Claim Analyst | Singapore

Vitol; Singapore; On-site; SGD 56,000 - 89,000; Full time

Job summary

Vitol Asia in Singapore seeks an experienced demurrage and claims analyst to support charterparty and sale contract processes. You will analyze shipping documents, calculate demurrage, review related costs, and negotiate settlements with shipowners and counterparties.

You will build strong internal and external relationships and report positions to Management. The role requires 3+ years in the field, a Maritime or related diploma, and the ability to work in a fast-paced trading environment.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of working experience in demurrage/claims handling across charterparty and sale contracts.
• Tertiary education – Polytechnic Diploma and above.
• Recent graduates with a Diploma in Maritime Studies or equivalent are welcome to apply.
• Right to work in Singapore.
• Analytical, numerate, hardworking and proactive.
• Meticulous with an eye for details.
• Open to embracing AI tools and technologies to drive efficiency in day-to-day tasks.
• Good communication skills, both oral and written.
• Able to work in a team and independently.
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment and under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Analyse charterparty and related shipping docs and compute demurrage and shipping-related claims with shipowners.
• Review charterparty related demurrage and shipping costs claims received.
• Analyse sale contracts and related documents and create/compute demurrage claims with counterparties.
• Review demurrage and sales contract related costs claims received.
• Counter and negotiate settlements; liaise with the internal business as required.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with counterparties and internal teams.
• Assist in reporting outstanding positions to Management.
• Keep abreast of industry developments and legal case law for relevant terms.

Skills

Analytical

Numerate

Hardworking

Proactive

Communication skills

Team player

Independent worker

Under pressure

Education

Diploma in Maritime Studies

Polytechnic Diploma

Job description

• Compensation: SGD 5,000 - SGD 8,000 - monthly

Company Description

Vitol is a leader in energy and commodities. Vitol produces, manages and delivers energy and commodities to consumers and industry worldwide.In addition to its primary business of trading, Vitol is invested in infrastructure globally, with $13+billion invested in long-term assets.

Vitol’s customers include national oil companies, multinationals, leading industrial companies and utilities. Founded in Rotterdam in 1966, today Vitol serves its customers from some 40 offices worldwide. Revenues in 2025 were $343bn.

• Analyse charterparties and all related shipping documents and create and compute demurrage and shipping-related claims with shipowners;
• Review charterparty related demurrage and shipping costs claims received;
• Analyse sale contracts and all related documents (including GTCs) and create and compute demurrage and shipping related claims with counterparties, including suppliers, receivers and terminals;
• Review demurrage and sales contract related demurrage and shipping costs claims received;
• Counter and negotiate settlements; Liaise with the internal business where required;
• Develop and maintain strong relationships both with counterparties and with the internal business;
• Assist in regularly reporting outstanding positions to Management;
• Keep abreast of industry developments and legal case law to ensure charterparty and/or trading terms are relevant and updated.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of working experience in demurrage/ claims (ideally in both charterparty and sale contract claims) handling the whole spread of demurrage claims across the full value range
• Tertiary education - Polytechnic Diploma and above
• Recent graduates with at least a Diploma in Maritime studies or equivalent are welcome to apply
• Have the right to work in Singapore
• Analytical, numerate, hardworking and proactive
• Meticulous with an eye for details
• Open to embracing AI tools and technologies to drive efficiency in day-to-day tasks.
• Good communication skills, both oral and written
• Able to work in a team and independently
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment and under pressure

Additional Information

Please include in your application an explanation on how your skills, experience, and interests make you a strong fit for this role.

Additional considerations:

• Ableto work in a high-pressure trading environment
• Have a strong sense of accountability and ownership of key deliverables
• Be comfortable undertaking new concepts and ideas associated with a fast-paced, dynamic business
• Demonstrate the ability to both understand the ‘big picture'and have a willingness to ‘dig into the details'
• Demonstrate the ability to clearly communicate accounting concepts to senior management and translate them in terms of the commercial business
• Continually assess, challenge, and improve processes
• Earn the trust of others by continuously demonstrating the ability to follow-through
• Be curious, creative, and up for a challenge
• Effectively communicate with other departments/ external counterparties (written and verbal)

Vitol Asia is committed to providing equal opportunities to all staff.

Globally, Vitol seeks to conduct its business in accordance with the UN Global Compact’s ten principles, including those on human rights, one of which is to “Ensure a diverse and inclusive work place, where possible, free from discrimination regardless of age, gender, race, cultural heritage, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion or disability.”

Only successful candidates will be contacted.

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