Credit Risk Analyst (Oil)
Glencore · Johannesburg, Gauteng
Posted 28 October 2026
Stop applying one at a time.
JobAlertsZA auto-applies to South African jobs like this one for you, overnight. Upload your CV once — we do the applying.
Start free — we apply for you →Responsibilities
- Conduct in-depth credit assessments of counterparties, including financial statement analysis, industry and country risk evaluation, and qualitative assessment of business model, including operations, market position and overall management strategy.
- Assist in setting reviewing credit limits, in collaboration with commercial teams taking into account payment terms, and risk mitigation tools such as collateral, guarantees and or letters of credit.
- Periodically and ad-hoc macro-economic and sector reporting.
- Creation and distribution of Credit Risk reporting (bespoke, cross-group and cross-functional) for the Global Function to senior stakeholders.
- Validating and explaining Credit Risk data generated from our various systems.
- Maintaining Data Integrity across our various systems.
- Assisting in the development of new and existing systems, processes and reports
- Support and assist in developing credit risk evaluation tools (Credit pricing, Stress testing, …).
- To communicate effectively with senior management and the credit team.
- Ensure compliance with internal credit policies and external regulatory requirements.
- Any other ad hoc duties that may be required from time to time.
Key relationships
- Credit team (London, NY and SG)
- Senior Risk Management team
- Other Risk functions
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting, Risk Management, Economics, Engineering or a related field.
- Relevant Post graduate qualifications beneficial
Work experience
- Ideally 1-3 years of Credit Risk management experience but not essential
- Financial Analysis experience would be beneficial
- Coding skills in VBA, PowerBI, Python advantageous
Competencies
- Proficient knowledge using Microsoft Office (i.e. Access, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Good working knowledge of Excel spreadsheets and database functionality e.g; forms, templates and logic functions.
- Strong communication skills,
- Attention to detail and accuracy
- Ability to work independently & as part of a rapidly changing team
- Multi-tasking and excellent management of time and priorities is essential
- Highly numerate, with good problem-solving and analytical skills
- Pro- active, committed and highly motivated
- Ability to work independently
- Ability to work well in a team
- Need to be adaptable, flexible and entrepreneurial
- Takes initiative and invest energy to, resolve queries and take action as needed
- High level of attention to detail and data accuracy, ensuring analysis is focused on delivering practical business benefits, often in tight deadlines