Trade Finance Operations Analyst

Responsibilities

• To handle customer enquiries regarding trade transactions and liaise with clients on documents with discrepancies detected by the back office.
• Remit Trade Finance documents, processing trade finance loans
• Prepare Letters of Guarantee and fee invoices as well as loan facility letters
• Open customer accounts and facility accounts
• Funding for loan drawdown and rollover
• Prepare instruction forms for Loans/Guarantees/Trade Finance for input by Hub.
• Check account opening forms and documents.
• Setup/create a customer record in Midas and input all authorized signatories/directors/beneficiary owners.
• Handle mid/year-end audit confirmation requests from customers.
• Provide month-end bank statements to clients.
• Extract AMH (Swifts) messages.
• Processing of customer deposits.
• Handle remittances.
• Follow-up of unreconciled Nostro items with counterparties
• Review of Midas systems transactions and reconciliations
• Prepare ad hoc reports for front-office
• Carry out Worldcheck and FIRCO checks

Qualification & Experience

• Over 8 – 10 years of hands-on experience in Trade Finance
• Experience in Loan Administration
• Bachelor’s Degree or Diploma in Banking/ International Trade / Business Administration / Finance or similar

Knowledge & Skills

• UCP600 & ISBP knowledge required.  Able to handle a full set of Import/Export documents, including LC and all related document checking, financing, discounting, advising, collection, SBLC, etc
• Good knowledge and familiarity with Singapore banking regulations, reporting system and banking practices
• PC skills – Word, excel etc

Language

• Fluency in written and spoken English. Ability to converse in Mandarin preferred.

Other Skills (e.g. Interpersonal, Communication etc)

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Customer-oriented
• Well-organized and meticulous in details
• Ability to work in a multicultural environment
• Ability to work independently, be self-motivated and be a team player
• Ability to work under pressure