Senior Laytime & Demurrage Specialist

Senior Laytime & Demurrage Specialist, Dry BulkFully remote | Immediate or short-notice start preferredAbout Cmpnion Cmpnion is launching a new laytime and demurrage desk for dry bulk traders, charterers and operators across Asia. Our tech team in Jakarta builds tools around how our specialists work. The specialist always owns the final number.The roleYou will be the first laytime specialist on the desk and help shape how it works from day one. You decide how we treat difficult clauses, which documents we require, and what a complete, well-supported claim looks like. You work directly with the founder on clients and with the tech team on our tools. This is hands-on claims work with real influence.What you'll doPrepare and sign off laytime and demurrage calculations, from single-port to multi-port voyages with reversible and non-reversible laytime.Assess Notice of Readiness validity, determine when laytime commences, and apply exceptions.Reconcile Statements of Facts with loading logs and letters of protest.Track notice and submission time bars for every charter party.Present demurrage and despatch claims, and review owners' claims for charterers and traders.Negotiate disputed items with evidence, and recommend when to settle and when to escalate.Review clients' historical claims for under-claimed or unrecovered amounts.Identify gaps between charter parties and sale contracts for back-to-back recovery.Join client meetings as the subject matter expert.Turn decisions on real cases into procedures, checklists and rules for our tools.What you bring4+ years of hands-on laytime and demurrage experience in dry bulk, on the owner, charterer or trader side.Expert knowledge of voyage charter parties and laytime clauses, including GENCON and traders' own forms.A track record of claims handled through dispute to settlement.Strong Excel laytime calculation skills. Laytime software experience (IMOS, Voyager Portal, Marcura) is a plus.Strong written English and strict discipline with deadlines and documents.Experience working remotely.Nice to haveA network among dry bulk brokers, traders or operators in Asia or the Middle East.Experience with sale contracts (FOB, CFR, CIF) and back-to-back claims.Asian port practice.Experience reviewing junior analysts' work.Tanker experience.MICS, BIMCO or FONASBA qualifications.What we offerThe first specialist role on a new desk, with real influence on how it runs.The opportunity to lead the desk and build a team as it grows, based on performance.Fully remote, with working hours overlapping Jakarta time (UTC+7).Possible relocation to Jakarta in the future.Flexible arrangements for candidates serving a notice period.How to apply Send your CV, your notice period, and a short description of one claim you handled through dispute: what was disputed, what evidence you used, and how it settled.