Fixed Income Division - Associate/Vice President, Bulks & Metals Trading (Singapore)

25 MS Capital Grp Pte Singapore; Singapore; On-site; SGD 250,000 - 450,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee benefits

Global opportunities

Job summary

Morgan Stanley in Singapore seeks an Associate/VP for Bulks & Metals Trading within the Fixed Income division. You’ll engage in market-making, price and execute trades, and manage risk across metals products.

The role emphasizes collaboration with Sales and regional teams to craft solutions for clients in a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate has 5–8 years in metals with derivative exposure, strong quantitative skills, and Python coding experience.

Qualifications

• 5 to 8 years of relevant experience across metals products, including bulks and metals.
• Direct front-office trading or risk-management experience.
• Exposure to commodity derivatives (futures, options, swaps, forwards) or a mix of derivatives and physical trading.
• Coding: Python; hands-on experience applying AI tools to trading workflows.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate market-making and client flows in bulks and base metals while managing risk and maximizing profit.
• Price and execute trades across derivative products, taking direct responsibility for risk and position management.
• Read market information, flows and price behavior to analyze situations and form trading views.
• Work with Sales and regional team to formulate trade ideas and deliver solutions to clients.
• Monitor trading desk administration, including trade bookings and amendments.

Skills

Metals trading

Front-office trading

Derivatives trading

Python scripting

Data analysis

Communication skills

Tools

Python

Job description

We’re seeking someone to join our team as an Associate/Vice President, Bulks & Metals Trading. In the Fixed Income division, we work in fast-paced and constantly changing global markets to assess and manage risk, trade securities, manage relationships with clients, and structure and execute innovative transactions. 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:

Facilitate market-making and client flows in bulks and base metals while managing risk and maximizing profit Price and execute trades across derivative products, taking direct responsibility for risk and position management Read market information, flows and price behavior closely to analyze situations and form trading views Work closely with Sales and the regional team to formulate trade ideas and deliver solutions to clients Manage trading desk administration, including trade bookings and amendments Identify and follow up on aging fails and promptly escalates to Management Monitor physical market fundamentals (supply and demand, freight, inventories, China demand and policy) and their impact on the book

What you’ll bring to the role:

5 to 8 years of relevant experience across metals products, including bulks and metals Direct front-office trading or risk-management experience Exposure to commodity derivatives (futures, options, swaps, forwards), or a combination of derivatives and physical trading Quantitative skills and a strong understanding of commodity markets and pricing drivers Able to articulate the determining factors and inputs behind outputs expressed as numbers Data management skills; Analytical, articulate and strong attention to detail Strong communication skills Highly motivated, with a desire to work together in a team Preferred skills Experience in financial derivatives trading with exposure to Physical trading Background in a major commodities trading house, investment bank or commodity portfolio manager Coding: Python; Hands-on experience applying AI tools to trading workflows, such as automating Excel/data tasks, summarizing market and news flow, or building simple scripts (e.g., Python) for analysis and reporting

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.