Key responsibility: Provide the middle office support for the business conducted by International Trade Banking (ITB) as well as Corporate Leverage Finance (CLF)

Key Responsibilities  ITB & CLF

· Review and comment on ‘draft’ documentation for new transactions to check for operational fit with the middle office requirements, highlighting any areas for further discussion with and/or review by the Front Office as necessary.

· Ensure the necessary Credit approvals are in place and all checks are performed before opening a new credit line or a new account.

· Prepare a Transmission Sheet for BSG (BO) and RPC (risk) when applicable.

· Obtain all relevant documentation, create the files for the deals and ensure that executed copies of all the appropriate documentation is are provided to RPC Risk and BSG and send to Legal for safekeeping.

· Liaise with Risk and BSG for daily handling of all deals.

· Ensure that a high level of interaction and communication is maintained with the Front Office to ensure full knowledge of developments in the business including pipeline activity.

· Manage drawdowns and repayments, liaising with BSG.

· Book and maintain trades in Middle-Office Systems when required (committed lines).

· Maintain diary systems to ensure all actions on the portfolio are monitored.

· Prepare audit responses.

· Ensure that adhoc queries relating to deals are dealt with in an accurate and timely manner (e.g. payment instructions, follow-up queries on payments etc).

· Ensure all procedures (for each supply chain and reverse forfaiting) are up to date and controls files in place in the proper directory.

ITB:

· Support Transaction Banking Clients (both Corporate and Financial Institutions) on their Cash Management, Supply Chain and Reverse Forfaiting activities for the day to day of the activity as well as the reporting

· Support FO teams to ensure timely and quality service on processing of Transaction Banking :

Cash Management activity  (current account, payments (domestic and cross border), e-banking (OPTIM.NET and OPTIM SWIFNet), liquidity management (cash pooling), Boosted Deposit Accounts.

Manage the relationship with the Borrower and the agent on the RSF transactions

Graduate

N/A

• Impeccable attention to detail and accuracy skills
• Initiative
• Communication
• Time Management
• Delegation
• Influence & Persuasion
• Negotiation
• Diplomacy
• Organisation

• Technical financial knowledge and skills
• Good level of Excel (advanced – pivot table, formulae like vlookup, sumif etc)