25 Trading Specialist jobs in Singapore

• Manage sizeable trading books and generate revenue in the Metals markets.
• Collaborate with Sales and Structuring to build and maintain a strong client franchise.
• Establish and cultivate key client relationships to expand business opportunities.
• Anticipate client demand and facilitate large trades in the Metals markets.
• Maintain strong governance and controls, ensuring compliance with regulations.

• Proven experience in Metals trading.
• In-depth knowledge of Metals products and clients.
• Demonstrated track record of successful trading book management.
• All necessary licenses and registrations.
• Strong analytical and numerical skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication abilities.

• Trading Leadership: Manage trading books and contribute directly to revenue generation in the Metals markets.
• Mentorship and Development: Guide and mentor stakeholders across the franchise.
• Impact and Influence: Play a key role in shaping the strategic direction of our Metals Trading franchise.
• Competitive Compensation and Benefits: A competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.

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Responsibilities
Collaborate closely with the Trading teams to coordinate seaborne deliveries efficiently.
Operate within the Trade Operations Department, ensuring the accurate and timely preparation of import and export documentation in compliance with shipment‐specific requirements and relevant Letters of Credit.
Manage daily communications with suppliers, customers, shipping agents, banks, surveyors, and other stakeholders to fulfill documentation needs for cross‐border transactions on both purchase and sales sides.
Ensure the prompt issuance of all cargo‐related documents required for the successful importation of goods into destination countries.
Oversee the end‐to‐end operational workflow of shipments, including invoicing, documentation, Letter of Credit presentations, and processing of vendor payment requests.
Administer Import/Export Letters of Credit, Collections, and related banking transactions in accordance with international trade regulations (e.g., UCP 600, ISBP 745, URC 522).
Coordinate the invoicing and processing of both inbound and outbound shipments, ensuring accuracy and timely reporting.
Act as the primary liaison for internal and external stakeholders throughout the shipping and documentation lifecycle.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Logistics, International Trade, or a related field.
At least 3 years of relevant experience in international trade operations, preferably within import/export, shipping, freight forwarding, or financial institutions.
Strong knowledge of import/export procedures, including shipping documentation, documentary credits, and bank guarantees.
Familiarity with key trade and finance regulations such as UCP 600, ISBP 745, ISP 98, URC 522, Incoterms 2020, and Bill of Lading terms.
Experience with ERP systems, ideally JD Edwards.
Skilled in Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, Outlook, etc.).
Highly organized, detail‐oriented, and results‐driven, with the ability to perform under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
Strong analytical, problem‐solving, and time‐management skills, coupled with a professional and composed demeanor.
Seniority Level
Entry level
Employment Type
Full‐time
Job Function
Supply Chain
Industries
Coal Mining
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Job Titles
Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) Specialist (1 Year Contract)
Manager, Documentation Governance & Compliance
Compliance Manager/Senior Compliance Manager
Responsibilities
Manage and enhance existing compliance program that is effective in dealing with compliance risks.
Manage and monitor key compliance activities and report on a regular basis as to their status and actions taken to mitigate such risks.
Maintain manual on compliance processes and procedures and ensuring this is kept updated.
Advise on business activities that are in or out of scope, per current/future regulatory status as well as evaluate key outputs from regulators, industry bodies and advising Management and respective business/support units of the impact.
Conduct internal investigation where needed, in relation to any compliance issue and produce investigation report.
Carry out monthly, quarterly or ah-hoc compliance reporting, internally and externally.
Any other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Minimum bachelor’s degree in law or business
Min 3 years’ experience in handling various aspects of compliance work relevant to oil and gas industry.
Core experience includes risk and post transaction monitoring and analysis, familiarity with International Sanction and Trade Embargo, Anti-Bribery and Corruption, Data Privacy and Protection, Anti-Money Laundering and Know Your Customer program.
Proficient in use of EXCEL/WORD
Team player.
How to Apply
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Seniority level
Associate
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Legal and Consulting
Industries
Oil and Gas and Oil and Coal Product Manufacturing
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About Keyrock
Since our beginnings in 2017, we've grown to be a leading change-maker in the digital asset space, renowned for our partnerships and innovation.
Today, we rock with over 180 team members around the world. Our diverse team hails from 42 nationalities, with backgrounds ranging from DeFi natives to PhDs. Predominantly remote, we have hubs in London, Brussels and Singapore, and host regular online and offline hangouts to keep the crew tight.
We are trading on more than 80 exchanges, and working with a wide array of asset issuers. As a well-established market maker, our distinctive expertise led us to expand rapidly. Today, our services span market making, options trading, high-frequency trading, OTC, and DeFi trading desks.
But we’re more than a service provider. We’re an initiator. We're pioneers in adopting the Rust Development language for our algorithmic trading, and champions of its use in the industry. We support the growth of Web3 startups through our Accelerator Program. We upgrade ecosystems by injecting liquidity into promising DeFi, RWA, and NFT protocols. And we push the industry's progress with our research and governance initiatives.
