Structured Trade Finance Manager

Mercuria; Singapore; On-site; SGD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercuria is seeking a Structured Finance Manager to support deal execution across origination, structuring, syndication, and distribution regionally. The role covers financing solutions against physical commodity flows and related assets, including prepayment/PXF, bridge loans, and acquisition financing.

Ideal candidates have 6–10 years in structured trade finance or related fields, strong drafting/negotiation skills, and the ability to coordinate between banks, lenders, and internal

Qualifications

• Bachelors or Masters degree in finance, law, economics, or related field.
• Fluent in English; reading Chinese documents is a plus.
• Experience in structured trade finance, corporate banking, commodity finance, treasury, or related financial services.

Responsibilities

• Structure and execute financing solutions against physical commodity offtake or assets (prepayment/PXF, bridge loans, acquisition financing).
• Lead or support syndication and distribution to banks and private credit lenders.
• Lead bilateral trade financing facilities with banks across Asia and China, including structuring and negotiating agreements.
• Draft and negotiate term sheets, facility agreements, and security documents with external counsel.
• Monitor covenants, drawdowns, and ongoing facility administration.
• Coordinate internal stakeholders and external parties throughout deal execution.

Skills

Structured trade finance

Prepayment/PXF

Bridge financing

Acquisition financing

Cross-border financing

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in finance/economics/law

Job description

Mercuria's Structured Trade Finance team originates, structures, and distributes financing solutions against physical commodity flows and related assets, across the commodities we trade. This spans prepayment and pre-export finance (PXF), bridge loans, acquisition financing, and other structured facilities. We're looking for a Structured Finance Manager to support deal execution across origination, structuring, syndication, and bank/investor distribution across the region.

Key Responsibilities

• Structure and execute a range of financing solutions — including prepayment/PXF facilities, bridge loans, and acquisition financing — against physical commodity offtake or other assets, including security packages (assignments, pledges, guarantees)
• Lead or support syndication and distribution to bank and private credit lenders (relationship banks, funds)
• Lead bilateral trade financing facility set up with banks across Asia and China. Including structuring, negotiation, reviewing and execution
• Support the Manager in a broader range of structured financing transactions, including:
• Term loan
• Borrowing base facilities
• Prepayment/ PXF
• Inventory and receivables financing
• Draft and negotiate term sheets, facility agreements, and security documentation alongside external legal counsel
• Conduct counterparty due diligence: corporate structure, financials, sector/commodity flow analysis
• Manage documentation workstreams including drafting term sheets and facility agreements, coordinating internal stakeholders (credit, legal, trading, compliance) and external parties (lenders, counsel, trading counterparties)
• Monitor deal covenants, drawdowns, and ongoing facility administration
• Support senior management with market/deal reporting (deal matrices, pipeline updates, board/CFO materials)
• Build and maintain relationships with banks and financial institutions

Required Skills & Experience

• 6–10 years of relevant experience in structured trade finance, corporate banking, commodity finance, treasury, or a related financial services role.
• Strong understanding of lending structures such as prepayment/PXF, bridge financing, or acquisition financing
• Experience supporting cross-border financing transactions and coordinating with banks, legal counsel and internal stakeholders.
• Industry knowledge of the commodities we trade and finance, and their underlying markets, supply chains, and price dynamics
• Strong drafting and negotiation skills; comfortable working directly with external legal counsel
• Pragmatic, solutions-oriented approach to deal execution, able to navigate complexity and competing priorities under deal timelines
• Excellent stakeholder management — able to coordinate across credit, legal, trading, and external counterparties
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in finance, law, economics, or related field; relevant professional qualifications a plus
• Fluent in English, and able to read Chinese documents in an advantage