Trade Accountant

About the role

An international commodity trading business is seeking a skilled Trade Accountant to support front, middle, and back-office functions through accurate accounting, reconciliation, and reporting of commodity trading transactions. The role plays a critical part in ensuring trade P&L accuracy, inventory valuation, and compliance across international markets.

This is a commercially exposed role, working closely with traders, operations, and external stakeholders in a fast-paced, transaction-driven environment.

Key responsibilities

• Record and reconcile physical and derivative commodity trades in the trading and ERP systems.
• Prepare monthly trade P&L per trading strategy and reconcile trader P&L to accounting records.
• Investigate and resolve P&L, pricing, and timing variances.
• Ensure accurate booking and accounting of purchase and sales contracts.
• Reconcile freight, insurance, demurrage, and...