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JD
Market Risk - Manager (5-Month Contract)
Why explore
- Opportunity to work within a world-class commercial and trading environment
- Exposure to global trading strategies across a market-leading asset portfolio
- Based in Singapore, offering strong visibility and access to senior stakeholders
About the role
As part of an evolving commercial strategy, a trading division has been established to enhance agility and unlock additional value across the asset and contract portfolio through effective market risk management.
Key objectives include:
- Maximizing value from physical flows through optimal product placement
- Optimizing the portfolio to capture additional margin across the value chain
- Partnering with asset teams to determine optimal product mix, volumes, and delivery strategies
Responsibilities
Market Risk & Reporting
- Own and deliver daily and monthly P&L reporting for marine activities, including freight exposure, FFAs, and bunker-related risks
- Perform variance and driver analysis, articulating market, structural, and positioning impacts clearly
- Lead monthly Marine risk reviews with senior stakeholders, highlighting key risks, outcomes, and forward-looking themes
- Ensure alignment of mark-to-market views across Market Risk, Front Office, and Finance
- Monitor risk limit utilisation, assess sustainability under market conditions, and escalate breaches with clear recommendations
Valuation & Accounting Oversight
- Oversee mark-to-market valuation of freight derivatives (FFAs) and physical charter exposures (time and voyage)
- Validate pricing inputs, forward curves, and valuation methodologies to ensure robustness and consistency
Stakeholder Engagement & Challenge
- Partner closely with Chartering, Trading, and Operations teams to understand activity and validate risk outcomes
- Act as a key interface between Front Office and Finance, providing independent review and constructive challenge
- Support senior management with clear, concise risk and financial insights for decision-making
- Respond to ad hoc requests with timely analysis and sound judgment
Governance, Controls & Process Improvement
- Ensure adherence to risk governance frameworks, policies, and controls
- Drive automation and process improvements in reporting and reconciliation
- Provide oversight and guidance to ensure consistent application of controls and risk standards
About you
- Minimum 8 years of experience in market risk management, with strong technical grounding in product control, financial control, or commodities finance
- Solid understanding of shipping/marine economics, including freight (voyage & time charter) and bunker costs
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts for a broad audience
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines
