Commodities Trade Support Lead, VP

23 MS Mgmt Service (SGP) Pte Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgan Stanley in Singapore seeks a Vice President to lead Asia Commodities Trade Support, directing SG branch operations, trade capture, lifecycle events, and governance with regional teams.

The role collaborates with Sales/Traders, ensures compliance, builds automation, and drives efficiency while mentoring staff and delivering strong control standards in a complex global firm.

Qualifications

• Min 10 years of experience in operations with 6-10 years in commodities operations.
• Experience in Physical Commodities operations will be an added advantage.
• Strong understanding of commodities products, business, operational knowledge, and related regulations.
• Good communication and stakeholder management skills, able to interact and work effectively across functional locations.
• High personal commitment and integrity, detail oriented with strong risk awareness.

Responsibilities

• Set the vision for the direction of your team in conjunction with global peer group ensuring consistent execution, strong control framework, business enablement and process adherence within all local regulations
• Take responsibility for talent acquisition, developing a bench of talent, and creating a plan for succession
• Run the operation as a business by considering client service needs, cost effectiveness and the department's automation and efficiency agenda
• Partner directly with peers across Business Units and / or external stakeholders to provide input and execute on strategy and future state of their respective group
• Oversight of day-to-day responsibilities within SG Commodities Trade Support team
• Establish and execute governance framework for Asia regional commodities operation
• Act as contact point for Commodities business in Asia
• Leading the build out of new business platform and related infrastructure to support new Commodities products and business initiatives in Asia
• Look for process or system improvements to increase consistency, capacity and mitigate risk. Implement Automation and AI strategy
• Ensuring all daily processes and SLAs are met within applicable timeframes
• Ensuring business processing is in compliance with Firm policy/procedure and local regulations
• Complying with all regulatory filing and reporting requirements
• Managing staff performance, training and development
• Build and maintain relationships at all levels of the firm's, clients', and outsourcing agent's organization including strong partnerships between branch operations team and global/regional functional leads and SME's

Skills

Leadership

Operations management

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Governance frameworks

Commodity operations

People development

Job description

We're seeking someone to join our team as a Vice President in Asia Commodities Trade Support to lead the Singapore Branch Operations Commodities Trade Support (TSG) team which is responsible for trade capturing, processing of trade lifecycle events, reconciling, monitoring and resolving of trade exceptions for Commodities business. The role will require extensive interaction with Sales/Traders, other Infrastructure Departments and regional and global Operations teams. As a regional commodities hub the candidate will also be involved in helping establish and execute governance framework in partnership with regional and global commodities operations teams and support business requirements in the region. The individual will engage directly with senior business leaders including the sales and trading desks based in Asia. In the Operations division, we partner with business units across the Firm to support financial transactions, devise and implement effective controls and develop client relationships. This is a Department Manager position at Vice President level within Product Support & Services, which is responsible for providing transaction support and managing post execution processes.

Since 1935, Morgan Stanley is known as a global leader in financial services, always evolving and innovating to better serve our clients and our communities in more than 40 countries around the world.

What you'll do in the role:

• Set the vision for the direction of your team in conjunction with global peer group ensuring consistent execution, strong control framework, business enablement and process adherence within all local regulations
• Take responsibility for talent acquisition, developing a bench of talent, and creating a plan for succession
• Run the operation as a business by considering client service needs, cost effectiveness and the department's automation and efficiency agenda
• Partner directly with peers across Business Units and / or external stakeholders to provide input and execute on strategy and future state of their respective group
• Oversight of day-to-day responsibilities within SG Commodities Trade Support team
• Establish and execute governance framework for Asia regional commodities operation
• Act as contact point for Commodities business in Asia
• Leading the build out of new business platform and related infrastructure to support new Commodities products and business initiatives in Asia
• Look for process or system improvements to increase consistency, capacity and mitigate risk. Implement Automation and AI strategy
• Ensuring all daily processes and SLAs are met within applicable timeframes
• Ensuring business processing is in compliance with Firm policy/procedure and local regulations
• Complying with all regulatory filing and reporting requirements
• Managing staff performance, training and development
• Build and maintain relationships at all levels of the firm's, clients', and outsourcing agent's organization including strong partnerships between branch operations team and global/regional functional leads and SME's

What you'll bring to the role:

• Can convey trust and confidence to influence stakeholders in the decision-making process to affect strategy and prepared to challenge where necessary
• Sound judgment without compromising control
• Role model that advocates for your team, motivates and engages staff to achieve vision and inspire respect; supports and promotes the Firm's vision and values
• Min 10 years of experience in operations with 6-10 years in Commodities operations
• Experience in Physical Commodities operations will be an added advantage
• Strong understanding of commodities products, business, operational knowledge, and related regulations
• Good communication and stakeholder management skills, able to interact and work effectively across functional/locations
• High personal commitment and integrity
• Detail oriented with strong risk awareness and able to perform operational responsibilities to a consistently high standard
• Strong leadership and management skill and able to motivate and develop people
• Creative problem solving skills

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:

At Morgan Stanley, we raise, manage and allocate capital for our clients – helping them reach their goals. We do it in a way that’s differentiated – and we’ve done that for 90 years. Our values - putting clients first, doing the right thing, leading with exceptional ideas, committing to diversity and inclusion, and giving back - aren’t just beliefs, they guide the decisions we make every day to do what's best for our clients, communities and more than 80,000 employees in 1,200 offices across 42 countries. At Morgan Stanley, you’ll find an opportunity to work alongside the best and the brightest, in an environment where you are supported and empowered. Our teams are relentless collaborators and creative thinkers, fueled by their diverse backgrounds and experiences. We are proud to support our employees and their families at every point along their work-life journey, offering some of the most attractive and comprehensive employee benefits and perks in the industry. There’s also ample opportunity to move about the business for those who show passion and grit in their work. To learn more about our offices across the globe, please copy and paste https://www.morganstanley.com/about-us/global-offices into your browser. Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to building and maintaining a workforce that is diverse in experience and background. Our recruiting efforts reflect our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion, where individuals are hired, developed, and advanced based on their skills and talents. Our workforce reflects a broad cross-section of the global communities in which we operate, bringing a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences. For more information, please visit: https://www.morganstanley.com/people-opportunities/eeo. At Morgan Stanley, we advise, originate, trade, manage and distribute capital for people, governments and institutions, always with a standard of excellence and guided by our core values. Morgan Stanley is dedicated to providing first-class service to our clients, in a way that reflects our commitment to creating a more sustainable future and fostering stronger communities around the world. In each line of business, we strive to demonstrate our belief in the power of transformative thinking, innovative strategies and leading-edge solutions—and in the ability of capital to work for the benefit of all society.

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