Credit Manager - Trade Finance

DP World; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

DP World Financial Services is seeking an experienced Credit Manager to oversee a portfolio of large UK corporate clients, assessing credit risk and structuring trade finance solutions. You will work with Head of Credit and cross-functional teams to shape credit decisions in a growing business.

The role emphasizes due diligence, underwriting, monitoring and proactive risk mitigation within a fast-paced environment, with emphasis on collaboration with banks, legal and risk specialists.

Qualifications

• 12+ years' credit risk experience within UK banks or non-bank financial institutions.
• Strong knowledge of corporate credit risk and trade finance.
• Experience assessing and structuring lending facilities for large UK corporate clients.
• Excellent financial statement analysis, risk assessment and mitigation skills.
• Strong communication, analytical and decision-making abilities in a fast-paced environment.
• A bachelor's or postgraduate degree.

Responsibilities

• Conduct credit due diligence and underwriting for large corporate clients, assessing financial performance, business risks and industry conditions.
• Assess and structure complex trade finance transactions, including receivables and payables financing, invoice discounting, factoring and inventory financing.
• Analyse financial statements, monitor portfolio exposure and identify early warning signs of credit deterioration.
• Lead credit monitoring, collections, remediation and recoveries, ensuring risks are identified and mitigated proactively.
• Review term sheets and lending documentation, ensuring compliance with internal policies and regulatory requirements.
• Work with corporate clients, financial institutions, legal teams and external risk and recovery specialists.
• Provide guidance to credit analysts and support effective credit decision-making across the business.

Skills

Credit risk

Financial statement analysis

Credit underwriting

Lending facilities

Risk mitigation

Decision making

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Postgraduate degree

Job description

DP World Financial Services is looking for an experienced Credit Manager to support the growth of its corporate trade finance business. This is an opportunity to play a key role in assessing and managing credit risk for large corporate clients, supporting trade finance transactions and protecting the business against potential credit losses.

DP World Financial Services is looking for an experienced Credit Manager to support the growth of its corporate trade finance business. This is an opportunity to play a key role in assessing and managing credit risk for large corporate clients, supporting trade finance transactions and protecting the business against potential credit losses. Working closely with the Head of Credit and wider Finance, Legal and Risk teams, you’ll manage a portfolio of complex corporate accounts while helping shape credit decisions in a fast-growing business.

How You Will Contribute

• Conduct credit due diligence and underwriting for large corporate clients, assessing financial performance, business risks and industry conditions.
• Assess and structure complex trade finance transactions, including receivables and payables financing, invoice discounting, factoring and inventory financing.
• Analyse financial statements, monitor portfolio exposure and identify early warning signs of credit deterioration.
• Lead credit monitoring, collections, remediation and recoveries, ensuring risks are identified and mitigated proactively.
• Review term sheets and lending documentation, ensuring compliance with internal policies and regulatory requirements.
• Work with corporate clients, financial institutions, legal teams and external risk and recovery specialists.
• Provide guidance to credit analysts and support effective credit decision-making across the business.

What You Will Bring

• 12+ years' credit risk experience within UK banks or non-bank financial institutions.
• Strong knowledge of corporate credit risk and trade finance.
• Experience assessing and structuring lending facilities for large UK corporate clients.
• Excellent financial statement analysis, risk assessment and mitigation skills.
• Strong communication, analytical and decision-making abilities, with the confidence to manage complex cases in a fast-paced environment.
• A bachelor's or postgraduate degree.

Compensation

DP World offers exciting and challenging roles within a growing international organization. We strive to hire and develop the right people, locally and globally, stimulating personal growth and self-development within an informal atmosphere. We offer a market competitive compensation package.

About DP World

Trade is the lifeblood of the global economy, creating opportunities and improving the quality of life for people around the world. DP World exists to make the world’s trade flow better, changing what’s possible for the customers and communities we serve globally. With a dedicated, diverse and professional team of more than 120,000 employees spanning 75 countries on six continents, DP World is pushing trade further and faster towards a seamless supply chain that’s fit for the future. We’re rapidly transforming and integrating our businesses -- Ports and Terminals, Marine Services, Logistics and Technology - and uniting our global infrastructure with local expertise to create stronger, more efficient end-to-end supply chain solutions that can change the way the world trades. What's more, we're reshaping the future by investing in innovation. From intelligent delivery systems to automated warehouse stacking, we’re at the cutting edge of disruptive technology, pushing the sector towards better ways to trade, minimising disruptions from the factory floor to the customer’s door.

WE MAKE TRADE FLOW