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.