Job Details

Trade Finance Officer 2010-07-16

Employment Type

Permanent

Location

Raffles Place

Salary

$2.5k

Consultant

Winnie Low

Job Description:

-Trade finance processing including issuance of Letter of Credit, amendment to Letter of Credit, advising of export L/C, export L/C confirmation, reimbursement, import financing, export bills negotiation, inward and outward collections, purchasing or discounting of bills and all bills related transactions.
-1st check of import / export LC documents
Issuing of silent payment guarantee and discounting agreement, discounting receivables agreement, silent confirmation of payment guarantee undertaking.
-Prepare telexes/swift messages for all bills related items.
-Prepare faxes to customers for Maturity of Loan
-Handle customers’ inquiries and liaising with concerned middle office and account manager
-Arrange with dealers for funding needs for Bills transactions
-Follow-up and review of outstanding items, including KIV of original letters and applications.
-Sorting of daily transaction entries including matching of swift messages, advices and documents including despatch of DHL/LUM/by Hand documents.
-Monitoring of daily maturing loans
-Contact customers daily for collection of advice and documents including New Export L/Cs
-Settlement of Advising commissions
-Assisting in quarterly physical bills checking.
-Batching uploading and inputting of entries
-Create / Input customer loans for Risk Participation Transactions
-Liaise with Loan Admin for the creation of customer number and facility lines in system whenever relevant
-Cover duties of other Bills staff whenever necessary.
-Other ad hoc duties as assigned by Team Leader &/or Department Head