To support our Business Development team, we are looking for a Business Development Specialist. You should be an analytical, resilient and committed person who enjoys travelling and is skilled in navigating high pressure and fast-paced working environments.

Main tasks and responsibilities

• Working in Business Development team to originate, structure and execute various transactions, including M&As, divestments and financing deals
• Developing execution materials for various transactions
• Creating financial models and performing detailed valuation analysis for various transactions
• Interacting with senior team members and counterparty teams to execute transactions and identifying and managing all risks in a given deal
• Guiding, reviewing and coordinating the work of other technical team members to move execution process forward
• Liaising with internal and external parties on transactions (e.g. lawyers, accountants, counterparties)
• Assisting with client negotiations, Q&A process and management interviews

Qualifications and requirements

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree or equivalent in Finance/Economics or a related field from a top tier educational institution
• 2 – 5 years of work experience in an investment banking front office role
• Experience in Resources/Metals & Mining Investment Banking is preferred
• Advanced financial modelling skills
• Understands transaction cycle and the steps in the process and is execution oriented
• Impeccable communication details with the ability to effectively interact with senior professionals, counterparties and key stakeholders in other line of business
• Holding a Swiss work permit or passport holder of CH / EU

The ideal candidate is

• Advanced knowledge of MS Excel and MS PowerPoint
• A cooperative professional, with an independent and flexible work attitude
• Ability to travel across the globe on short notice
• Efficient and well-organized working skills
• Able to work and communicate with people from various multi-cultural backgrounds

Benefits

• We are committed to providing benefits, which promote mental, physical, and financial well-being. From healthy meal options in our restaurants and bistros to free use of the in-house gym including sport classes with professional trainers.
• We reimburse public transport for commuting to work; alternatively, we offer free parking space.
• We provide tuition assistance for further education and training courses.
• We have a competitive parental leave policy. Our childcare benefits also include emergency childcare services and financial assistance towards daycare costs.
• Employees’ Swiss Pension 2nd pillar is fully paid by Glencore.

Who we are

Glencore is one of the world’s largest global diversified natural resource companies and a major producer and marketer of more than 60 commodities that advance everyday life. Through a network of assets, customers and suppliers that spans the globe, we produce, process, recycle, source, market and distribute the commodities that support decarbonisation while meeting the energy needs of today.

With over 150,000 employees and contractors and a strong footprint in over 35 countries in both established and emerging regions for natural resources, our marketing and industrial activities are supported by a global network of more than 50 offices.

Glencore’s customers are industrial consumers, such as those in the automotive, steel, power generation, battery manufacturing and oil sectors. We also provide financing, logistics and other services to producers and consumers of commodities.

Glencore is proud to be a member of the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights and the International Council on Mining and Metals. We are an active participant in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative.

We will support the global effort to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement through our efforts to decarbonise our own operational footprint. We believe that we should take a holistic approach and have considered our commitment through the lens of our global industrial emissions. Against a restated 2019 baseline, we are targeting to reduce our Scope 1, 2 and 3 industrial emissions by 15% by the end of 2026, 25% by the end of 2030, 50% by the end of 2035 and we have an ambition to achieve net zero industrial emissions by the end of 2050, subject to a supportive policy environment. For more information see our 2024-2026 Climate Action Transition Plan and the About our emissions calculation and reporting section in our 2023 Annual Report, available on our website at glencore.com/publications.

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