Treasury Trainee

City : Chesterfield State : Missouri (US-MO) Country : United States (US) Requisition Number : 49128

Overview:

Bunge is seeking highly motivated entry-level corporate finance professionals who are excited to work in a high-paced environment, applying corporate finance theory to real business challenges within Bunge’s global Treasury team.

Treasury is a global function within Bunge that manages Company’s capital structure design, ensures the Company has adequate amount of appropriately priced capital, manages currency and interest rate risk, support Company’s strategic transformation as well as day to day smooth commercial operation.  The role will have both internal (regional and global stakeholders) and external (banks, investment advisors, rating agencies etc) facing aspects. The function works closely with executive management and other areas of finance including tax, controlling, FP&A and business development. The role and provides tremendous opportunity to grow in the treasury and the broader finance organization for the right candidate.

Key Responsibilities:

As an Entry-Level Treasury Professional, you will participate in a variety of critical activities, including:

• Funding: Participate in the development of capital structure and formulate funding strategies to meet the financing needs of the company. This involves interacting with Bunge’s extensive relationship banks group and working with public debt markets.
• Commercial Paper (CP) Dealing: Support the daily issuance and strategic management of Bunge's $3 billion Commercial Paper program, optimizing short-term funding needs.
• Financial Risk Management: Assist with the management of a portfolio of foreign exchange, interest rate, and commodity exposures through hedge strategy development and execution. This includes identifying, monitoring, and mitigating financial risks.
• Rating Agency Support: Help manage relationships with rating agencies by modeling ratings methodologies adopted by various rating agencies that rate Bunge and its peers.
• Affiliate Finance: Provide analytical support to help design the capital structure of various Bunge subsidiaries spread across 50+ countries, taking into account tax implications, currency, and sovereign risk.
• Reporting & Forecasting: Generate and analyze treasury reports and financial forecasts, including detailed cash flow projections for liquidity and capital planning. Develop ongoing projections for interest expense and future funding costs, providing essential data and insights to support strategic business decisions.
• Analytical Support & Strategic Insight: Provide robust analytical support across a broad range of treasury functions, including capital markets, funding, and risk management. Conduct in-depth financial analysis to inform business development initiatives, evaluate new projects, and assess market opportunities. Deliver data-driven insights on financial trends, interest rate movements, currency fluctuations, and funding costs to guide strategic decision-making and optimize Bunge's financial position.

Skills/Experience Requirements: 

• A bachelor’s degree in finance, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field is required, master’s preferred.
• 0-2 years of experience in treasury or a related financial discipline, demonstrating a working knowledge and experience in their chosen discipline.
• Basic knowledge of financial markets, treasury operations, and risk management principles.
• Strong work ethic, well-organized, self-starter
• Ability to simultaneously manage multiple ongoing projects, set priorities
• Ability to operate in an ambiguous, fast-paced, multi-cultural work environment; to interpret a variety of instructions; solve practical problems and deal with a variety of variables and situations where only limited standardization and structure exists
• Attention to detail; self-imposed aversion for errors
• Outstanding quantitative and analytical abilities; thorough familiarity with Excel, PowerPoint, etc.

At Bunge (NYSE: BG), our purpose is to connect farmers to consumers to deliver essential food, feed and fuel to the world. As a premier agribusiness solutions provider, our team of ~34,000 dedicated employees partner with farmers across the globe to move agricultural commodities from where they’re grown to where they’re needed—in faster, smarter, and more efficient ways. We are a world leader in grain origination, storage, distribution, oilseed processing and refining, offering a broad portfolio of plant-based oils, fats, and proteins. We work alongside our customers at both ends of the value chain to deliver quality products and develop tailored, innovative solutions that address evolving consumer needs. With 200+ years of experience and presence in over 50 countries, we are committed to strengthening global food security, advancing sustainability, and helping communities prosper where we operate. Bunge has its registered office in Geneva, Switzerland and its corporate headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri. Learn more at Bunge.com.

Every day our people exemplify these values, which represent Bunge at its core:

•    We Are One Team – Collaborative, Respectful, Inclusive
•    We Lead The Way – Agile, Empowered, Innovative
•    We Do What’s Right – Safety, Sustainability, With Integrity

If this sounds like you, join us!  We value and invest in people who believe in our purpose and are excited to live it every day – people who are #ProudtoBeBunge