Analyst, Supply Chain Finance (12 Month FTC)

MUFG Americas; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a detail-oriented professional for the Trade Finance Middle Office role. This position involves managing complex transactions, ensuring compliance with facility agreements, and providing exceptional support to stakeholders. The ideal candidate will possess strong communication, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, with a proactive approach to managing a diverse workload. Join a forward-thinking organization that values innovation and collaboration, and be part of a team dedicated to making a meaningful impact in the financial sector. If you are ready to take the next step in your career and thrive in a dynamic environment, this opportunity is for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in Loan Operations or Supply Chain related lending is preferred.
• Strong understanding of deal structures and lending products.

Responsibilities

• Manage supply chain finance loan portfolio and ensure compliance with agreements.
• Communicate and negotiate with stakeholders including Front Office, Lenders, and Borrowers.

Skills

Communication Skills

Problem Solving

Decision Making

Attention to Detail

Numerical Skills

Proactive Approach

Education

GCSE or Equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

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.

As one of the top financial groups globally with a vision to be the world's most trusted, we want to attract, nurture and retain the most talented individuals in the market. The size and range of MUFG's global business creates opportunities for our employees to stretch themselves and reap the rewards, whilst our common values, to behave with integrity and responsibility, and to build a culture which is fair, transparent, and honest, underpin everything that we do.

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

• Trade Finance Middle Office – Supply Chain Finance are responsible for acting as first point of contact on transactions which need special or complicated handling, uncommitted deals that have not been accepted by a Front Office and which need pricing/agreement.
• Management of the supply chain finance loan portfolio (on boarding of suppliers/buyers/investors, tracking/distribution of funds, agreeing of rates, sub participation, ‘referral’ deals, revaluation activity, deals under default arrangements, uncommitted deals, alternative funding deals, or deals with features or handling that cannot be readily handled in core processing systems without intervention).
• Engage with Front Offices when on-boarding new deals, advise and suggest structures which can be handled, and establish processes and handling to manage exceptional items.
• Monitor for scheduled and unscheduled events on the loan portfolio which need handling not covered by Loan Participation team.
• Act as an escalation point for the Loan Participation team when any issues arise that may be unclear or need ongoing engagement and investigation to resolve.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Completion of daily obligations in accordance with Facility Agreements, Head Office rules, and regulations.
• Responsible for the accurate input of work, and verification of transactions.
• Proactively manage events related to portfolio of Facilities, including fee and loan related claims, calculations, advices, rate-fixing, and settlements.
• Provide assistance, as requested, to line management in the control of daily work flows to ensure timely completion of daily obligations.
• Escalation to Line Management of any issues that may affect a particular facility or event.
• Ability to locate and use simple clauses in the Facility Agreement to determine appropriate actions.
• Provide general support to facilitate the implementation of projects as necessary.
• Communicate and negotiate with a variety of Stakeholders, including Front Office, Lenders and Borrowers.
• Build relationships throughout MUFG to establish a peer network, gather relevant information and help to ensure effective inter-departmental collaboration.
• Operate as product specialist providing subject matter expertise where required.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Preferred: Some experience of Loan Operations or Supply chain related lending.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Functional / Technical Competencies:

Essential

• Good understanding of deal structures, triggers and limits to ensure accurate registration of facility and monitoring of conditions.
• Solid understanding of lending products to track limits and utilisations for potential credit line breaches, escalation and reporting.
• Solid understanding of deal lifecycles and trigger monitoring.
• Good understanding of deal structures and flows including operational workability and system capture.

Education / Qualifications:

Essential

• Minimum GCSE or Equivalent.

PERSONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Excellent communication skills.
• Results driven, with a strong sense of accountability.
• A proactive, motivated approach.
• The ability to operate with urgency and prioritise work accordingly.
• Strong decision making skills, the ability to demonstrate sound judgement.
• A structured and logical approach to work.
• Strong problem solving skills.
• A creative and innovative approach to work.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• The ability to manage large workloads and tight deadlines.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• A calm approach, with the ability to perform well in a pressurised environment.
• Strong numerical skills.
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills.

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.