Trade Finance Executive
The Trade Finance Executive will be managing imports and export documentation, Letter of Credit (LC) confirmation and amendments, reviewing underlying contracts, bank negotiation, serving as key link between operators and banks, trade finance negotiations, daily funding needs, maintaining compliance, identify discrepancies, and resolve trade financing issues.
Roles & Responsibilities
Job Responsibilities
· Work closely with traders and operation team on all trade finance-related matters.
· Manage and negotiate Letters of Credit (LC) formats with counterparties and ensure
the accuracy and timely processing of LC/SBLC transactions (e.g., issuance,
amendments, acceptance).
· Pre-check documents (e.g., invoices, LOI, and other documents) according to the terms
and conditions of the export LC.
· Advise necessary amendments/revisions to ensure workability of all trade finance
instruments
· Review contracts and provide feedback on trade finance-related matters.
· Monitor payments and resolve outstanding payment issues with counterparties.
· Work closely with internal (i.e., traders and treasury) and external stakeholders (i.e.,
banks and counterparties) to identify opportunities to reduce working capital.
· Optimize the allocation of banking resources across various banks, ensuring effective
tracking and utilization.
· Assist with facility renewals, account openings, and other operational tasks as required.
· Manage reporting for all trade finance activities.
· Monitoring the daily financing needs for the Company's trading activities and provide
backup support for cash management.
· Working and maintaining relations with our key financing banks and internal
stakeholders; Assisting in the structuring of prepayments and project financing
structures.
· Ensure that regulatory, bank's policies, guidelines, controls, and compliance
requirements are adhered to identify documentary discrepancies, transaction
exceptions and/or non-compliance with regulations and escalate them to the relevant
parties for resolution.
· Any ad hoc duties assigned by immediate superior/management.
Requirements
· Bachelor’s Degree in Finance & Accounting or equivalent.
· Proficient in application of UCP600, ISBP, URR725, ISP98 and commodity trading
Incoterms
· Mature, ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced
environments.
· Good knowledge on trade finance, Incoterms, trade operations, risk, and hedging
· At least 5 years of Commodity Trade Finance experience.
The Trade Finance Executive will be managing imports and export documentation, Letter of Credit (LC) confirmation and amendments, reviewing underlying contracts, bank negotiation, serving as key link between operators and banks, trade finance negotiations, daily funding needs, maintaining compliance, identify discrepancies, and resolve trade financing issues.
Roles & Responsibilities
Job Responsibilities
· Work closely with traders and operation team on all trade finance-related matters.
· Manage and negotiate Letters of Credit (LC) formats with counterparties and ensure
the accuracy and timely processing of LC/SBLC transactions (e.g., issuance,
amendments, acceptance).
· Pre-check documents (e.g., invoices, LOI, and other documents) according to the terms
and conditions of the export LC.
· Advise necessary amendments/revisions to ensure workability of all trade finance
instruments
· Review contracts and provide feedback on trade finance-related matters.
· Monitor payments and resolve outstanding payment issues with counterparties.
· Work closely with internal (i.e., traders and treasury) and external stakeholders (i.e.,
banks and counterparties) to identify opportunities to reduce working capital.
· Optimize the allocation of banking resources across various banks, ensuring effective
tracking and utilization.
· Assist with facility renewals, account openings, and other operational tasks as required.
· Manage reporting for all trade finance activities.
· Monitoring the daily financing needs for the Company's trading activities and provide
backup support for cash management.
· Working and maintaining relations with our key financing banks and internal
stakeholders; Assisting in the structuring of prepayments and project financing
structures.
· Ensure that regulatory, bank's policies, guidelines, controls, and compliance
requirements are adhered to identify documentary discrepancies, transaction
exceptions and/or non-compliance with regulations and escalate them to the relevant
parties for resolution.
· Any ad hoc duties assigned by immediate superior/management.
Requirements
· Bachelor’s Degree in Finance & Accounting or equivalent.
· Proficient in application of UCP600, ISBP, URR725, ISP98 and commodity trading
Incoterms
· Mature, ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced
environments.
· Good knowledge on trade finance, Incoterms, trade operations, risk, and hedging
· At least 5 years of Commodity Trade Finance experience.