Morgan Stanley: Commodity Structurer

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The Fixed Income Division is comprised of Commodities, Interest Rate and Currency Products, Credit Products and Distribution. Professionals in the Division assess and actively manages risk, trade securities, and structure as well as execute innovative transactions in the fast-paced and constantly changing global markets.

The Global Commodities Structuring Group works closely with Commodities Origination and Trading teams to model transactions, negotiate client confirmations, book trades and coordinate with second line functions (strats, operations, credit, valuation control, legal, finance). Structuring also plays key role to ideate and implement initiatives around new client solutions, trading risk management strategies, pricing and capital frameworks and execution process.

This role is based in Singapore.

Responsibilities:

A successful candidate would be have a deep understanding of market structure, fundamentals, and client solutions. The candidate would work closely with the origination and trading teams including managing risk, executing complex trades, and coming up with ideas to mitigate risks and create PnL opportunities. Specific tasks will include:

• Develop new products and ideas, and work with the origination team pitching them to clients, as well as internal stakeholders
• Provide an in-depth understanding of client motivations, pricing methodologies, market risk and credit risk management strategies, firm systems, and transaction lifecycle
• Perform pricing analysis and coordinate with strats, trading and other relevant groups to help position the firm to win client mandates,
• Work with second line teams to improve infrastructure, risk management, operations,
• Work with Strats and IT in improving processes and systems.

Requirements:

• Undergraduate or Master Degree in finance or quantitative discipline

• 5+ years of experience as a derivatives specialists across metals and energy (either LNG or oil) or in structured finance

• Advanced coursework in Financial Mathematics, Option theory, and Stochastic calculus is a plus, but not required

• English required as well as one other language

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