Passionate about Trade Finance?

Join us as a Senior Trade Finance Specialist /Trade Finance Specialist and become part of Valmet’s global Trade and Export Finance team—a highly professional and supportive group working across borders to enable success for our business areas and customers worldwide.

In this role, you’ll play a key part in developing and ensuring best-in-class trade finance processes, securing competitive trade finance solutions, and supporting our sales teams in contract negotiations. Your expertise will help manage commercial credit risks while optimizing cash flow—making a real impact on Valmet’s global operations.

You’ll work closely with colleagues around the world, sharing knowledge and ideas in a team that values partnership, innovation, and continuous learning. We pride ourselves on creating an environment where you can grow professionally while contributing to meaningful projects that shape international trade.

Location: Valmet’s office in Keilaniemi, Espoo or Tikkurila, Vantaa.

Greetings from your potential future colleagues:

”We’re a close‑knit Trade Finance team who enjoy working together, value teamwork, openness, good communication and helping each other out when things get busy. We like structure and accuracy, but we also believe work should be pleasant and collaborative. Hopefully, you’ll soon be joining us!”  - Pernilla Eriksson, Karlstad

”Welcome to our professional team with a friendly vibe. You’ll find lots of collaboration, plenty of learning, and a real sense of trust between people. We’re glad to have you with us (coffee and good company included :) ” - Mirka Lindström, Vantaa

As a Senior Trade Finance Specialist / Trade Finance Specialist you will:

• Control that the commercial credit risks are mitigated and Valmet Contract Policy is followed

• Effectively and proactively supporting the businesses in all trade finance activities. Your main internal stakeholders being the Sales, Legal, Project, Logistics and Finance operations.

• Support the sales in contract negotiations and with contractual wordings of the commercial terms, such as payment terms and financial securities,

• Support the business project operations through out the execution of the projects relating to the trade finance instruments

• Negotiate and manage Trade Finance instruments such as bank and corporate Guarantees and Letters of Credit

• Arrange trainings within Valmet to ensure that we have the adequate knowledge and competence in Valmet to manage financial risks according to Valmet policies

• Develope Trade Finance processes and systems together with the team and seek efficiency through different ways of digitalization and utilizing AI

The role will be adjusted according to the candidate’s experience.

To succeed in this role, you have:

• Strong team working mindset and result oriented with can-do attitude.

• Master’s degree in Economics or in a relevant field

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in Trade Finance, preferably including also experience from the corporate side 

• Deep understanding and knowledge of Bank and Corporate Guarantees and Letter of Credit

• UCP600, URDG758, ISP98, SWIFT (MT798) knowledge is a benefit

• Experience in Trade Finance related systems and tools will be considered as an asset

• Strong written and verbal communication skills in Finnish and English

• Strong negotiation and influencing skills

• Ability to work independently, be flexible and adapt to changing situations and timetables

• Ability to work in multicultural matrix organization, build-up and maintain relations across multiple regions and areas

We offer:

We know that one of the key components of our success is the skills and knowledge of the people who join our team – talents like you. We offer you an exciting opportunity in a global company and we encourage, and value an innovative and collaborative culture. In our team, we are passionate about our work, but there is always also time for a good laugh!

We offer competitive compensation and benefits, including lunch benefit, sport & culture perks, and extensive learning and development opportunities.

Additional information:

Did we catch your interest? Send your application via the link provided as soon as possible but no later than Sunday, February 1st. We will start processing the applications as they come in, and begin interviews.

For further information, please contact Minna Viinikangas, Director, Trade and Export Finance on Monday January 19, 11am to 12pm, or Tuesday January 27, 3:00 to 4:00 pm(ETT) by Mobile +358 50 5626011, or via e-mail: [email protected].

We encourage our employees to a healthier lifestyle by being a Smoke-free Workplace.
 

When everything works together 

Valmet is where the best talent from a wide variety of backgrounds comes together. With over 19,000 professionals around the world, we are the leading global developer and supplier of technologies, automation and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries, and serve an even wider base of process industries with our automation systems and flow control solutions. Our commitment to moving our customers’ performance forward requires creativity, technological innovations, service know-how – and above all, teamwork. www.valmet.com/careers

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