Manager – Trade Finance & Treasury Wave HR Advisory

The Corporate Institute; Mumbai; Sur place; INR 3 500 000 - 5 200 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

The Corporate Institute in Mumbai is seeking an experienced corporate treasury leader to manage a 5-member team, oversee LC and SBLC processes, and coordinate with banking partners to ensure timely and accurate documentation and funding.

You will drive end-to-end LC applications, negotiate bank terms, and maintain tight controls across risk and accounting interfaces. Strong English communication and 8–10 years of treasury or banking experience are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or quantitative field.
• 8–10 years in corporate treasury or banking, with 3–5 years in a leadership role.
• Strong knowledge of LC mechanisms, Buyer’s Credit, SBLCs and MT 202 SWIFT types.
• Direct experience in Commodity/Chemical trading or high-volume Import/Export.
• Professional fluency in English and MS Office proficiency.

Responsabilités

• Lead and mentor a 5-member treasury team; allocate work per priorities.
• Ensure quality control of client/bank communications and documentation.
• Drive LC/SBLC lifecycle end-to-end with bank selection and amendments.
• Secure bank quotes and handle bank queries, MT 202 and related payments.
• Maintain relationships with consortium banks; visit branches as needed.

Connaissances

Leadership

Team management

English communication

Attention to detail

Formation

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics

Outils

MS Office

Description du poste

Key Responsibility Areas (KRAs):

• Lead, mentor, and track the daily roles and responsibilities of your 5-member treasury team, dynamically allocating work to match business priorities.
• Maintain team leadership and quality control for communications, and documentation prepared by your team before they go out to clients or banks, maintaining our professional standard.
• Drive the entire Letter of Credit (LC) and Standby LC (SBLC) lifecycle. You will map out LC priorities with the Director, select the ideal issuing bank based on available limits across our banks, and handle flawless end-to-end applications and amendments.
• Secure competitive supplier credit quotes from banks/agents. You will handle bank queries for LC issuance, buyer’s credit requests, and debit note payments, including managing overseas bank funding, interest SWIFTs, and MT 202 transactions.
• Represent our company to the consortium member banks. You will maintain strong personal relationships with our bankers, occasionally visiting branch offices to fast-track urgent LC issuances or resolve complex banking matters.
• Take ownership of verifying and drafting critical shipping documentation, including BL (Bill of Lading) drafts, Sales Contracts signed by Directors, and Letters of Indemnity (LOI).
• Seamlessly coordinate with the logistics team to provide essential clearance sets (Invoices, LC copies, POs/SOs, non-negotiable documents, original BL/CEPA, and Form-I/Cartor Declarations) to guarantee zero port delays.
• Consolidate upcoming due dates and payment milestones, feeding data to the risk desk for timely booking of forward contracts.
• Keep us fully compliant by managing quarterly Unhedged Foreign Currency Exposure (UFCE) data submissions to banks, ensuring CA certification is obtained half-yearly. You will also oversee the timely submission of pending Bills of Entry (BOE).
• Oversee the continuous, daily update of our Master Treasury Files (including tracking vessel itineraries, new sales/purchase order details, and cash adjustments).
• Run monthly fund planning forecasts, monitor upcoming payment obligations, and track LC expiries to proactively manage extensions.
• Ensure payment advices and transaction breakdowns are quickly passed to the accounts for accurate logging into our Spectrum ERP.
• Any other industry specific treasury related work as required.

Educational Qualifications, experience and skill set:

• Educational degree: Minimum bachelors degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a highly quantitative field.
• Experience: A minimum of 8-10 years of progressive experience in corporate treasury or corporate banking, with at least 3-5 years in a leadership role. Exceptional hands-on understanding of LC mechanisms, Buyer’s Credit, SBLCs, and SWIFT message types (MT 202, etc.). You are highly organized and comfortable supervising continuous data entry into complex Master/MIS trackers.
• Industry background: Direct experience within a Commodity Trading, Chemical Trading, or high-volume Import/Export environment is highly preferred.
• Soft skills: Professional fluency in English, proficiency in MS Office tools.