Singapore
Associate, Commodities Sales, Markets
2 yrs
Financial Services
Sales & BD
November 8, 2025
• The Financial Markets Sales representative will be based in Singapore with a primary responsibility of covering and providing execution support to Commodity Clients across the Asia region (ex-China). The sales coverage will be across multiple commodities asset classes – Energy, Base Metals, Precious Metals and Agricultural Commodities. Responsibilities include but not limited to pricing and quoting clients, executing deals, booking deals, calculation of XVA, RoRWA, ROE etc.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with existing client base.
• Monitor global commodity markets, track price movements, and provide timely market updates.
• Support senior sales professionals in executing commodity traders and client transactions.
• Prepare sales pitches and market commentary for clients.
• Collaborate with trading, research, and risk management teams to deliver client solutions.
Strategy
• Work closely with Trading, Research, Structuring, Credit, CIB, and Risk to drive revenue in the commodities space.
• Manage, maintain and improve revenue from existing client accounts.
• Drive and stimulate commodities marketing efforts.
• Develop the Standard Chartered Bank brand
Business
• Ensure the Bank’s clients receive pricing and execution support
• Awareness and understanding of the wider business, economic and market environment in which the Group operates
Processes
• The role will involve liaising with clients and executing trades and orders in line with SCB’s policy and procedures consistent with all FM Sales staff globally including Order Handling, Record Keeping and Best Execution
• Accountable for ensuring appropriate frameworks and operational infrastructures are in place to enable the business processes to be efficient, appropriate and compliant with internal policies, procedures, codes and applicable external laws and regulations.
• Monitor the utilization of each client’s trading limits with SCB, obtain specific approval for any excess likely to arise as a result of a particular transaction.
• Continued provision of best in class service to help build the financial markets relationship.
• Take ownership of all aspects of service delivery to the client within financial markets, including support functions such as operations.
• Assist in setting up adequate infrastructure to facilitate dealing (book platform, PPG, CA monitoring, seeing approvals with TCRM/GMR/LC etc)
• Drive/follow Financial Market themes and key initiatives and close alignment with the risk books
People & Talent
• Build the appropriate culture and values. Set appropriate tone and expectations amongst colleagues and work in collaboration with risk and control partners.
• Ensure active communication of vision, priorities and progress to the business to foster engagement, awareness and motivation
• Contribute to continuous process improvement and sharing best practice.
Risk Management
• Adherence to all Group Policies and relevant legislation covering credit, operational, reputational risk among others.
• Commitment to Group Code of Conduct
• Timely completion of all e-leaning, attestations and requests for information.
Risk Governance
• Responsible for assessing the effectiveness of the Group’s arrangements to deliver effective governance, oversight and controls in the business and, if necessary, oversee changes in these areas
• Awareness and understanding of the regulatory framework, in which the Group operates, and the regulatory requirements and expectations relevant to the role.
• Willingness to ‘speak up’ in the event of any realized or perceived breach of group conduct rules or laws by colleagues
• Willingness to work with any local regulators in an open and cooperative manner
Regulatory & Business Conduct
• Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct.
• Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
• Achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank’s Conduct Principles: Fair Outcomes for Clients; Effective Financial Markets; Financial Crime Compliance; The Right Environment.
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters
Key stakeholders
• Internal: Trading, Structuring, MTCR, Operations, Risk, Credit, Legal & Compliance, CCIB Coverage, TB, Ecommerce Sales
• External: Key clients and potential clients, Local Regulators & Other Government Departments, Competitors
Other Responsibilities
• An outgoing personality with good people skills
• Strong communication
• Team player with attention to detail
• Self-motivated and driven to succeed
• Independent and self-reliant but also able to work as a team
• Proactive and engaging. One who makes things happen instead of waiting for things to happen
• Analytical mindset and ability to solve problems
• 2 + Years of hands-on experience in Commodities or Financial market sales.
• Self-motivated and driven to succeed
• Independent and self-reliant but also able to work as a team
• Experience in the physical commodities space preferred
• Understanding of commodity value chain across production, trading and consumption
• Proactive and engaging. One who makes things happen instead of waiting for things to happen
• A team player that is willing to help between commodities team to ensure business continuity
• Analytical mindset and ability to solve problems
• Data analysis tools
• Knowledge of customers
• Operational risk
• Operations - back office – products options & exotics
• Problem management process
• Sales support and administration
• Sales systems
• Service excellence