Trade Finance Specialist

Our Contingent Workforce Solutions (CWS) is one of our service offerings. Acting as an extension of their recruitment teams, we connect them with skilled interim and temporary professionals, fostering workplaces where everyone can contribute and succeed.

Our client, a major UK retail bank, provides every day banking services to over 17 million retail customers. The banks expertise and services span across Business Services, Corporate banking, Wealth Management, Group Functions, Retail and Investment Banking.

On behalf of this organisation, AMS are looking for a Trade Finance Specialist for a contract until the end of 2026 based in London or Edinburgh or Manchester. It will be a hybrid model.

Purpose of the role:

We are looking for a highly skilled Trade Finance professional to shape and drive the analytical direction of the Trade Finance Programme. This role will leverage deep Trade Finance expertise to define and deliver detailed requirements that support the Bank's growth ambitions while enhancing financial crime controls.

What you'll do:

• Translate existing Key Risk Indicators (KRIs) into clear, actionable Trade Finance requirements to strengthen Trade Due Diligence and controls within the ClearEye OCR (Optical Character Recognition) solution.
• Apply specialist knowledge of financial crime, sanctions, and TM/CDD considerations to convert complex requirements into structured, implementable solutions.
• Ensure downstream impacts on Financial Crime processes are fully understood, designed for, and integrated into the wider control framework.
• Drive end-to-end delivery through structured collaboration with Trade Advisory, C&I, Financial Crime, and QA teams.
• Maintain RAID logs and safeguard the delivery of key milestones.
• Perform testing of OCR system changes and confirm readiness for deployment.
• Strengthen governance and control design across core Trade Finance workstreams.

The skills you'll need:

• Strong Trade Finance expertise, ideally with exposure to financial crime controls and regulatory requirements.
• Experience translating complex risk or compliance requirements into structured business processes.
• Familiarity with OCR solutions and Trade Due Diligence processes.
• Proven ability to collaborate across multiple stakeholders and drive end-to-end delivery.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and documentation skills.
• Knowledge of RAID management and milestone tracking.
• Prior experience in financial institutions with Trade Finance programme delivery.
• Hands-on exposure to sanctions, TM/CDD, and financial crime risk frameworks.

Next steps

This client will only accept workers operating via an Umbrella or PAYE engagement model.

If you are interested in applying for this position and meet the criteria outlined above, please click the link to apply and we will contact you with an update in due course.

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