Trade Finance Officer

Overview

In this permanent role with a City of London-based bank, you will oversee core trade finance operations to support international banking activities. You will work within the Trade Finance team to process LC and guarantees, handle SWIFT messages, and ensure accurate accounting and reporting. You will uphold compliance, AML/CDD checks, and internal policies while maintaining precise transaction records. You will collaborate with clients and internal stakeholders to resolve discrepancies and drive operational resilience. This is an opportunity to shape efficient trade workflows in a globally connected financial institution.

Responsibilities

• Monitor the daily calendar and complete scheduled follow-ups
• Perform initial checks of documents under letters of credit
• Process trade finance payments and related vouchers/documentation
• Record accounting entries in the Equation system
• Review letters of credit and amendments for workability and advise beneficiaries
• Process SWIFT messages (700 and 400 series) related to trade finance
• Maintain and update transaction registers
• Reconcile trade finance exposure with outstanding transactions
• Process issuance and amendments of bank guarantees (bid, performance, demand)
• Process inward and outward documentary collection orders
• Liaise with customers on discrepancies and provide guidance on LCs
• Conduct CDD and AML checks per bank policies
• Ensure accuracy, attention to detail, and regulatory compliance
• Complete mandatory compliance and operational resilience training
• Report compliance breaches promptly
• Support resilience activities including training and testing
• Assist in preparing management information reports
• Maintain filing and DSX Data Store scanning of transactions
• Support Senior Trade Finance Officer and Head of Trade Finance as needed

Key requirements

• Minimum 5 years’ Trade Finance experience in an international bank
• Experience with letters of credit and guarantees (issuance, advising, amendments, payments)
• Strong knowledge of UCP, URC, URDG and URR
• Experience in document checking, collections, and trade finance processing
• Understanding of credit lines and counterparty limit checks
• Proficiency in SWIFT, Equation, MS Outlook, Excel, and Word
• Experience conducting AML checks and CDD
• Professional qualifications such as CDCS are advantageous

• attention to detail
• strong communication and customer liaison
• compliance discipline
• SWIFT
• Equation
• Microsoft Outlook

…