Banking Job - Mandarin Speaking AVP Trade Finance - London - ww

First People Recruitment; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Mandarin Speaking AVP Trade Finance professional in London. This role involves driving sales, managing trade finance products, and ensuring compliance within the banking sector. The successful candidate will hold a degree in Finance, be fluent in Mandarin and English, and have solid experience in Fixed Income Trade Finance. The position offers a hybrid work model with competitive compensation.

Qualifications

• Degree in Banking, Finance, or a related field is essential.
• Solid experience in the FI Trade Finance sector within Banking.
• Native level Mandarin required.

Responsibilities

• Drive sales and promotion of secondary forfaiting and trade loan businesses.
• Manage daily execution of products and maintain relationships with banks.
• Conduct due diligence and ensure compliance with AML and CDD.

Skills

Fluent in Mandarin

Solid experience in FI Trade Finance

English written/verbal communication

Negotiation skills

Marketing/Sales skills

Commercial awareness

Education

Degree in Banking, Finance, or related field

Job description

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Your New Job Title: Mandarin Speaking AVP Trade Finance (FI and Secondary Market)

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The Skills You'll Need:Fluent in Mandarin and English. Solid experience in the FI Trade Finance sector within Banking

Your New Salary:Competitive

Hybrid, 1 day WFH. For the first 1 or 2 months it will be all 5 days in office until all is settled.

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Start:ASAP

Working hours:35 hours

To be successful in this role our client has said it is essential that candidates:

• have Mandarin to native level
• have solid experience in the FI Trade Finance sector within Banking

If that means this job isn’t a match for you please view our other vacancies for one that may be a better fit.

What You'll be Doing:

• Drive the sales and promotion of secondary forfaiting, risk participation, and FI trade loan businesses, delivering high-quality service to financial institutions.
• Focus on enhancing customer satisfaction, expanding trade loan portfolios, and achieving KPI targets.
• Organise and participate in FI marketing activities and industry events.
• Oversee the daily management and execution of the above products, including developing and maintaining relationships with corresponding banks.
• Facilitate business offers, acceptance processes, and negotiations for Master Risk Participation (MRPA) and trade loan agreements.
• Conduct transaction due diligence, review risk mitigation measures, and ensure compliance with Anti Money Laundering (AML) and Customer Due Diligence (CDD) requirements on corresponding banks.
• Process and check documents and agreement of forfeiting and risk participation transactions
• Prepare statistical and regulatory reports when required
• Liaise with other RM’s in structuring and applying FI credit proposals for Head Office approval
• Assist with developing new business and expanding country risk proposals and onboarding new FI clients
• Work closely with the Risk Management Department to monitor country risk exposure and streamline transaction processing.
• Lead innovation and development initiatives for FI-related trade finance products.
• Continuously review and update product policies and procedures in alignment with Head Office and local regulatory guidelines.
• Assist RMs in carrying out post-lending management for TF related business.
• Prepare regular business reports
• Any other duties assigned by to supervisor and HOD.
• Take the role of Chairperson of ITFA NERC, coordinate with HO and related branches in participating ITFA related activities.

The Skills You'll Need to Succeed:

• Degree in Banking, Finance, or a related field
• Solid experience in the FI Trade Finance sector within Banking.
• In-depth technical knowledge of the secondary market and products, including forfeiting and risk participation, and trade loan to financial institutions;
• Comprehensive knowledge of the UK Financial Services Regulatory Framework including PRA Rulebook/FCA Handbook including relevant Sourcebooks.
• English written / verbal communication
• Marketing/Sales skills
• Negotiation Skills
• Commercial Awareness

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We would be grateful if you could send your CV as a Word document. If your application is successful, you will be contacted within 7 days. We regret that due to the high volume of applications we receive we cannot provide feedback on individual CVs. Please note that we can only consider candidates who are eligible to work in the UK and are able to provide relevant supporting documentation.

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