Trafigura - Analyst - Trade Finance Solutions

Main Purpose:

To provide efficient finance operations and risk management for our international trading requirements.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

- At least 2-3 years within a Commodity Trading Company / Financial institution having gained a basic understanding of the principals surrounding Trade Finance instruments and their pitfalls.

- Broad, deep and demonstrable working knowledge of Trade finance instruments

- Structured LCs, EPBGs, complex structure of financing to meet the company's import/export needs.

- Understanding of financial terms such as LC/SBLC/EPBG/ LIBOR / Interest Rate Swaps / Bill of Exchange

- General Awareness of world financial systems and commodity trading patterns.

- Well-organized and pro-active, excellent communication skills, strong coordinating skills, able to demonstrate exceptional problem solving and the ability to think in a highly logical and critical fashion

- Highly diligent and sharp eye for attention to details

- Able to take initiative and not only work to, but also set their own quickly changing deadlines

- A team player, who is able to confidentially adapt their interpersonal approach as the situation demands, able to build strong relations both inter-departmentally and with external stakeholders

- An individual who is not only comfortable but thrives in a high pressure environment

- Excellent spoken and written English

Key Responsibilities

- Handling of Trade Finance Instruments (LC/SBLC/Bank Guarantees/BOE..)

- Liaise with counterparties across time zones for contracts, LC documentation and settlements.

- Responsible for tracking daily IRS settlement positions and ensuring P&L reflected correctly

- Liaise with banks for Foreign Currency settlements, provide the instructions and allocate in the system accordingly.

- Liaising with the Reconciliation/Operational Treasury department to ensure all deal related cash flows are recorded correctly and in a timely manner.

- Ensuring Agreements in place for monthly offset procedure and reconcile the current positions with Accounting.

- Close co-operation with our Deals Desk/ Accounting personnel to ensure any costs agreed by Trade Finance are allocated correctly to the separately maintained deal Profit and Loss accounts.

- Ensure loans and deposits with financial institutions are properly recorded, attributed, tracked and maintained.

- Provide support in generating business reports and activity analysis.

Key Relationships

- Trade Finance Teams across regions

- Deals Desk

- Accounting

- Bank Reconciliation Team

- Operational Treasury