[ref. g46915821] Trade Finance Executive - Toa Payoh

The Trade Finance Executive will be managing imports and export documentation, Letter of Credit (LC) confirmation and amendments, reviewing underlying contracts, bank negotiation, serving as key link between operators and banks, trade finance negotiations, daily funding needs, maintaining compliance, identify discrepancies, and resolve trade financing issues.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Work closely with traders and operation team on all trade finance-related matters.
• Manage and negotiate Letters of Credit (LC) formats with counterparties and ensure

• Pre-check documents (e.g., invoices, LOI, and other documents) according to the terms

• Advise necessary amendments/revisions to ensure workability of all trade finance

• Review contracts and provide feedback on trade finance-related matters.
• Monitor payments and resolve outstanding payment issues with counterparties.
• Work closely with internal (i.e., traders and treasury) and external stakeholders (i.e.,

• Optimize the allocation of banking resources across various banks, ensuring effective

• Assist with facility renewals, account openings, and other operational tasks as required.
• Manage reporting for all trade finance activities.
• Monitoring the daily financing needs for the Company's trading activities and provide

• Working and maintaining relations with our key financing banks and internal

stakeholders; Assisting in the structuring of prepayments and project financing

• Ensure that regulatory, bank's policies, guidelines, controls, and compliance

requirements are adhered to identify documentary discrepancies, transaction

exceptions and/or non-compliance with regulations and escalate them to the relevant

• Any ad hoc duties assigned by immediate superior/management.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance & Accounting or equivalent.
• Proficient in application of UCP600, ISBP, URR725, ISP98 and commodity trading

• Mature, ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced

• Good knowledge on trade finance, Incoterms, trade operations, risk, and hedging
• At least 5 years of Commodity Trade Finance experience.