position plays an important role in driving operational efficiency and process improvement across the Aluminum Division, working closely with Front Office, Logistics, Back Office, and other related functions.
This includes streamlining workflows, enhancing control frameworks, and promoting system enhancements (e.g., CTRM/BI tools) to improve data accuracy, reduce manual processes, and strengthen the overall risk monitoring infrastructure.
The role is also responsible for coordinating with internal and external stakeholders, including corporate functions such as Accounting, Credit Risk, Legal, and Compliance, as well as external auditors, and coordinating and responding to ad-hoc inquiries, analyses, and reporting requests to support timely issue resolution and informed decision-making.
Key Accountabilities:
40
Middle Office Operations Execution and Team Supervision
- Perform key Middle Office activities on a daily basis, including trade validation, settlement processing, market data updates, and position monitoring, ensuring accuracy and timeliness in accordance with established procedures.
- Review outputs and provide day-to-day guidance to team members on selected operational tasks to maintain consistency and quality of deliverables.
- Supervise recurring workflows (daily/weekly/monthly/quarterly/yearly), including task allocation, progress monitoring, and ensuring appropriate backup coverage within the team.
- Contribute to team management through performance feedback, identification of operational gaps, and optimization of task allocation and workflow efficiency.
25
Product Control, Market Risk Monitoring, and Analysis
- Monitor and analyze trading positions, market movements, and risk exposures (e.g., net position, spread, premium, inventory), ensuring alignment with approved limits and internal risk frameworks.
- Perform independent validation of P&L and positions, including investigation of discrepancies and consistency with underlying transactions and market drivers.
- Conduct P&L attribution and risk analysis to identify underlying drivers of performance and potential risk factors.
- Identify emerging or latent risks and provide analytical insights and constructive feedback to Front Office to support disciplined and informed risk-taking.
- Escalate unusual exposures, breaches, or risk concerns in a timely manner and support management in assessing implications.
15
Management Reporting and Business Support
- Prepare and distribute periodic management reports related to P&L, risk exposure, and key performance indicators (daily/weekly/monthly), ensuring clarity, consistency, and timeliness.
- Provide concise commentary and actionable insights on P&L movements and risk positions to support management decision-making.
- Contribute to the development and enhancement of reporting frameworks, including dashboards, KPIs, and reporting formats, in response to evolving business needs.
- Coordinate and deliver ad-hoc tasks, analysis, and reporting support related to both market and credit risk management, requested by management and stakeholders.
10
Internal Control, Audit, and Compliance Support
- Contribute to the maintenance and enhancement of internal control frameworks governing Middle Office operations, ensuring adherence to internal policies and procedures.
- Coordinate responses to internal and external audit requests, including preparation of supporting documentation and explanation of operational processes.
- Assist in monitoring operational compliance with applicable regulations and internal standards, and support remediation of identified control gaps where necessary.
10
Process Improvement, System Enhancement, and Cross-functional Coordination
- Drive and support process improvements and workflow optimization across the Aluminum Division, including Front Office, Logistics, and Back Office functions.
- Promote system enhancements and digital initiatives (e.g., CTRM/BI tools) to improve data accuracy, efficiency, and transparency of operations.
- Act as a coordination point across internal stakeholders and corporate functions (Accounting, Credit Risk, Legal, Compliance), supporting inquiries, issue resolution, and ad-hoc analytical requests.
100 TOTAL
Job Qualifications
Key Qualifications:
- 5+ years of relevant experience in Middle Office, Product Control, or Risk Management within commodity trading, metals trading, financial markets, or a related trading environment.
- Solid understanding of the trading lifecycle, including physical and derivative transactions, with exposure to product control, market risk monitoring, and P&L reporting processes.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to validate, interpret, and explain P&L and risk exposures, including key drivers such as positions, spreads, and market movements.
- Proven ability to perform hands-on operational tasks while maintaining accuracy, attention to detail, and adherence to internal procedures.
- Experience reviewing work, providing operational guidance, and coordinating tasks within a team environment.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, including Front Office, Logistics, Back Office, and corporate functions.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities, respond to ad-hoc requests, and operate effectively in a fast-paced trading environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in the aluminum or broader metals trading business is preferred.
- Experience in credit risk management.
- Familiarity with CTRM/ETRM systems and data management tools.
- Experience in developing or utilizing BI/reporting tools for analysis and process improvement.
- Exposure to internal control frameworks, audit processes, or compliance-related activities.
- Experience contributing to process improvement, workflow optimization, or system enhancement initiatives.
Skills and Competencies:
- Strong problem-solving and critical thinking capability
- High level of accuracy and attention to detail
- Ability to exercise sound judgment and maintain independence as a control function
- Proactive and self-motivated with a continuous improvement mindset
- Ability to balance independent work with effective team collaboration
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- High level of integrity and awareness of risk and control principles
Education: • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Engineering, or a related field (MBA or advanced degree is a plus)
Other Information
Level of Decision Making: A specialist in complex technical and business matters. Work is highly independent.
Manage People with Full Authority: Yes (with direct supervision and functional responsibility)
Titles of Positions Managed: Middle Office Analyst, Middle Office Coordinator
Reports To: Risk Management Manager