Trade & Finance Operations Analyst

ABB; Dubai; Presencial; AED 180 000 - 300 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

ABB in Dubai is seeking an LC specialist to support end-to-end processing of letters of credit, ensuring accurate recording, documentation, and banking compliance under UCP 600.

The role requires coordinating with banks, internal teams, and customers, tracking LC issuance, amendments, and settlements, while maintaining strong controls and audit trails.

Onsite work model in UAE, with exposure to trade finance operations and risk management, contributing to ABB's Electrification in UAE.

Qualificações

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, banking, business administration or economics.
• Master’s degree is a bonus.
• 5–7 years of LC handling, trade finance, and international banking operations.
• Hands-on LC issuance, amendments, negotiation, and settlement experience.
• Strong attention to detail and reconciliation abilities.
• Effective stakeholder management and communication with banks and customers.
• Preferably SAP user experience.

Responsabilidades

• Receive LC issuance, amendment, and negotiation documents from banks.
• Update LC tracker and maintain accurate transaction records.
• Safekeeping of original LC documents for audit and reference.
• Review LC submission documents and interpret terms and conditions.
• Prepare and verify documents against LC terms to reduce discrepancies.
• Apply LC terms, UCP 600 rules, and customer requirements for processing.
• Follow up on document acceptance, discrepancies, and bank queries.
• Prepare LC discounting requests in line with business approvals.

Conhecimentos

Attention to detail

Analytical skills

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Risk awareness

Formação académica

Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, banking, business administration, economics

Master's degree is a bonus

Ferramentas

SAP

Descrição da oferta de emprego

At ABB, we help industries run leaner and cleaner—and every person here makes that happen. You’ll be empowered to lead, supported to grow, and proud of the impact we create together. Join us and help run what runs the world.

This position reports to:

Finance Manager

Your Role And Responsibilities

The position is responsible for supporting the end-to-end processing and administration of Letter of Credit (LC) transactions, ensuring that all trade finance activities are accurately recorded, properly documented, and completed in accordance with banking requirements, LC terms and conditions, UCP 600 rules, and internal procedures.

The work model for the role is: Onsite

This role is contributing to the Electrification in UAE.

You will be mainly accountable for:

The role is essential to ensure effective coordination between the Business, banks, and internal stakeholders and to minimize operational, financial, and compliance risks associated with LC transactions. Key responsibilities and their business justification are as follows:

• Receiving original LC issuance, amendment, and negotiation documents from banks ensures that critical trade finance documentation is properly controlled and available for processing and reference.
• Updating the LC tracker and maintaining accurate transaction records provides visibility over the status of each LC, supports timely follow-up, and ensures proper audit trails and document traceability.
• Proper custody and safekeeping of original LC documents is necessary to protect important trade documents from loss, unauthorized access, or misplacement and to support future reference, audit, and settlement requirements.
• Reviewing LC submission documents and interpreting the applicable terms and conditions helps identify documentation requirements, critical dates, and potential discrepancies before documents are submitted to the bank.
• Preparing, arranging, and verifying documents against the LC terms and required document list helps ensure that submissions are complete and accurate, reducing the risk of discrepancies, rejection, delays, or potential financial exposure.
• The role requires detailed knowledge and application of LC terms, UCP 600 rules, and customer-specific requirements to ensure that trade documents are processed in accordance with applicable international trade finance standards and banking practices.
• Following up on document acceptance, discrepancies, and bank queries ensures timely resolution of issues and supports the smooth completion of LC transactions. Effective coordination also reduces processing delays and facilitates timely responses to banks, customers and internal stakeholders.
• Preparing LC discounting requests in accordance with Business instructions and approvals supports timely access to trade-related financing and ensures that requests submitted to the bank are complete, accurate, and appropriately authorized.

Qualifications For The Role

Education

• bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Banking, Business Administration, Economics. Master degree is a bonus
• Professional certification in Documentary Credits, or International Banking is an advantage.
• 5–7 years of relevant experience in Letter of Credit handling, trade finance, documentary credits, and international banking operations.
• Hands-on experience with LC issuance, advising, amendments, confirmation, document presentation, examination, negotiation, discrepancy management, and settlement.
• Strong attention to detail and document-review skills.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and reconciliation abilities.
• Effective stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to coordinate with banks, customers, internal business and finance teams.
• Ability to manage multiple LCs, deadlines, amendments, discrepancies, and high-volume transactions while maintaining accuracy and compliance.
• Strong understanding of risk controls, compliance requirements, and internal financial procedures.
• Preferably having receivable collection experience and SAP user knowledge

What's in it for you?

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Benefits

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