Analyst, Trade Finance Middle Office (Guarantees) + French Language Skills

MUFG; City Of London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial group based in London is seeking an Operations Assistant within the Trade Finance Middle Office. The role involves monitoring exposures, performing reviews of credit applications, and providing administrative support to ensure smooth deal processing. Ideal candidates have operational experience in Trade Finance, along with strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively within a team.

Qualifications

• Previous operational experience in a Guarantees, Trade Finance related product environment.
• Additional language skills: French.

Responsibilities

• Assist with monitoring exposures to ensure approved limits are respected.
• Perform reviews of term sheets and credit applications.
• Liaise with clients and stakeholders.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Collaborative nature

Results driven

Proactive approach

Attention to detail

Job description

Overview

Do you want your voice heard and your actions to count? Discover your opportunity with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of the world’s leading financial groups. Across the globe, we’re 120,000 colleagues, striving to make a difference for every client, organization, and community we serve. We stand for our values, building long-term relationships, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world.

With a vision to be the world’s most trusted financial group, it’s part of our culture to put people first, listen to new and diverse ideas and collaborate toward greater innovation, speed and agility. This means investing in talent, technologies, and tools that empower you to own your career.

Join MUFG, where being inspired is expected and making a meaningful impact is rewarded.

Mitsubishi Financial Group, Inc. (MUFG) is one of the world’s leading financial groups. Headquartered in Tokyo and with over 360 years of history, MUFG has a global network with around 3,000 offices in more than 50 markets. The Group has over 180,000 employees, and offers services including commercial banking, trust banking, securities, credit cards, consumer finance, asset management and leasing.

MUFG aims to be the world’s most trusted financial group through close collaboration among its operating companies, and to respond to all of the financial needs of its clients, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world.

Responsibilities

Main purpose of the role

Within the Trade Finance Middle Office, assist with, and gain experience in, the monitoring of exposures to ensure approved limits are respected. Assist with, and gain experience in, the maintenance, creation and set up of all necessary controls and administrative duties including the operational aspects of the transaction management system [TRAC], required for facility and day to day operation.

Essential Functions

• With support, perform reviews of term sheets, credit applications (Ringi’s) & facility documentation from an operational perspective to ensure workability and smooth deal processing.
• Gain experience in the review of client drawdown requests to ensure transactions are in accordance with the terms of the approved facilities.
• Gain experience in the review of Guarantee wording client requests in line with governing rules such as ISP 98 and URDG 758 to ensure they respect the terms of approved facilities and that the Bank is protected from a Legal Standpoint.
• Primarily provide administrative support for all products related to the ETBO for non-commodity related business together with assistance to CSTF for commodity related business if/when required.
• Gain experience in daily liaison with respective stakeholders such as clients, relationship managers and operational units.
• Assist and gain experience in monitoring and control of the complete ETBO exposure under the present facility portfolio to determine facility availability at time of new requests or enquiries, and support decisions to cancel or repay transactions as needed.
• Assist with monitoring inward communications and prioritisation according to subject matter importance with emphasis on client centricity.
• Become familiar with individual processes and business flows for each client with a view to taking client ownership within the team when knowledge is adequate.
• Monitor balances between the Bank’s accounting system and exposure management tools for all allocated or monitored limits to retain an accurate record of exposure.
• Assist with obtaining reporting from the Jasper system and ensure it reflects exposure relative to facilities under TFMO control, and that reconciliation periods align TRAC with the bank accounting system OVS.

Work Experience

Essential: Previous operational experience in a Guarantees, Trade Finance related product environment. Additional language skills [French].

Personal Requirements

• Excellent communication skills
• Collaborative nature and good team working ethos
• Results driven, with a strong sense of accountability
• A proactive, motivated approach
• Ability to operate with urgency and prioritise work accordingly
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
• A calm approach, with the ability to perform well in a pressurised environment

We are open to considering flexible working requests in line with organisational requirements.

MUFG is committed to embracing diversity and building an inclusive culture where all employees are valued, respected and their opinions count. We support the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion in recruitment and employment, and oppose all forms of discrimination on the grounds of age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy and maternity, race, gender reassignment, religion or belief and marriage or civil partnership.

We make our recruitment decisions in a non-discriminatory manner in accordance with our commitment to identifying the right skills for the right role and our obligations under the law.

At MUFG, our colleagues are our greatest assets. Our Culture Principles provide a roadmap for how each of our colleagues must think and act to become more client-obsessed, inclusive and innovative. They reflect who we are, who we want to be and what we expect from one another. We are excited to see you take the next step in exploring a career with us and encourage you to review them!

Our Culture Principles

• Client Centric
• People Focused
• Listen Up. Speak Up.
• Innovate & Simplify
• Own & Execute