Trade Finance Analyst

Trade Finance Analyst - Letter of Credit (LC)

Certain Advantage are recruiting on behalf of our global energies trading client in London for a Trade Finance Analyst to join their team initially until December 2025.
In this role you’ll be covering Documentary Letter of Credit (LC) transactions for entities in EMEA region. You’ll be;

• Communicating with desks and arranging LCs in timely manner.
• Presenting documents to banks and following up for payments accordingly.
• Liaising with banks, insurance companies and other external institutions to secure the appropriate credit security.
• Managing incoming / outgoing LCs and recording the securities in internal systems accordingly.
• Maintaining good relationship with banks in day-to-day transactions.
• Managing good relationship with internal stakeholders.
• Supporting bank KYC process and handling queries for reverse bank KYC requests.
• Assisting any other Ad-hoc tasks assigned by the team.

Experience we’re looking for:

• Previous experience handling Letter of Credit (LC) transactions.
• Any knowledge of Trade finance rules such as UCP 600, ISP98, ISBP and URDG will be a plus.
• Working knowledge of banking and insurance market will be beneficial.
• We need a team player with ability to pay attention to details.
• Good communication skills with sound judgement between credit risks and profitability to provide advice to business.
• Good understanding of Microsoft office products i.e., Word, Excel, Presentations, SharePoint etc.
• Understanding of the energy markets will be helpful.

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