At Keyrock, we're not just envisioning the future of digital assets. We're actively building it.
What we are looking for.
a dedicated
Trading Operations Specialist , to become a core part of the APAC based trading operations team - dedicated to working closely with our trading, treasury and wider operations teams during APAC trading hours.
Job description
Managing digital asset and fiat related trade settlement and communicating with internal and external trading counterparties to ensure timely and accurate settlements.
Trade reconciliation from post trade to settlement to ensure correct and timely settlement.
Keeping track of the treasury, and liaising with the trading and finance teams on accounting for asset balances across operations.
Liaising internally with the wider trading, OTC and options teams on balances and settlement status, and providing administrative and client communication support where needed.
Asset rebalancing and whitelisting of crypto addresses across multiple CEXs and DEXs; across multiple platforms.
Managing and adding new banking beneficiaries, and supporting trading desks with fiat transfers and settlements. Liaising with Keyrock’s account managers at banks on confirming cut-off times, fees and any troubleshooting of banking services.
Tracking and alerting internal and external client margin and net open positions, and liaising with clients on transfer of assets to maintain margin thresholds
Keeping track of and reporting technical and financial problems and providing support to the dev team for improvements and automating processes.
Monitoring and project managing internal operations ticketing processes and working with trading teams to streamline and improve these.
Overseeing and helping enhance the collection, documentation and organising of external counterparty FX and OTC related trade data for purposes of internal cost and best execution tracking.
Helping improve the efficiency and design of a more streamlined trade reporting and post-trade settlement procedures.
Background and experience
1+ years of prior trading and/or trading operations experience - with settlements and trading reconciliation at its core, and a strong preference if that included crypto assets.
1+ years of experience working in a crypto environment with experience in managing clearing/settlement within cutoff times.
Minimum Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field e.g., Finance, Economics, Engineering, Accounting, etc.
Based in the APAC geography
Competences and personality
Extremely strong attention to detail
Self-organized and excellent communication
Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
A demonstrable passion for digital assets and blockchain technologies, and an understanding of asset transfers across CEXes and DEXes
Adaptable and a strong team player, whilst working in a fast paced environment
Fluent in English
Strong Excel skills and ability to reconcile, track and present asset treasury and balances to internal and external counterparties.
Added bonus: Familiarity with Python and SQL languages; and experience with querying database trade data and generating reports and dashboards.
Our recruitment philosophy
We value self-awareness in our recruitment process. We seek people who understand themselves and their career goals. We're after those with the right skills and a conscious choice to join our field. The perfect fit? A crypto enthusiast who’s driven, collaborative, and delivers solid, scalable outcomes.
Our offer
A competitive salary package
Remote-working options, designed to support your success in the region you serve.
The freedom to create your own entrepreneurial experience by being part of a team of people in search of excellence.
As an employer we are committed to building a positive and collaborative work environment. We hire, reward and promote entirely based on merit and performance.
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Job Description
Responsibilities
Respond promptly to support requests and inquiries from clients.
Work directly with clients to understand, troubleshoot, and resolve issues with complex trading strategies; maintain direct communication with software and infrastructure engineers to gain valuable experience.
Problem solve while supporting trading applications and exchange connectivity for Global Derivatives Markets.
Actively monitor and respond to alerts for our critical systems and infrastructure, resolving issues wherever possible and escalating to other teams if necessary.
Support customers and resolve issues related to order entry, risk management, and exchange connectivity.
Conduct in-depth analysis of complex order and trade histories.
Coordinate the deployment and configuration of the company’s trading applications with new customers.
Manage distribution and installation of software enhancements and upgrades.
Collaborate with exchanges and software engineers to test and conform new software releases, including UAT testing.
Work with the infrastructure team to test and complete server and network upgrade projects.
Liaise with overseas offices to provide seamless 24‐hour customer support.
Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field.
Experience with Linux OS and Linux‐based server applications, using command‐line tools such as grep, sed, and awk.
Strong analytical skills and ability to perform complex log file analysis to identify root causes.
Ability to thrive in high‐pressure or time‐critical front‐office environments.
Willingness to assume responsibility, make timely decisions, and appropriately escalated issues.
Enjoyment of working with new technologies related to low‐latency and algorithmic trading strategies, and ability to communicate ideas to both technical and non‐technical audiences.
Previous experience supporting applications that connect to major global derivatives exchanges (CME, EUREX, ICE, ASX, SGX, OSE) and familiarity with exchange protocols such as OmNet, ITCH/OUCH, and FIX.
Experience with basic network troubleshooting tools such as telnet, tcpdump, or ncat.
Knowledge of relational databases and SQL; experience with bash or perl scripting; exposure to public cloud providers such as AWS is beneficial.
How to Apply
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Executive Summary

