Risk Management Analyst (m/f/d)

Key responsibilities:

As a Risk Management Analyst, you will play a key role in identifying, assessing, monitoring, and mitigating business risks across Mitsui's operations.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Managing a broad range of risk matters, including credit, market, country, and investment risks relating to the businesses of Mitsui EMEA (primarily Mitsui & Co. Deutschland GmbH) and affiliated companies.

• Conducting comprehensive quantitative and qualitative risk assessments of counterparties, business partners, and investment opportunities.

• Providing expert recommendations and guidance to business departments and senior management regarding credit lines, trading limits, and investment decisions.

• Performing due diligence by visiting and interviewing counterparties, credit agencies, and other relevant stakeholders to gather information and evaluate risk exposures.

• Monitoring overdue receivables and credit limit breaches, identifying root causes, recommending corrective actions, and reporting findings to management.

• Monitoring long and short positions and analysing risk events, including limit excesses, loss limit breaches, and maximum risk volume exceedances.

• Supporting the management and resolution of unexpected or emerging risk issues.

• Developing and implementing debt recovery strategies across the EMEA region while liaising with debtors, insurers, legal counsel, insolvency practitioners, and courts.

• Delivering seminars, workshops, and training initiatives to strengthen risk awareness and risk management competencies across business departments.

Your qualifications and Experience:

• University degree in Mathematics, Economics, Finance, Law, or a related discipline.

• Experience in B2B risk management, preferably within an international trading company, commercial or investment bank, credit insurer, or comparable environment.

• Strong analytical and numerical skills, particularly in the assessment of consolidated financial statements.

• Solid knowledge of accounting and finance, including corporate finance and project finance concepts.

• Understanding international commercial practices, including payment methods, trade finance, and Incoterms.

• Familiarity with insolvency proceedings, collateral management, and debt recovery processes.

• Good understanding of international macroeconomic developments and their potential impact on business operations.

Your skills and competencies:

• Business-fluent English, both written and spoken.

• German and/or Japanese language skills would be an advantage.

• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel.

• Ability to quickly understand complex business issues and translate them into practical risk assessments.

• Strong organizational skills with a structured, independent, and results-oriented approach to work.

• High level of initiative, accountability, and ownership.

• Proactive mindset with strong planning, execution, monitoring, and follow-up capabilities.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the confidence to engage effectively across different levels of the organization.

• Strong team spirit, reliability, and professional integrity.

• Openness to career mobility within the Mitsui Group and an interest in gaining experience across different businesses and international locations.

Your Benefits at Mitsui:

• Flexible working hours (38.5-hour week)

• Remote work up to 2 days per week

• 30 days of annual leave

• Attractive training and development opportunities

• Company pension scheme and capital-forming benefits

• Holiday and Christmas bonuses

• Mobility allowance (e.g., public transport)

• Bike leasing (JobRad)

• Discounted fitness programs and employee benefits

• Regular team events