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18/10/10
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  Operations Specialist - London Physical Oil Confirmations Drafting
Morgan Stanley
London

Operations Specialist - London Physical Oil Confirmations Drafting
The London Physical Oil Confirmations team is responsible for the confirmation and affirmation of all Physical Oil, Coal and Freight trades. This involves drafting legally binding documents outlining the economics and physical delivery terms of each trade. The team covers a wide range of products including Crude, Gasoline, Distillates, Fuel Oil, Freight and Coal, working closely with the trading desks as well as the Shipping Operations team.

The team has an open position for an experienced Confirmation Drafter to join the Operations Commodities Confirmation team. The successful applicant will be responsible for:
- Drafting and sending confirmations, incorporating trade economics, complex physical delivery clauses and legal terms
- Reviewing, understanding and drafting a response to Counterparty confirmations, ensuring that the Counterparty details match what has been booked by Morgan Stanley
- Liaising with Traders and Ship Operations to resolve trade discrepancies
- Chasing Counterparties to affirm each trade, verbally agreeing the economics as well as agreeing the delivery and legal clauses
- Reviewing Broker contracts and ensuring that the Broker trade details match what has been booked by Morgan Stanley
- Responding to queries from Ship Ops, Demurrage on a timely basis
- Escalating and resolving any trade discrepancies, on a daily basis
Qualifications: Bachelors
Experience: 5 years +
Languages: English : Speak / Write Fluently
Job-Type: open-ended
Remuneration: unspecified
Permit Type: EU National
Region: London
- Extensive experience drafting Physical Oil contracts
- Detailed knowledge of Physical Delivery Terms, Demurrage and Laycan
- Excellent attention to detail
- Ability to follow procedures and escalate issues on a timely basis
- Understanding of financial and operational Risk
- Organised, structured worker who is self motivated and able to manage their own workload according to tight deadlines
- Good communicator both written and verbally
- Team player

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