Smart IMS Inc provides Digital technology & Cloud transformation services, Application & Infrastructure Management Services, Unified Communications, and Insurance implementation services to customers across the Americas, Europe, Middle East, and Asia-Pacific regions. As the trusted technology and business partner of leading MNCs, including Global Investment Banks, Smart IMS is also a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, Oracle Platinum Partner and AWS MSP Partner.

We are looking to hire a Trading Application Production Support in Singapore which is a top global investment bank . He/she will provide frontline application production support for the bank’s trading Applications. The candidate should also have background in Python programming / automation to be able to support automation efforts in streamlining and improving operations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Works as part of Fixed Income Global Rates Application Support team.
• Work closely with the Front Office users to handle their issue and queries and find solutions.
• Manage Incidents and Problem management.
• Perform start of day, End of Day and start of week checks.
• Proactively identify issues and resolve with minimal or no business impact.
• Identify opportunities for automation and automate manual tasks being performed by team.

Key Requirements

• Minimum 2-3 years of Application / Production Support experience
• Hands on experience on Unix platform and commands.
• Hands on experience on SQL queries and commands.
• Possess background / past experience in Python programming or automation
• Experience in Monitoring tools e.g. ITRS Geneos, Splunk, Elastic, Dynatrace etc.
• Prior application support experience in Fixed Income / Bonds would be preferred.
• Experience in Incident and Problem Management.
• Understanding of Fixed Income products.

Good to have skills:

• Shell, Python, VB or PowerShell scripting knowledge is a plus.
• Tableau experience is a plus.
• ANSIBLE, TOSCA etc tooling experience is a plus.

Immerse yourself in the fast-paced world of financial markets as a key player in delivering exceptional customer support and guiding clients through complex data analysis.

We are seeking an accomplished professional to join our team as a Financial Markets Support Specialist. In this dynamic role, you will provide critical support to clients across various industries, utilizing your expertise in market trends and data analysis to empower informed decision-making.

Your primary responsibility will be to deliver timely and accurate solutions to client inquiries, leveraging your analytical skills to distill complex information into actionable insights.

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, such as finance, economics, or business administration
• Up to 4 years of experience in a related field, with a strong background in financial markets and data analysis
• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex ideas clearly and concisely, both written and verbally
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills, with a keen eye for detail
• Proven track record of delivering high-quality results in a fast-paced environment
• Fluency in English and Japanese, with strong written and verbal communication skills

As a Financial Markets Support Specialist, you will enjoy a competitive salary package, comprehensive training, and opportunities for career growth and advancement. Our company culture values collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning, making it an ideal fit for motivated professionals looking to thrive in a dynamic environment.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to develop a deep understanding of the financial markets, stay up-to-date on industry trends, and contribute to driving business growth through expert advice and guidance. If you are passionate about delivering exceptional client experiences and excel in a fast-paced environment, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.

