Intern – Commodities (AU)

Overview

Connecting clients to markets – and talent to opportunity. With 5,400+ employees and over 80,000 institutional, commercial, and payments clients, we operate from more than 80 offices spread across six continents. As a Fortune 100, Nasdaq-listed provider, we connect clients to the global markets – focusing on innovation, human connection, and providing world-class products and services to all types of investors. Whether you want to forge a career connecting our retail clients to potential trading opportunities, or ingrain yourself in the world of institutional investing, StoneX Group is made up of four business segments that offer endless potential for progression and growth.

Business Segment Overview - Commercial: With boots on the ground authenticity at the heart of everything we do, our comprehensive array of commercial products and services enable you to work directly with our clients, across hedging, risk management, execution and clearing, OTC products, commodity finance and more.

Responsibilities

Job Purpose

The Intern – Commodities will support the Commercial Hedging team through supervised market research, report preparation, Excel modelling and process improvement activities. The role is designed to give a final-year student practical exposure to commercial market activity while supporting the team with clearly scoped, low-risk deliverables.

General Duties

The intern will work under supervision at all times and will not have authority to execute trades, provide financial product advice, approve external client communications or make decisions on client accounts.

• Assist with market research, data collation and preparation of draft market updates or research notes.
• Build, maintain or improve Excel models and reporting templates to support day-to-day Commercial Hedging
• Support statement checks, margin call preparation and observation of trade booking processes under appropriate supervision, where relevant.
• Prepare materials for internal review, including summaries, charts, reconciliations and process notes.
• Maintain confidentiality and follow all access, conduct and supervision requirements.

Expected Outcomes and Final Deliverable

By the end of the program, the intern should be able to:

• explain the basics of StoneX commercial market activity;
• prepare a simple market update using approved data sources; and
• present a Commercial Market Insight and Process Improvement Pack, including one market research report, one Excel model or reporting template and a short presentation of findings.

Qualifications

Knowledge and Experience

• Final-year student in economics, finance, commerce, agribusiness, mathematics, computer science or another quantitative discipline.
• Strong Excel capability and confidence working with numerical information.
• Interest in commercial markets, commodities, client service and financial market operations.
• Strong attention to detail, communication skills and professional maturity.
• Coding or data automation experience is desirable but not essential.