Associate / VP Commodity Trade Finance (Middle Office)

• Permanent headcount, Singapore based
• Banking Industry
• 5-10 years of commodity trade finance/ STCF experience

Responsibilities:

• Daily execution of clients' transactions, ensuring transactions are financed within approved credit facilities supported by the appropriate collateral, closely follow-up and monitor transaction risk / collateral throughout the life cycle of the deal
• Main contact point for customers and liaise closely with Trade / Lending operations and other support departments
• Perform independent transactional risk analysis with reference to approved credit facilities, customer trade profile as well as the general product guidelines and procedures.
• Explore mitigating measures and work together with Front Office closely to provide financing solutions to customers, trade flows, facility utilization patterns during credit review
• Collateral monitoring such as MTM, vessel movement checks and stages of collaterals (presold, unsold and etc)
• Monitor and manage supporting collaterals including assessment of the collateral quality; perform the appropriate collateral valuation throughout the life cycle of the transaction
• Handle clients' daily cash flow transactions including deposits, trade facilities maintained with bank, remittances and attend to enquiries from clients.

Qualifications/ Capabilities:

• Bachelor's degree in any discipline
• 5-10 years of relevant experience, ideally in commodity trade finance middle office in other banks or commodity firms
• Trade finance experience is mandatory
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, good stakeholder management
• Team player, family culture
• Positive attitude in dealing with challenging and difficult situations
• Resourceful & willingness to work with clients / stakeholders for solutions.

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Reg No. R1548449
BeathChapman Pte Ltd
Licence no. 16S8112