Commodity Broker

Freight Investor Services; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and discretionary-b

Learning & Development / CPD

Private healthcare

25 days holiday

Job summary

Freight Investor Services in Singapore is seeking an experienced Commodity Broker to join our Singapore office. This mid-level role focuses on generating leads, executing trades, and building client networks in financial and physical markets.

You will promote the company, provide market intelligence, maintain client relationships, travel to meet clients, and contribute to liquidity and price discovery across exchanges and liquidity providers.

Qualifications

• CISI Regs & Derivatives is essential for this broker role.
• Experience as a broker serving commercial clients (financial or physical markets) is required.
• Deep understanding of price risk management is essential.
• Willingness to travel to visit clients is essential.
• Strong quantitative, presentation, and decision-making capabilities are needed.
• Entrepreneurial mindset and self-motivation are important.
• Knowledge of commodity products is desirable.
• Strong client focus with ability to build networks.
• Excellent communication with clients and colleagues is essential.
• Ability to thrive in a pressurised environment with tenacity.
• Team orientated and able to work with diverse groups.
• Excellent attention to detail and numeracy skills.
• Strong IT systems experience, especially Excel.

Responsibilities

• Promote FIS as a company and provide market intelligence and analysis to clients.
• Arrange trades via voice broking for client execution.
• Create liquidity and price discovery with exchanges, SI’s, MTFs, clearers, prime brokers, and prop traders.
• Maintain and build relationships with other brokers when liquidity is low.
• Maintain existing client relationships and track daily trading activity.
• Solicit feedback from industry participants via calls, surveys, events, and conferences.
• On-board new clients following Compliance and Operations procedures.
• Identify cross-selling opportunities by assessing client needs and financial conditions.
• Perform other duties as required by the company.

Skills

CISI Regs & Derivatives

Broker experience

Price risk management

Travel to clients

Quantitative skills

Entrepreneurial mindset

Client focus

Communication

Resilience

Teamwork

Numeracy

Excel

Education

Degree in Economics or related field

Job description

About the role

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Commodity Broker in our Singapore office. This is a mid-level experience role for a dynamic individual who has a passion for the financial markets. Ideal candidates will be personable, tenacious and a natural networker, having a proactive approach to generating leads and securing new business.

Key responsibilities:

• Promote FIS as a company; providing market intelligence and analysis to clients
• Arrange trades via voice broking on and behalf of clients for execution at relevant exchange
• Create liquidity and price discovery with entities including Exchanges, SI’s, MTF’s, clearers, prime brokers and prop traders
• Maintain and create relationships with other brokers when there is no liquidity from Liquidity Providers
• Maintain and enhance existing client relationships, making regular contact and tracking daily trading activities
• Proactively solicit feedback from industry participants via trade calls, surveys, industry events, trade shows and conferences
• Identify and seize new business opportunities relating to trends, future markets, products and clients;
• Produce a daily/weekly update of market prices, market direction for international desks
• On-board new clients following correct Compliance and Operations procedures
• Regularly assess clients needs and financial conditions to identify internal cross-selling opportunities
• Perform any other reasonable duties the company may require

Requirements

• CISI Regs & Derivatives - essential
• Demonstrate experience as a broker covering commercial clients (financial or the physical markets)
• Deep understanding of price risk management - essential
• Willing to travel to visit clients - essential
• Robust quantitative, presentation, and decision-making capabilities
• Entrepreneurial mindset / self-motivated
• Possess knowledge of Commodity products - desirable
• Strong client focus; personable and engaging building relationships and networks wherever possible
• Degree in Economics or related degree – preferred
• Communicate effectively with clients and colleagues - essential
• Tenacious and thrives in a pressurised environment – essential
• Team orientated; works well with others and diverse groups / personalities – essential
• Excellent attention to detail; strong analytical and numeracy skills – essential
• Strong IT Systems experience – Excel - essential

Key competencies / skills:

• CISI Regs & Derivatives - essential
• Demonstrate experience as a broker covering commercial clients (financial or the physical markets)
• Deep understanding of price risk management - essential
• Willing to travel to visit clients - essential
• Robust quantitative, presentation, and decision-making capabilities
• Entrepreneurial mindset / self-motivated
• Possess knowledge of Commodity products - desirable
• Strong client focus; personable and engaging building relationships and networks wherever possible
• Degree in Economics or related degree – preferred
• Communicate effectively with clients and colleagues - essential
• Tenacious and thrives in a pressurised environment – essential
• Team orientated; works well with others and diverse groups / personalities – essential
• Excellent attention to detail; strong analytical and numeracy skills – essential
• Strong IT Systems experience – Excel - essential

Benefits

• Competitive salary and discretionary bonus
• Learning & Development / CPD opportunities
• Private healthcare
• 25 days holiday

FIS is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by law.

We are committed to treating all of our candidates fairly and would like you to have every opportunity to excel in our application and interview selection process. If you need any adjustments to be made as part of the process (such as for a neurodiverse condition, a disability, a medical condition or other individual need) please let us know in good time, so that we can support you.