Business Function
Global Financial Market Operation (GFMO) enables and empowers the bank with an efficient, nimble and resilient infrastructure through a strategic focus on productivity, quality & control, technology, people capability and innovation. In GFMO, we manage the majority of the Bank's operational processes and inspire to delight our business partners through our multiple banking delivery channels.
Job Purpose
We are looking for candidate who are highly motivated and a team player to support GFM on Fixed income, FX & OTC derivatives products etc.
Key Accountabilities
Provide end to end OTC transaction life cycle reporting support for T&M derivatives products
Ensure confirmation accuracy and timely issuance
Risk Control, reduction in ageing confirmation and eliminate/refine legacy processes
Build a data driven culture with data analytic capabilities
Support new products initiatives on existing/new system capabilities
Responsibilities
Coverage
Core: Trade Confirmation issuance, Trade Confirmation Affirmation, Trade Events Notification
Secondary: Trade Repository Reporting, Central Password Issuance, Advisory on ISDA Negotiation related to Operations, Board Resolution Documentation, MIS reporting
Service Support Centres: Hub (Sin) Spokes (Branches: HK, SE, TW, LON, Labuan), (Subsi: HK, TW, CN, Macau, IN, Sin Holdco)
Clients Base: Inter-bank, Fictive ( FI, Insurance etc), Corporate Treasury Product Assets
Classes: Vanilla FX spot, Money Market, Structured Loan/Deposits (CLI, PCI), Fixed Income, OTC Derivatives for FX, Rates, Equity, Carbon, Crypto and Commodity.
Trade Confirmations issuance
Trade economic affirm on executed trades without trade sources (Reuter, email trade execution, Term-sheet, Broker etc)
Run trades execution report to account for the trade confirmation issuance
Draft those trade confirmations not on Swift or Electronic Affirmed trades. Ensure the right ISDA template to use as per the Fx & Derivative Documentation Policy
Monitor the queue of the Electronic Affirmed Platform to confirm all trades, investigate and escalation for those do not affirm
Validate the paper trade confirmations, register the trades in Control List and deliver the trades confirmation in Ideal 3, Email attached Doc, Post mail
Reconcile auto-generate paper trade confirmations and release them accordingly
Record trades not draft/release by T 1with comment on cause of delays in DCFC and ORMU Weekly Report
Follow up those dispute trade confirmations not issue in DCFC, WCFC/MCFC and escalate with report per Escalation Ladder Matrix.
Password protected on all trade confirmations delivered by Email doc attached
Scan and Library the Out-going trade confirmations respectively
Trade Confirmation Affirmation
Check and affirm all incoming trade confirmations in Risk System, MX, BO Confirm status
Investigate on the discrepancies and escalate to the respective stakeholder for action. Record the Disputed Trade Confirmation in the Confirmation Database for monitoring and follow up actions.
Trace on those trade confirmation not receive/not acknowledge accordingly and escalate per Escalation Ladder Matrix.
Weekly reporting on those unaffirmed aged trades to Team Lead/Manager and respectively Spokes for action/escalation
Scan and Library the affirmed trade confirmations
For inter-entity trades where trade confirmations need not be issued, run the inter-entity Trade Reconciliation, check on the unmatched and mismatched trades, investigate, raise/trace for trade match. Escalate on those aged items.
Run and investigate on the reconciliation between the Electronic Affirmed trades in Electronic system e.g. MarkitWire, Dsmatch with Risk System MX. Escalate on aged unsolved items
Engage Business, Sales, Traders, RMs on those aged unaffirmed trade confirmations with follow up action register in the Doc Database
Signature verification per Signature Mandate of Clients’ Board Resolution for those returned corporate paper confirmations. Investigate and follow up on any irregular signatories etc.
Prepare the weekly Unaffirmed Aged Confirmation Report for escalation and tracers
Prepare the monthly trended Unaffirmed Aged Confirmation Report to ORMU with comment.
Trade Events Notification
Extract the trade events execution from Risk System, MX. Match with trade source, prepare the Notification
Any dispute, investigate and escalate to the respectively traders/Sales and Processing Team
Monitor and register all aged the unaffirmed Notification for escalation
Scan, release, signature verification and Library on those outgoing and returns trade Notifications
Issuance of Failure to Pay (FTP) and monitor the acknowledgement
Issuance of Novation Letter for Assigned trades. Reconcile the Assigned trades with Transferor
Manage the documentation and execution for trade compression by triOptima-triResolve
Attend to Corporate/Credit Events documentation issuance and affirmation per ISDA protocol and or Industry practice.
Secondary Central Password Issuance
Cover for Hub and Spokes. Each clients will be issued a single password to be use by all teams (Hub/spokes) to protect the documents
Generate , issue and controlled the registered the Password
Manage the renewal per the Email Policy and ISS Password Issuance Guideline
Attend and investigate on the any Password dispute.
Advisory on ISDA Negotiation related to Operations
Review and approve on all deviations on ISDA negotiation on-boarding related to Trade Confirmation
