4 Copper jobs in Singapore

Why explore

• Make a difference in a commercial organisation and to our Iron Ore & Copper businesses
• Shape our strategy and bring strong financial and commercial acumen to advise on complex but exciting projects
• With the Iron Ore & Copper Sales & Marketing VPs, own the revenue performance analysis and KPI’s to influence future performance and support its execution
• Strong collaboration with global stakeholders across Operations, Risk, Market Analysis, Strategy, Tax, and Treasury
• Based in Singapore, a global commercial hub for Rio Tinto, managing a team based locally, and reporting to the GM Commercial Finance

About the role

We are looking for a Finance Business Partner for our Commercial division in Singapore. The role presents a fantastic opportunity to work with multiple stakeholders, providing advice to the business and supporting the development and execution of strategic decision-making.

Reporting to the General Manager Commercial Finance, we are looking for an enthusiastic and curious individual to:

Drive performance management by providing commercial and financial insight to:

• Provide actionable insights into top line, bottom line, ROCE, and cash performance, through the production of a wide range of financial analysis.
• Identify opportunities and risks, and proactively make recommendations.
• Enable leadership, across Commercial and Operations, to hold the organisation to account, monitor progress against plan, and challenge variances.
• Enable proper support, cost budgeting, and management for the business in conjunction with Controllership.

Contribute to the development of business strategy, planning, and…

• Influence senior management in shaping commercial strategies, priorities, and delivering outcomes.
• Partner with Market Analysis and Business Analysis to collaborate on major investments and support significant commercial negotiations.
• Model financial plans and forecasts for the business.

Support risk management and assurance

• Together with Commercial Risk, identify risks for new initiatives (e.g., trading, partnerships, and other customer initiatives).
• Enable the efficiency and effectiveness of associated governance and compliance processes relevant to our businesses (including SOx and audits).

Drive change initiatives and transformation in Finance

• Support a range of commercial and group projects.
• Identify efficiency gains and performance improvements.
• Use best practices and knowledge of the internal and external business environment to provide advice to the business and improve processes and performance.
• Develop finance capability within the business: Work with the Group to ensure fit for purpose systems, processes, KPIs, reporting, planning, and forecasting.
• Manage and develop junior FBP’s.

About you

To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:

• A deep-seated curiosity and willingness to learn about the business and partner with stakeholders across Commercial, PG Finance, and Controllership.
• A love for connecting people across the Group to solve problems.
• Proactive participation underpinned by the ability to objectively assess, reflect, and challenge performance and plans for the business.
• 15+ years of finance experience (e.g., CFA, MBA, CA), ideally with exposure to commodities.
• Experience in effectively managing and influencing a diverse team of stakeholders and building relationships in a matrix model.
• Experience in leading a team, including providing guidance and mentorship, evaluating employee performance, recommending pay actions, and managing workload.
• Strong analytical and logical skills to contribute to and support strategic and forward-thinking
• Drive for continuous improvement, value creation, and risk.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, leadership, and presentation skills.

Job Overview
Execute copper and cobalt futures trading in Singapore, focusing on market analysis, trade execution, risk management, and client support to optimize profitability and control risks.

Key Responsibilities

1. Trade Execution and Market Analysis

Execute trades on LME, SHFE, and CME, including pricing, hedging, and position management; optimize arbitrage and hedging opportunities.

Supply and Demand Fundamentals : Track production, inventories, and EV/battery demand.

Macro Trends : Monitor PMI, GDP, interest rates, and USD fluctuations.

Speculative Forces : Assess market sentiment.

Structural Trends : Evaluate the impact of EVs and green energy.

Provide daily position reports, inventory updates, basis analysis, and weekly upcoming economic data.

1. Risk Management and Compliance

Monitor prices, freight costs, and exchange rates; implement hedging strategies.

Ensure compliance with company policies and MAS regulations.

1. Client and Industry Support

Assist clients with pricing, hedging, and contract execution; provide market insights.

Analyze global copper and cobalt trends (e.g., Congo policies, Chile strikes); offer forecasts and risk warnings.

1. Team Collaboration and Other Duties

Support trading plans and coordinate with logistics and finance teams; complete ad-hoc tasks.

Ensure compliance with Singapore and international regulations.

Job Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or higher in finance, economics, or mathematics.

1+ years of experience in copper and cobalt futures trading, familiar with LME and SHFE.

Strong analytical skills; proficiency in Excel, Bloomberg, Wind, iFinD, or Python preferred.

Fluent in English; Mandarin or other Asian languages (e.g., Indonesian) a plus.

Knowledge of Singapore financial regulations and quick learning ability.

Sharp insight and strong execution under high-pressure environments.

Work Location
Singapore (occasional travel within the Asia-Pacific region).

You’re talented and adaptable. That’s why you’ll fit in.

The purpose of the Marketing BU is to sustainably maximise cash flows from the marketing of Anglo American products and services. In support of this, we have set ourselves a target to deliver a considerable uplift in Value.

The Base Metals Marketing teams is a critical and significant contributor to the Marketing EBIT target. Critical in the delivery of the BM strategy is the role of Marketing & Sales.

A Market Intelligence (MI) capability has been established within each of the Commodity Marketing Teams, which supports commercial decision-making in each of the Marketing functions and across the wider organisation. The Marketing organisation regards this capability as providing a critical element to its mission to become the most respected marketing function in the industry.

Job Description :

This is a key role in the provision of copper market intelligence that drives commercial decision making by capturing insights, utilising data and information gathered from the industry or service providers. Analysis and forecasting of industry/sector trends and market outlook, identifying opportunities and threats, with the objective of promoting views and ideas to support the origination, trading and sales teams, executive management in Anglo American Marketing and the wider organisation.

