The Role
Manages credit exposure for primarily Asian counterparties in the energy commodities trading market. Responsibilities include financial analysis, credit reviews, trade approvals, monitoring credit quality, evaluating complex transactions, ensuring policy compliance, and supporting negotiations for ISDA, CSA, MSPA, and other trading agreements. The role collaborates with legal, compliance, middle office, front office, clients, financial institutions, and global stakeholders.
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Job Title:
Credit AnalystContract Type:
PermanentTime Type:
Full timeJob Description:
The Credit Analyst, based in Singapore, serves as the local representative of the Credit team and reports to the Regional Head of Credit APAC. Working closely with the legal, compliance, middle office, and front office teams across Singapore and Gunvor's global offices, the role is responsible for analyzing and reporting both external and internal credit information. Through qualitative and quantitative analysis, the Credit Analyst provides credit assessments, advice, and recommendations to support business decision-making. The role also supports the negotiation of credit-related matters and legal documentation with external counterparties.
Main Responsibilities
- Proactively monitor and manage a portfolio of mainly Asian counterparties with regards to credit exposures, potential future exposures and changes in credit quality.
- Day-to-day trade approvals under existing limits and a local delegated authority.
- Ensure compliance with Gunvor Credit Policies and Procedures.
- Financial analysis of counterparties and preparation of credit reviews for Credit Committee
- Evaluate and help structuring complex multi-commodity and/ or long-term transactions.
- Support negotiations and administration of credit agreements and other master trading agreements.
- Maintain relationships with Clients, Counterparts, Financial Institutions and other stakeholders.
- Ad hoc duties as assigned by the manager.
Education
- Ideally, Bachelor’s degree with a major in Finance, Economics or Business Administration
Experience
- A total of 5+ years relevant experience as Credit Analyst
- Previous experience in the Energy Commodities Trading market, particularly power and gas
- Experience with Master Agreements such as ISDA, CSA or MSPA that are used in the Commodities Trading market.
- Strong Excel, Access and database skills.
- Ideally Corporate Banking credit experience
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in English are required. Proficiency in Mandarin would be beneficial to support business communications with Mandarin-speaking stakeholders. Other language skills are an asset.
Other Attributes
- Strong verbal and written communicator
- Excellent analytical (including evaluation of financial statements), organizational and communication skills
- Demonstrate and inspire integrity and professionalism
- Can do attitude / driven, self-motivated and goal orientated
- Good Problem-solving attitude and ability to think critically to manage challenges in complex situations
- Team player; able to build relationships across the group
- Willingness to travel for counterparty and project visits
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, or Business Administration
- 5+ years of relevant experience as a Credit Analyst
- Previous experience in the energy commodities trading market, particularly power and gas
- Experience with ISDA, CSA, or MSPA master agreements used in commodities trading
- Strong Excel, Access, and database skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in English
- Corporate banking credit experience
- Proficiency in Mandarin
- Willingness to travel for counterparty and project visits
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The Company
What We Do
Gunvor Group is one of the world’s largest independent commodities trading houses by turnover, creating logistics solutions that safely and efficiently move physical energy, metals and bulk materials from where they are sourced and stored to where they are demanded most. With strategic investments in industrial infrastructure—refineries, pipelines, storage, terminals, mining and upstream—Gunvor further generates sustainable value across the global supply chain for its customers. More information can be found at www.gunvorgroup.com or @Gunvor