Update ISDA Agreement to Risk System MX. Include the other Master Agreement being DBS Master, etc.
Facilitate the negotiation of ISDA on-boarding by furnishing details of live trade o/s to Legal
Engaging and negotiating supplementary Master Agreement with ISDA counterparts to facilitate trade confirmation in compliance to ISDA confirmation issuance by Swift.
Trading Account Opening –Board Resolution (BR) Documentation
Read and manage the Board Resolution related to Trades terms for acknowledgement
Clarify and trace with Relationship Manager for missing board resolution
Furnish aged report on missing and disputed board resolution to trades term to COE Clients and RM/Sales.
Library all the board resolution Documentation
Client Support on Trade Confirmation Related issue by Spokes
Attend to Query by Spokes
Investigate and assisted Spokes on issue related to Trade Confirmation, Password issuance and Risk reporting
Requirements
Preferably Degree holder in Banking and Finance
Min 1-3 years of banking experience
Experience in various back-office operation functions which includes processing, reconciliations, confirmation, etc
Good understanding of the end-to-end transaction lifecycle of OTC products
Proficient in MS Excel, VBA and Python are added advantage
Good understanding of GenAI
Team player who can work independently
Able to work in fast paced environment
Willing to work on splits Ops locations
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Business Function
As an Asian leader in treasury operations, DBS Global Financial Markets (GFM) extends a broad range of capabilities ranging from trading, structuring and sales in foreign exchange, interest rates, money market, credit, equity, commodities, bonds, derivatives and securities. We are a key player in various regional markets and actively make market, structure, originate, innovate and distribute a wide range of products.
Our extensive network in Asia and our growing Asian focused franchises helps expand our product outreach and deepen product penetration. Altogether, our specialists are working across our expanding branch network to offer a full range of products and exceptional levels of services to clients investing and hedging in the global markets.
The Digital Business & Strategy team is charting a new digital course across Global Financial Markets, revolutionizing customer and employee journeys. We drive transformative change in how we conduct business, develop cutting-edge digital and data strategies as well as solutions for our clients. As a Regional Digital Client Solutions Lead, you will collaborate closely with our Treasury Trading and Sales groups to develop and champion the growth of our Digital multi-channel solutions. You will drive business development, identify new client segments and targets, pitch digital propositions, and prioritize customer success. The ideal candidate is a highly independent and self-motivated individual who will drive digital client acquisition and business outcomes across the region.
Key Responsibilities
Develop and execute strategies to grow the client adoption of our multi-channel Digital solutions, meeting quantitative targets for client acquisition and business transactional metrics.
Identify new client growth segments and collaborate with our treasury sales, regional business stakeholders to develop compelling, fit-for-purpose digital propositions, including platform and API solutions, for target clients.
Sell treasury platform and API solutions, provide workflow solutioning to match customer requirements and use cases.
Manage budget and performance tracking for the regional digital client business, and drive team towards exceeding the targets.
Prepare customer RFPs and presentations with business stakeholders, pitching our digital treasury propositions as integral components of holistic banking solutions.
Manage partnership relationships and achieve customer success through close collaboration with partner and driving actions towards shared goals.
Engage with client post-implementation to ensure their success, gather feedback on our solutions, and relay this feedback to DBS product teams for continuous improvement.
Partner with trading and sales teams to explore and create new business models that generate new revenue streams.
Conduct internal and external client sessions to raise awareness of our digital propositions among sales teams and clients.
Collaborate with the marketing team to develop marketing strategies that promote our digital propositions in the market.
Requirements
Minimum 10 years of experience in Treasury related functions with deep knowledge of treasury investment products
Proven ability to sell platform and API solutions to financial institutions or corporate clients
Strong understanding and experience with API solutions, middleware, and network integration.
Experience in customer pitching and presentations, with a track record of developing and delivering compelling solution-based pitches
Highly self-driven and motivated, with a strong commercial and digital mindset.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to engage effectively with senior stakeholders.
Strong team player with the ability to work effectively within the organization and with external parties.
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We offer a competitive salary and benefits package and the professional advantages of a dynamic environment that supports your development and recognises your achievements.
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