Compliance Analyst Intern (sandwich placement year)

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Engelhart is offering a 13-month sandwich placement for a Compliance Analyst Intern in London, hybrid. You will work on daily compliance monitoring, surveillance, policy training and regulatory processes supporting trading and operations in energy markets. Reporting to the Compliance Manager, you will help streamline workflows, develop KPIs and dashboards, and assist with KYC due diligence and contract governance tools such as LinkSquares. The ideal candidate is a penultimate year student in Business, Economics, Law or related fields with strong attention to detail, Excel proficiency and a collaborative mindset; in your application, highlight relevant coursework, internships or projects, demonstrate a process oriented approach and provide concrete examples of how you improved efficiency or reduced risk.

About Us

Engelhart was founded in 2013 by BTG Pactual Group as a commodities trading company. Our business model is “asset light” and highly diversified – giving us the ability to adapt effectively and nimbly to changing market conditions. We have assembled successful multidisciplinary teams, leveraging advanced fundamental analysis with deep quantitative and weather research capabilities.  Our activities are underpinned by strong risk management practices and by powerful technology and operational excellence. We have exceptional teams with diverse global backgrounds and decades of experience, and are driven by a highly collaborative culture, across products and competencies.

In 2024, Engelhart acquired Trailstone, a global energy trading and technology company. The acquisition provides us with new expertise, analytics and proprietary technology which is being used to provide risk management and optimisation services to help maximise the value of our clients’ renewable power. The acquisition also expanded Engelhart’s capabilities into physical natural gas across North America, a critical fuel to support the energy transition.

Our talented and experienced individuals work together according to its four company values: be bold, be collaborative, be proactive, be your best.

Compliance Analyst Intern (sandwich placement student) – London, UK
Full Time | 13-month Placement | Hybrid (4+ days on-site)
01 July 2026 – 29 July 2027

About the Role

This 13-month sandwich placement offers a penultimate-year undergraduate the opportunity to gain hands-on experience within the Compliance function of a commodities trading business. The role provides exposure to compliance, regulatory, and legal activities that support trading, commercial, and operational teams across energy and commodity markets.

Reporting into the London-based Compliance Manager for Financial Markets, you will support day-to-day compliance and surveillance activities in a fast-paced, commercial environment. You will gain insight into how internal policies, monitoring frameworks, and escalation processes operate in practice within a trading firm, whilst also supporting selected legal and governance tasks. The role is designed to provide meaningful responsibility, strong analytical and organisational skill development, and practical exposure to compliance and surveillance work within the commodities sector.

Please note that to be eligible for consideration, candidates must be enrolled on a sandwich year degree and available to commence their placement in July 2026.

This will be a full-time role, owning the following responsibilities under the supervision of the Compliance Manager and Head of Compliance as appropriate:

• Support daily compliance monitoring and surveillance activities, including publication of daily position limit reports and review, resolution and escalation of trading activity alerts.
• Review existing compliance and surveillance processes to help identify and action opportunities to streamline workflows and support basic automation.
• Assist with tracking of policy acknowledgement, training escalation and response records and build and maintain data-driven KPIs and dashboards to evaluate the performance of the compliance training and surveillance programs, including analysis of trends related to trading activities, alerts, and escalations.
• Assist with development and maintenance of internal tools or templates to help improve monitoring and analysis compliance issues, training, decision-making, and enhance efficiency.
• Conduct relevant data analysis to help refine monitoring thresholds, reduce noise in alerts, and improve the accuracy and effectiveness of surveillance activities.
• Support regulatory reporting, record-keeping, and audit requests, ensuring documentation is complete and accurate.
• Support KYC, counterparty onboarding, and due diligence activities, including information gathering and validation.
• Support projects across the Legal & Compliance team, including surveying subscription use for budget purposes and facilitating the structure and use of the external contract lifecycle management system, LinkSquares.
• On an ad-hoc basis, support the broader Legal & Compliance team with day-to-day activities including contract and documentation management.

About You

You are an energetic, detail-oriented and curious student, keen to understand how compliance and regulatory matters support and accelerate the success of a fast-paced commercial trading environment. You are process-oriented and enjoy thinking critically about how work is done, including identifying more efficient or effective ways of working. You are comfortable working with data, policies, and documentation, and are able to apply judgement, ask questions, and speak up when something doesn’t look right.

The following education, experiences and skills are essential for application:

• Currently studying towards a degree in either Business Management, Economics, Public Policy, Psychology, Law, or a field with coursework or work experience that includes data analysis, policy understanding, and critical thinking about organisational compliance.
• Eligible to undertake a full-time, on-site 13-month UK sandwich placement as part of your degree.
• Strong attention to detail and organisational skills, with the ability to maintain accurate records and documentation.
• Comfortable working with Microsoft Excel and data, with the ability to analyse information, spot trends/patterns, and translate qualitative materials (such as policies, contracts, and written responses) into clear, structured insights.
• A process-oriented mindset, with the ability to consider optimal ways of working and suggest practical improvements.
• Ability to interpret internal policies and procedures, recognise potential issues, and escalate them through the appropriate channels.
• Confident communicator, willing to ask questions and speak up when necessary.
• Ability to work collaboratively and professionally with a range of stakeholders and across a global business.
• Proactive, reliable, and comfortable handling confidential information in a commercial environment.

In addition, the following criteria is not required, but is highly desirable for this role:

• Previous internship, placement, or part-time experience in a compliance, governance, or commercial environment.
• Exposure to internal policies, codes of conduct, contract administration, or compliance monitoring.
• Interest in commodities, trading, or commercial organisations.
• Familiarity with concepts such as conflicts of interest, market conduct, sanctions, or trade compliance.
• Experience working with document management systems, monitoring tools, or structured datasets.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to summarise issues clearly and escalate appropriately.

What we offer

• 25 days of annual holiday entitlement, excluding UK public holidays.
• Comprehensive dental, health and life assurance.
• 9% employer paid pension contributions.
• Supplemental benefits including salary sacrifice options and interest free transport season ticket loans.
• A hybrid working schedule, with one day per week working remotely.
• Access to complimentary drinks and snacks from our two in-office kitchens.
• A discounted gym membership for our in-house luxury health club.

We believe in inclusivity and are therefore dedicated to ensuring all employees – across gender identity, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, life experience, background and more – feel welcome and included in the company. We promote diversity because we believe it is essential to our ability to think holistically.