Trade Finance Analyst

The Role: Key responsibilities will include:

• Managing Letters of Credit, Guarantees and other Trade Finance instruments.
• Preparing and processing Trade Finance documentation and approvals.
• Liaising with banks, counterparties and internal stakeholders.
• Supporting trade finance transactions across commodity trading activities.
• Monitoring credit facilities, maintaining records and supporting audit requirements.
• Producing reports, maintaining databases and supporting data quality initiatives.
• Supporting migration activities to a new Trade Finance platform, including data cleansing and data transformation work.
• Contributing to process improvement and digitalisation projects across the Trade Finance function.

Skills and Experience: Essential

• Trade Finance experience within a bank, commodity trading business or similar trading environment.
• Strong knowledge of Letters of Credit, Guarantees and Trade Finance operations.
• Experience supporting commodity-focused businesses or commodity trading operations.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and perform effectively under pressure.
• Strong Excel skills, including Pivot Tables and VLOOKUPs.

Desirable: Energy trading experience.

• Commodity trading background.
• Experience working with Trade Finance systems.
• Data migration, data cleansing or transformation experience.
• Exposure to digital transformation or process improvement initiatives.
• ICC qualifications or willingness to work towards them.