Market Intelligence plays a central role in assessing how to capitalise on commercial opportunities through sound analysis and forecasting of commodity markets and successful interactions with relevant internal and external stakeholders.

Key Tasks:

Safety, Health & Environment (required for all roles)

• We give our all to eliminating injuries because we value life and are unconditional about safety, health and well-being at work and at home.
• Every Marketing Employee will spend time each quarter working on activity which supports Physical Health and Safety.

Compliance (required for all roles)

• Adherence to all Anglo American Group and Marketing policies and procedures, as well as observing proper standards of conduct relating to the role.
• Comply with Anglo American Security and Operating Standards

Performance & Delivery (required for all roles)

• Delivery of market intelligence to Marketing and Group stakeholders through the process that includes gathering, collating, filtering, analysing, and interpreting market data and intelligence specific to the copper market and related industry. Outcomes are tailored to support directly commercial decision-making and discovery of trading opportunities. An expectation to increasingly display leadership and individual initiative in provision of insights in a pro-active vs reactive manner.
• Responsible for the daily capture and communication of collective knowledge gathered from the Sales & Marketing Teams as well as other internal and external sources via various channels and portals. At the forefront of ideas generation, challenge and aligning the copper trading team. Putting forward specific trading ideas to action.
• Responsible for the build out of price and statistical forecasting models to identify opportunities for various commercial variables e.g. TC/RCs, Cathode Premia, Arbitrage differentials.
• Act as a key interface with external market analysts, and data & research providers to uncover intelligence used to advise the Copper Marketing Team. A major focus will relate to Base Metals strategy development and identification of sourcing and origination opportunities in a systematic and disciplined process. Generating networks (industry connections, service providers, customers etc.).
• Conduct monthly and quarterly market analysis used as an input to the quarterly market forecasts, weekly reports, daily internal notes and ad hoc reports and internal studies. Demonstrating independent management of these processes and tasks. Generating topical reports based on personal initiative and observations. Communicating and presenting the results.
• Supply chain and cost curve analysis.
• Track and forecast key demand drivers across end-use sectors (e.g., energy transition, EVs, infrastructure) and evaluate implications for copper consumption and pricing
• Support the identification and assessment of third-party trading and sourcing & origination targets. Track and contribute to successful interactions and negotiations.
• Providing in-depth sector analysis to assist with customer discovery and strategic initiatives, supplemented by site visits where appropriate. Involvement in planning and leading visits to gain ‘on the ground’ insights.
• Attending relevant conferences and industry events. Contributing to industry events.

Stakeholder Relationship Management

• Develop key relationships across the Copper value chain, covering copper producers and consumers, downstream material producers, traders and banks

What we’re looking for

• Knowledge of commodity markets (previous copper, molybdenum and nickel experience preferred) and ability to build an industry network.
• Able to marry macro-economic context with micro-market analysis to identify the most important drivers of price and commercial variables over short- and medium-term horizons.
• Knowledge and ability to distil complex market data into succinct reports and presentations.
• Demonstrates knowledge of current quantitative and qualitative marketing research methodologies.
• Familiarity with broad scanning techniques to interpret trends, research competitor activity and market conditions; develops and implements solutions to realise market potential and optimise opportunities for the Marketing Business Unit.
• High degree of numerical capability, as required, including ‘technical analysis’. Highly developed modelling capabilities.
• Strong computer literacy (especially Excel).
• Confident research skills with an inquisitive and broad scanning approach – able to ask insightful and probing questions to get to the bottom of a situation or problem.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and the flexibility to tailor that to the specific needs and requirements of the audience.
• Commercial and business acumen – ability to build understanding of sales and marketing fundamentals.
• Knowledge of financial and futures markets beneficial.

Who we are

Anglo American is a global diversified mining business. Our portfolio of world-class mining operations provides the metals and minerals that make modern life possible. We use innovative practices and the latest technologies to discover new resources and mine, process, move and market our products to our customers around the world.

As a responsible miner – of diamonds (through De Beers), copper, platinum and other precious metals, iron ore, coal and nickel – we are the custodians of what are precious natural resources. We work together with our key partners and stakeholders to unlock the sustainable value that those resources represent for our shareholders, the communities and countries in which we operate and for society at large. Anglo American is re-imagining mining to improve people’s lives.

What we offer

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Amazing opportunities for learning and growth - from technical training to leadership programs, we bring out the best in our people
• We’re a large, successful multinational company and there are plenty of opportunities internally to move onwards and upwards too

Inclusion and Diversity

Anglo American is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to promoting an inclusive and diverse workplace where we value and respect every colleague for who they are and provide equality of opportunity so that everyone can fulfil their potential.

Since safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines have become widely available this year, we have strongly encouraged employees to get vaccinated at the earliest possible opportunity. However, as vaccines have been proven to be a very effective and safe way of protecting people and reducing Covid-19 transmission, we have now announced our intent to introduce a policy that requires Covid-19 vaccination for access to all sites and offices. This policy would apply to all new joiners to the company as well as existing employees and contractors.

We are in the process of undertaking a comprehensive engagement process with all our stakeholders about our intent. This is so we can tailor our approach in each country, including ensuring what we do is lawful. Once this is complete, we will look to implement the policy. There may be differences in how and when it is implemented due to local context and legal requirements.

How to apply

To apply for this role, please complete our online application form. You will have the opportunity to upload your CV and other relevant documentation as part of this process.