Treasury Trade Finance Analyst

The Main responsibilities of the role are:

• Manage and own the letter of credit process within the treasury team. This will be done working closely with internal departments, banks, and suppliers:

• M onitoring and analysing the groups financial exposure with counterparts to ensure the utilisation of available open lines is optimized

• N egotiating formats, preparation and issuance of import and validation of export Letter of Credits

• S econdary validation of cargo invoices prior payment processing by the back office

• A rrange documentary collections and follow the flow of original documentation

• T rade finance related cost control

• Identifying and initiating open credit negotiations with targeted counterparts to reduce the credit facility utilisation, transactional costs and associated trade finance workflow.

• M aintain a current record of letter of credit ensuring this is accurate and ties back to the position reported by the issuing banks.

• Liaising with cash management function to forecast letter of credit lines utilisation and cash requirements

• Generate and analyse reporting on trade finance and settlements activities

• Facilitate work process improvements through idea generation, applying knowledge.