Internship Opportunity | Trade Finance
Singapore
About BHP
At BHP we support our people to grow, learn, develop their skills and reach their potential. With a global portfolio of operations, we offer a diverse and inclusive environment with extraordinary career opportunities. Our strategy is to focus on creating a safe work environment where our employees feel strongly connected to our values and objectives, and where the capability of our people is key to our success.
Come and be a part of this success.
About the role
Gain hands‑on exposure to how global financial and trading relationships are built and supported. You’ll work with data, systems, and stakeholders to help enable smart decisions and real business outcomes.
Key accountabilities:
- Support and facilitate the onboarding of counterparties, including banks, exchanges, brokers, financial institutions, etc, and trade finance products/solutions for the Group.
- Collaborate extensively with internal and external stakeholders to collect critical data and perform transaction analysis, enabling the design of tailored risk and financing solutions aligned with Group priorities.
- Develop and maintain technology infrastructure, including performance dashboards and facility utilization trackers, to support team’s strategic objectives.
- Assist in building and maintaining relationships with financial institutions, exchanges, and brokers to support business growth and improve market connectivity.
Qualifications
- Undergraduate/postgraduate student currently pursuing a degree in the fields of business, banking, economics and managements.
- Strong collaboration, communication, analytical mindset, and a sense of ownership.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills with open and innovative mindset.
What You’ll Gain
- This role offers you great opportunities to work with world top financial institutions, including banks, exchanges, brokers, etc.
- You will learn the application of financial instruments in trade finance and relevant derivatives for international trade, e.g. letter of credit, swaps, futures, options, etc.
What we offer our Interns:
Our dynamic 6-month Commercial internship is designed to give you real-life working experience. You’ll be exposed to a variety of projects across different commodities and regions, helping you understand how business operates in the real world. The program combines hands-on learning with formal training sessions to help you build both technical and professional skills from the ground up. You’ll also participate in a team-based projects, where you’ll collaborate with others to solve real business problems—giving you the chance to apply what you learn and develop practical solutions.
Beyond the profession work above, we also offer excellent work culture:
- Ongoing commitment to your safety and well-being
- Holistic and personalised development opportunities
- Support from your global interns and graduate network
- Multicultural, inclusive and diverse workforce
We believe that you would have the opportunity to learn extraordinary leadership and technical skills from this internship, which will transfer into your future careers that create lasting impact.
About Our Process
At BHP, we are committed to employing individuals who align with the BHP Charter Values and meet the requirements of the role. As part of the recruitment process, there are a number of checks which may be conducted to demonstrate applicants suitability for a role including police / criminal background checks, medical, drug and alcohol testing, due diligence checks, right to work checks, and/or reference checks.
If you are already employed directly by BHP, please log in using your BHP email address or apply via our internal jobs portal.
Supporting a Diverse Workforce
The size, stability and magnitude of our business not only provides significant opportunity for professional development, but also attractive salary packages with performance-based bonuses and a best-in-class employee share program. We know there are many aspects of our employees' lives that are important, and work is only one of these, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, other extended leave entitlements and parent rooms.
At BHP, we know that we are strengthened by diversity. We are an Equal Opportunity employer that is committed to making BHP a safe and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive and be at their best every day. We are focused on creating a workforce that’s more diverse and represents the communities where we work and live. providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and recognise that true diversity includes gender, age, race, disability status, sexual orientation, religion, neurodiversity, education levels, and many more aspects of your identity.
BHP is committed to providing a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible for all. If you have a disability, we know that it may be helpful for us to adjust our process to make it equitable for your individual situation. If you would like to reach out to someone about your situation and our recruitment process, please email us at inclusion@bhp.com.