Treasury Trade Finance Manager [T500-29302]

ADM; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

ADM India Hub is seeking a Treasury Trade Finance Manager to lead end-to-end management of the company’s trade finance portfolio, including Letters of Credit, Standby Letters of Credit, bank guarantees, and related instruments. The role ensures accurate execution, compliance, and effective management of contingent liabilities and banking facilities.

Reporting to the Treasury Capability Center Director, this hybrid execution and leadership role combines transaction expertise with team leadership,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Banking, Economics, or related field required; master's degree advantageous.
• 7+ years in trade finance with LC and bank guarantee execution experience.
• Experience coordinating across multiple countries/regions with banks and trading desks.

Responsibilities

• Oversee LC and bank guarantees lifecycle from issuance to release and renewals.
• Review and approve wording, documentation, and issuance conditions for accuracy.
• Support internal stakeholders in processing requests and ensuring compliance.
• Escalate documentary discrepancies and coordinate with banks and teams.
• Monitor portfolio exposure, expiry dates, and facility usage; manage renewals.
• Serve as primary contact for banks on day-to-day LC and guarantee matters in EMEA & APAC.
• Ensure compliance with internal policies, SOX controls, and regulatory requirements.
• Lead and develop the trade finance team; drive process standardization and digitalization.
• Provide trade finance reporting and support forecasting and audits.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Multinational coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Banking, Economics, or related field

Master's degree advantage

Job description

We are one of the world’s largest nutrition companies and a global leader in human and animal nutrition. We unlock the power of nature to provide nourishing quality of life by transforming crops into ingredients and solutions for foods, beverages, supplements, livestock, aquaculture, and pets.

About ADM India Hub:

At ADM, we have long recognized the strength and potential of India’s talent pool, which is why we have maintained a presence in the country for more than 25 years. Building on this foundation, we have now established ADM India Hub, our first GCC in India.

At ADM India Hub, we are hiring for IT and finance roles across diverse technology and business functions. We stand at the intersection of global expertise and local excellence, enabling us to drive innovation and support our larger purpose of unlocking the power of nature to enrich quality of life.

Job Title: Treasury Trade Finance Manager

Position Overview:

As part of ADM’s Treasury organization, the Treasury Trade Finance Manager is responsible for the end-to-end management of the company’s trade finance portfolio, including Letters of Credit, Standby Letters of Credit, bank guarantees, bid bonds, performance bonds, and other bank-issued instruments supporting commercial and business activities. The role manages the full lifecycle of these instruments—from structuring and issuance through amendments, monitoring, and cancellation—ensuring accurate execution, compliance with internal policies and banking requirements, and effective management of contingent liabilities and banking facilities.

Reporting to the Treasury Capability Center Director, with a dotted-line relationship to the Regional Treasury Centers, this hybrid execution and management role combines transaction expertise with team leadership. The role remains involved in complex transactions, including structuring, wording review, discrepancy resolution, and documentary compliance, while driving process standardization, operational excellence, digitalization, and continuous improvement in partnership with Treasury Centers, Businesses, Execution, Legal, and banking partners.

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee the full lifecycle of Letters of Credit (LCs) and bank guarantees issued on behalf of the company, including issuance, amendments, extensions, drawdowns, closures, and releases, covering both trade-related instruments and non-trade guarantees (e.g., landlord/lease guarantees, bid bonds, performance guarantees, and other contractual security requirements).
• Review and approve LC and guarantee wording, supporting documentation, and issuance conditions to ensure accuracy, compliance, and alignment with the underlying commercial or contractual agreements (e.g., trading contracts, leases, tenders).
• Support internal stakeholders (business units, trading desks, Legal, Real Estate/Facilities, and other functions) in preparing and processing guarantee and LC requests, ensuring requirements are properly understood and submissions are complete and compliant.
• Act as the escalation point for documentary discrepancies and complex issues, coordinating resolution with issuing banks, beneficiaries, and internal stakeholders under tight deadlines.
• Monitor the LC and guarantee portfolio, including contingent liability exposure, expiry dates, utilization against banking facilities, and required renewals, extensions, or releases.
• Support banking relationships for ADM's documentary business in EMEA & APAC, acting as the primary operational contact for issuing, advising, and confirming banks on day-to- day LC and guarantee matters — service levels, operational issues, and documentary execution — while partnering with Regional Treasury Centers on strategic banking matters, facility terms, fees, and trade finance facility reviews.
• Ensure LC and guarantee activities comply with internal policies, SOX controls, and regulatory requirements by maintaining documentation, coordinating with Compliance on sanctions screening and transaction reviews, supporting audits, and escalating documentary or structural risks.
• Lead and develop the trade finance team by managing priorities, workload allocation, process standardization, continuous improvement, digitalization initiatives, team onboarding and training, and escalation of complex transactions.
• Provide trade finance reporting and analysis to Treasury and senior management, including LC and guarantee exposure, fees, discrepancies, and facility usage; support accounting close, forecasting, and cross-functional coordination to ensure alignment with business, contractual, and risk requirements.

Qualifications & Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Banking, Economics, or related field required; Master's degree an advantage.
• 7+ years in trade finance, ideally within commodity trading, energy, or a bank's trade finance division, with direct LC and bank guarantee execution experience.
• Prior people-management or team-lead experience preferred.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating across multiple countries/regions with banks, trading desks, and internal stakeholders.
• Strong written/verbal communication skills; comfortable collaborating across teams
• A collaborative team player with a strong cross-functional mindset and a can-do attitude