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　　Job Purpose and Impact

　　The Trading Assistant will provide support on trading related activities to enable the trading team to achieve customer and profitability goals. In this role, you will partner with commercial team and other functions, handle trade entry, amendments, planning logistics and reporting the positions, risk for commodity, freight, and forex. You will lead position maintenance, vessel nomination, cash book preparation and maintenance, as well as various reporting and ad-hoc requests which arise on a regular basis.

　　Key Accountabilities

　　Support trade capture, trade entry, amendments of contractual data and valuation parameters.

　　Involve in the post trade coordination between traders, trade-execution, and customers/brokers.

　　Keep the position of the desk updated throughout the day with trades, nominations and date changes and perform reconciliation of daily positions.

　　Prepare and maintain cashbook and list of open cargoes and vessels and lead the discussions with traders and trade-ex to prepare stow plans.

　　Generate market, positions and profit and loss reports based on estimates and reconciling with actuals.

　　Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.

　　Apply a thorough comprehension of trade to execute and monitor the short-term trading strategies and books for a specific commodity, market or customer based on speculative and hedged positions.

　　Handle and monitor medium trading positions and exposures, such as the short-term trading book.

　　Other duties as assigned.

　　Qualifications

　　Minimum Qualifications

　　Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience

　　Shipping contracts knowledge.

　　Fluent in English.

　　Good communication skills.

　　Computer literate with strong Microsoft Excel skills.

　　Experience in a trading or/and shipping environment.

　　Minimum of two years of related work experience

　　Other minimum qualifications may apply.

　　Preferred Qualifications

　　Bachelor's degree in business or shipping; or equivalent experience

　　Familiar with basic financial concepts.

　　Our Offer

　　We provide a fast paced stimulating international environment, which will stretch your abilities and channel your talents. We also offer competitive salary and benefits combined with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.

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