It is essential that all applicants have a minimum of 3 years work experience in the UK. Sponsorship is not provided with this role.

Our client is looking for an Loan and Trade Finance Operations – Mandarin to join their team on a permanent basis. The role is 5 days a week in the office.

Role:

A general banking operations officer covering multiple products and operational processes specifically corporate lending and trade finance products. The processing of transactions from initiation through to settlement including data entry and payment processing. The completion of Trade due diligence in line with the internal Compliance policy and liaising with relevant departments.

Key Responsibilities (but not limited to):

• Emphasis and primary responsibility for support and cover for transaction flow and data entry for syndicated and bilateral loans administration, trade finance loan and corporate deposits both time deposits and demand deposits.
• Loan documentation interpretation and creation of Loan operating profiles for syndicated and bilateral loans.
• Completion of trade due diligence for Trade Finance related transactions including the screening of all parties both sanctions and adverse media, screening of vessels and vessel owners, dual use goods check and ongoing vessel tracking.
• As part of the Trade due diligence the identification of potential red flags and the escalation to Compliance along with a detailed rationale to explain the issue including any evidence that has been collected.
• Ability to understand and generate the relevant Swift messages.
• Ensure all applicable processes and procedures are adhered to and updated as and when required.
• Complete activities relating to system initiatives, UAT project assistance, creation of test cases, documenting procedures and implementation to the live environment.

Skills, Experience and Qualifications:

• All-rounder with an exposure to as broad a range of products and processes as possible.
• Experience in Trade Finance and Loan administration.
• Hands on experience of operational processes.
• Ability to communicate (written and oral) fluently in Mandarin.
• Understanding of regulatory impact on all operational processes.
• Must be competent on MS Office 2010 and SWIFT; OPICS knowledge preferred but not critical.
• Willing to contribute to any task that assists the business including but not limited to project management.

For more information on this role please contact Judith Webb quoting ref 16756JW.