Trade Finance Middle Office – French Speaking

Salary Negotiable 

We are working with our client with their search for a Trade Finance Middle Office Analyst with fluent in French to join their team on permanent basis.

Responsibilities:

• With support, perform reviews of term sheets, credit applications & facility documentation from an operational perspective to ensure workability.
• Gain experience in the review of client drawdown requests to ensure that transactions are in accordance with the terms of the approved facilities. 
• Review of Guarantee wording’s to ensure workability together with negotiation of the wordings with the client and legal teams if required.
• Primarily provide administrative support for all products related for non-commodity related
• Assisting and gaining experience in the monitoring and control of the complete exposure under the present facility portfolio.
• To assist with the monitoring of inward communications and prioritisation according to the importance of subject matter with an emphasis on client centricity.
• Become familiar with individual processes and business flows for each different client; with a view to taking client ownership within the team once knowledge based deemed adequate.
• Monitor balances between Bank’s accounting system and exposure management tools for all allocated or monitored limits in order to retain an accurate record of exposure.
• Become involved with projects relating to the development of processes, systems, and control related to the Trade Finance Middle Office.

Skills and knowledge:

• Minimum GSE (or equivalent) in core academic subjects
• Previous operational experience in a Guarantees, Trade Finance related product environment
• A Level (or equivalent) preferred
• Fluent in French
• Additional language skills advantageous [German, Dutch, Spanish]
• Strong numerical skills
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong problem solving skills