Associate, Commodities Sales, Commodities

CITIC Securities International; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

CITIC Securities International seeks a skilled professional to develop commodity-focused client markets and tailor investment solutions for financial institutions, corporates, and investment firms in a dynamic environment.

You will work with trading and structuring teams to deploy swaps and hedging strategies, while coordinating with risk, compliance, and operations to ensure smooth execution. Strong English and Mandarin skills are required.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or above in finance, economics, science, or engineering-related fields.
• Experience covering commodities customer markets with overseas resources in Hong Kong, Singapore, or London.

Responsibilities

• Develop and expand customer markets for commodities across institutions.
• Identify client demand and design customized investment products and strategies.
• Support distribution of swaps, options, and hedging solutions with trading and structuring teams.
• Collaborate with trading, risk, compliance, and operations to ensure execution.
• Maintain accurate CRM records, pipeline, and client activity reporting.
• Participate in industry events and client meetings to drive business development.
• Adhere to the compliance/operational risk framework to ensure regulatory adherence.
• Assist launching new product initiatives and client coverage for growth.
• Involve in client onboarding, trading, and post-trade services.

Skills

Teamwork

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Presentation skills

English fluency

Chinese (Mandarin)

Adaptability

Stress resilience

Business development

Travel readiness

Education

Master's degree or above in finance/economics/science/engineering

Job description

Key Areas of Responsibilities

• Responsible for developing customer markets, covering the commodity trading needs of financial institutions, corporate clients, and general investment institutions.
• Identify and analyze client demand and investment objectives; design and propose customized products, solutions, and strategies.
• Support distribution of swaps, options, and structured hedging solutions in collaboration with trading and structuring teams; work closely with trading, risk, compliance, and operations teams to ensure smooth execution.
• Regularly revisit existing clients, synchronize client situations and market dynamics internally, address personalized client demands, enhance client retention, and track the entire trading lifecycle.
• Maintain accurate CRM records, pipeline updates, and client activity reporting.
• Participate in industry events and client meetings as part of broader business development efforts.
• Adhere to the compliance/operational risk framework to ensure all regulatory or company policies are complied with.
• Support the launch of new product initiatives, new business model development and new client coverage with the growth of business.
• Involve in all aspects of client on-boarding, trading, post trade services.

Requirements

• Master's degree or above in finance, economics, science, or engineering-related fields.
• Experience covering commodities customer markets, possessing overseas customer resources in Hong Kong, Singapore, or London, and familiarity with the commodity market.
• Strong team collaboration, interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills, with Fluent English and Chinese(Mandarin) listening, speaking, reading, and writing abilities.
• Strong adaptability and stress resistance, capable of independent business development, and able to accommodate frequent business travel.
• Excellent past work performance and daily conduct.