Felicia Chia

Commodity operations and settlements professional with more than 7 years of experience supporting physical and financial trading activities across oil, LNG, coal and freight markets within commodity trading environments. Experienced in end-to-end trade lifecycle support, trade settlements, invoice reconciliation, stakeholder coordination and operational controls across trading, operations, treasury and finance teams. Strong understanding of commodity trading workflows, pricing verification, trade data accuracy and exposure-related operational processes.

Seeking to transition into a Trade Support / Middle Office role with greater exposure to trading support, exposure analysis and P&L drivers.

Settlement Analyst - Jera Global Markets Pte Ltd

(2024-08)

• Manage end-to-end settlement activities for physical and financial trading transactions across Coal, LNG and Freight portfolios.
• Supported timely resolution of trade and settlement discrepancies to minimise operational and financial exposure risks.
• Perform invoice creation, reconciliation, settlement validation and payment coordination for Accounts Payable (AP) and Accounts Receivable (AR).
• Coordinate closely with Traders, Operations, Middle Office team and Treasury team to investigate and resolve pricing, reconciliation and settlement discrepancies in a timely manner.
• Monitor outstanding receivables and support daily reporting to management and credit team on aged receivables and collection status.
• Work with operations team and counterparties to resolve overdue AP/AR balances and unallocated cash items.
• Identify and implement process improvement initiatives to strengthen settlements efficiency and operational controls.
• Maintain compliance with internal trading standards, settlement procedures and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure correct tax treatment and supporting documentation for commodity trade invoices.

Trade Accountant - Lukoil Asia Pacific Pte Ltd

(2020-04 - 2024-08)

• Supported physical oil trading activities by managing inventory and settlement-related processes for Fuel and Gasoil desk.
• Coordinated with Operations, Contracts, Middle Office and LC teams to ensure accuracy and integrity of trade data maintained in SAP.
• Reviewed and validated trade-related invoices, accruals and supporting documents to ensure accurate financial reporting and settlement processing.
• Monitored payment timelines and ensured timely settlement of trade obligations.
• Performed month-end accrual activities and supported reporting requirements for management and headquarters.
• Investigated and resolved discrepancies relating to trade data, invoices and operational records.
• Supported trade lifecycle activities by maintaining accurate documentation and ensuring alignment between trade contracts and operational data.
• Prepared weekly and quarterly aging reports for headquarters reporting.

Junior Trade Accountant - Lukoil Asia Pacific Pte Ltd

(2018-10 - 2020-03)

• Registered and processed incoming trade invoices in SAP.
• Tracked invoices and payment status to ensure timely settlement processing.
• Maintained and updated counterparty Masterdata records.
• Supported senior trade accountants with trade operations and settlement-related activities.

Account Payable Specialist - Maran Asia Pte Ltd of Angelicoussis Shipping Group

(2017-02 - 2018-09)

• Performed three-way reconciliation of purchase order, delivery note and supplier invoices.
• Investigated and resolved quantity and invoice discrepancies between vessels and suppliers.
• Coordinated with regional teams to support invoice verification and payment processing.
• Reconcile supplier statements of account and maintain cash book records.
• Managed supplier payment timelines and credit period tracking.

Bachelor of Business - Accountancy - RMIT University (2015 - 2017)

Diploma - Clean Energy - Temasek Polytechnic (2011 - 2014)

GCE 'O' Level - Tampines Secondary School (2007 - 2010)