Trade Finance Officer
City of London
Hybrid
Permanent
£50,000 - £70,000
cer Financial are working alongside an international bank who are based in the City of London. They are seeking a Trade Finance Officer to work with them on a permanent basis.
The responsibilities of a Trade Finance Officer will include:
- To assist and manage a team within Trade Finance Operations.
- Letters of Credit, Supply Chain Finance - Receivables Finance, Structured Trade and Commodity Finance,
- Guarantees and Standby Letters of Credit.
- To safely operate and administer such products a holistic understanding of international trade is a pre-requisite this will include aspects of maritime law, international commercial terms, legal framework for the operation of trade products, internationally agreed rulebooks.
- Identification of financial crime in trade products and the commercial trade flows that they finance.
The successful Trade Finance Officer will have:
- Understanding of sanctions regimes and how that may affect both the financing product and commercial trade that is being financed.
- Understanding of shipping terms and international trade flows in order to be able to identify possible trade based money laundering as a first line of defence.