Senior Cross-Commodities Portfolio Manager - Fixed Income and Global Macro

About the role

Octavius Finance is recruiting, on behalf of a leading global asset manager, an experienced Cross-Commodity Portfolio Manager for its investment team in Singapore. The role sits within a large, sophisticated institutional investment platform and focuses on managing and developing commodity investment strategies, combining fundamental market knowledge with quantitative techniques to generate risk-adjusted returns across global commodity markets.

Key responsibilities

• Manage and develop cross-commodity strategies covering energy, precious and industrial metals, agricultural commodities and softs.
• Generate and implement investment ideas through fundamental research, quantitative techniques and discretionary trading.
• Identify relative value, directional and curve opportunities across commodity futures, options, swaps and related derivatives.
• Own portfolio construction, position sizing, risk management and investment performance.
• Analyse global supply-demand dynamics, physical market fundamentals, positioning, trade flows and macroeconomic developments.
• Develop analytical frameworks and data-driven investment tools, and collaborate with investment, research and risk teams.

Required profile

• Significant experience in commodity trading or portfolio management, ideally in a leading asset manager, hedge fund, investment bank, commodity trading house or institutional platform.
• Track record of managing commodity risk and generating returns across multiple market environments.
• Broad cross-commodity knowledge, especially energy, metals and agricultural commodities.
• Degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics or a related discipline; postgraduate qualifications are advantageous.

Required skills

• Strong understanding of commodity derivatives, futures curves, calendar spreads, relative value strategies and portfolio risk management.
• Experience combining fundamental analysis with quantitative or technical approaches.
• Ability to use Python, SQL, R or similar quantitative tools (viewed favourably).
• Excellent communication skills and ability to explain investment views to senior stakeholders.

To apply, candidates should send their CV in Word format to the Octavius Finance fund management team.