Operational Manager

**Our purpose** Join a team that’s passionate about partnership. With careers at Dow, we take time to explore questions and talk to each other. We love to learn. Our people are driven by limitless curiosity. We are an innovative, customer centric, inclusive, and sustainable materials science company. - Employing 36,500 individuals - Across 109 manufacturing sites - In over 31 countries Our portfolio of products and solutions include: - Plastics: With new technology trends, our plastic additives can be experienced in many everyday items including vinyl, blow-molding bottles, film, rigid containers, PVC plastics, siding, decks and rails, foam pipes and profile formulations, window frames and high-efficiency lubricants. - Industrial intermediates: As the product of a reaction that is beneficial when used as a precursor chemical for another product, industrial intermediates can take on many shapes and forms. Ours are used in home comfort and appliance, building and construction, adhesives and lubricants, and more. - Coatings: Whether it’s a water-based coating or solvent-based coating, a thin film is deposited on materials to enhance specific properties such as enhanced performance, durability, aesthetics, and sustainability.We make diversity and inclusion a priority—because sharing our perspectives and building on each other’s ideas will drive innovation. Could you imagine yourself in a place like this? **About You** As **Commodity Risk Operational manager**, you will be part of the global commodity risk team & plays a critical role on keeping the operations running in an efficient & compliant way. You will support the global director of commodity risk management in managing Dow's global exposure to feedstock's & Energy. This position is located in **Horgen, Switzerland**. **What you will be doing**: - Maintain, improve & Run daily, weekly and monthly global reports to support the global Risk Director and Managers in managing the hydrocarbon exposures of Dow Globally. - Act as a first line of "defense" by doing a daily review of trades, systems, pricing, reports & limits to add a key control point that would support & make sure daily compliance with the F&E internal Delegation of authority. - Maintain & enhance CRM policies and procedures to make sure effective control mechanism continues to be in place. - Lead & coordinate the audit activities for the commodity risk management globally - Maintain & responsible for the hedge accounting documentation & treatment. - Maintain all market curves for volatilities, prices, and interest rates and work with Price Administrators to ensure all data flows through reporting systems & act as a backup for Price Administrator **Managing all Solutionism hedge requests**: - Offers to downstream businesses - Quarterly settlements - Maintain Solutionism scorecard - Coordinate with other groups to get input for model" **Serve as a SME for regulatory Global Compliance for Commodity Risk Management, which includes**: - Ensuring that Dow complies with regulatory requirements and internal policies. - Keep up to date with, and understand, relevant laws and regulations - Monitor compliance with laws, regulations and internal policies - Contribute to robust and effective compliance controls within the organization - Gathering of internal information in response to regulatory requests - External Market regulations Dow CRM needs to comply with, are among others: Dodd-Frank, EMIR, REMIT, MiFID II, Variation Margin Protocol, FMIA - Related reporting to relevant authorities - Portfolio reconciliations with counterparties **Required Qualifications** - Minimum requirement is B.Sc. degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Economics, Finance or Law. Preferably with MBA, CPA, CMA, CIA or CFM. - Minimum of 5 years relevant experience - Fluent in English, additional language is a plus **Preferred Qualifications** - Experience in Dow internal audit is a plus - Experience in finance or audit is strongly preferred **Additional notes** - **To apply** - Sign in or create your account. - Make sure your resume is accessible. Easily link your LinkedIn Profile to load your resume when logging into apply. Dow Offers: - A robust total rewards program, including: competitive base pay, variable pay that rewards individual, team, and Company performance, and comprehensive benefits - On-going learning opportunities within a diverse, inclusive and rewarding work environment - Career experiences that can span different Dow businesses and functions with opportunities for personal and professional growth - The chance to work within a global company and interact with colleagues from around the world - Opportunities that spark your imagination and ignite your passion to help others **About Dow** Dow (NYSE: DOW) combines global breadth, asset integration and scale, focused innovation and leading business positions to achieve profitable growth. The Company’s ambition is to become the most inn