Analyst – Risk & Analytics

Overview

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Koch Ag & Energy Solutions (KAES) is seeking a highly motivated Analyst to join our integrated team. This role combines traditional risk analysis with data, technology, and automation capabilities to enhance how credit risk is evaluated and managed. The Analyst will support our global commodity trading and production businesses by working closely with risk and commercial teams to understand, communicate, and optimize credit risks.

In addition to core credit responsibilities, this role will play a key part in improving credit processes through data-driven insights and technology solutions.

Our Credit team is an experienced group of risk professionals across the US, Europe, and Asia. We partner with commercial teams globally to support business growth while optimizing risk. This role has the opportunity to leverage and deploy emerging technologies to enhance decision-making and operational efficiency.

• Develop a strong understanding of counter parties  credit risk profiles
• Identify and communicate key credit risk drivers
• Partner with commercial and risk teams to evaluate reward relative to risk consistent with Koch’s Risk Philosophy
• Recommend and approve credit limits
• Manage counter party exposures and credit mitigation tools
• Perform AML / KYC analysis and support compliance processes

• Leverage data, automation, and emerging technologies to improve credit processes and decision-making
• Build and enhance reporting, dashboards, and analytical tools to support credit insights
• Utilize analytics tools and concepts (e.g., Power BI, Fabric, Alteryx, data warehouses, data lakes) to analyze and visualize credit risk data
• Identify and implement opportunities to streamline manual processes through automation
• Apply emerging tools (including generative AI) to improve research efficiency and insight generation

Success in this role requires strong curiosity, a proactive approach to improving processes, and the ability to translate data into actionable business insights. The ideal candidate brings an entrepreneurial mindset along with strong communication and critical thinking skills.

• Experience analyzing corporate financial statements (professional or academic setting)
• Bachelor s degree (or higher) in Finance, MIS, Business Analytics, CIS, CS, Accounting, Economics, or related field
• Experience working with or supporting data analytics tools or solutions in a professional or academic setting (for example: Excel, Quick Books, Power BI, etc.)

• Credit analysis experience at a commodity trading firm, marketer, producer, or bank

• Experience with data visualization, analytics tools, or generative/agentic AI (Power BI, Tableau, Alteryx, Copilot, Claude, etc.)
• Experience working with data architecture concepts (data lakes, warehouses)
• Experience building or supporting data/analytics solutions end-to-end
• Exposure to cloud platforms and tools (e.g., Snowflake, AWS services such as Lambda, S3, Redshift, APIs)

This role is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship.

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate s knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location.

If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.

As a Koch company, Koch Ag & Energy Solutions (KAES) is a global provider of value-added solutions for the agriculture, turf and ornamental, energy and chemical markets. From agriculture to energy, KAES makes things grow better with plant nutrient and biological technologies. Our team of innovators unleash their potential while developing the technologies that feed and power the world. At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better.

Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may…