Trade Finance Servicing, Analyst

MUFG Americas; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global financial group is seeking a dedicated professional to join their trade finance team in Kuala Lumpur. The role includes auditing trade finance documents, identifying potential risks in transactions, and ensuring compliance with bank policies and regional regulations. Ideal candidates should have a degree in finance or relevant experience, showcasing strong analytical, decision-making, and effective communication skills. This position offers the chance to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent work experience equally preferable.
• Experience in a complex financial services environment.
• Basic understanding of financial products and compliance regulations.

Responsibilities

• Trace and review trade finance documents and outstanding payments.
• Identify and escalate potential risks associated with letters of credit transactions.
• Reconcile letters of credit fees and liabilities.
• Investigate customer inquiries responsibly under SLAs.
• Comply with various regional government regulatory agencies and bank policies.

Skills

Effective communication

Analytical thinking

Critical thinking

Decision-making

Integrity

Education

Degree in finance or other relevant field

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 150,000 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.

Education

• Degree or equivalent work experience equally preferable
• Degree in finance or other relevant field

Experience

• Experience within a complex financial services environment providing support for trade finance servicing, structuring trade deals and supply chain finance
• Basic understanding of financial products, accounting principles and compliance regulations

Functional Skills

• Awareness of relevant regional bank policies, procedures and government regulatory agencies
• Basic understanding of economic and political risks in international trade, e.g. exchange rate risk
• Working knowledge of commonly used trade financing reporting, reconciliation and audit mechanisms and tools

Foundational Skills

• Communicates effectively
• Identifies multiple paths to success through the development of analytical, critical thinking, and decision‑making skills
• Exercises sound judgement and strives for continuous improvement
• Demonstrates optimism, resilience, flexibility, and openness to others’ ideas
• Learns while doing
• Actively listens and asks thoughtful questions
• Leverages available technology to achieve efficiency and results
• Engages inclusively and with intent
• Always acts with integrity

Responsibilities

• Traces researches, reviews and audits trade finance documents, outstanding payments, document examinations, discrepancy notifications, letters of credit renewals and maturity files seeking assistance based on level of complexity
• Identifies and escalates potential risks associated with letters of credit transactions
• Reconciles and balances letters of credit fees, liabilities and posted items
• Investigates customer inquiries, adhering to established SLAs
• Understands and complies with bank policies, procedures and various regional government regulatory agencies including: U.S. Department of Commerce Anti‑Boycott Provision, U.S. Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control Regulations, Bank Secrecy Act, Anti‑Money Laundering, Patriot Act, Sarbanes‑Oxley, Uniform Customs and Practice (UCP), Uniform Rules of Collections (URC), International Standby Practices (ISP) and International Standard Banking Practice (ISBP)
• Produces reports and recognizes, understands and deciphers patterns
• Supports processing of specialized trade finance transactions such as letters of credit, amendments, acceptances and collections reimbursements
• Assists with the preparation and recording of issuances, amendments, negotiations and related trade finance correspondence for standby and commercial letters of credit, documentary collections, bank‑to‑bank reimbursements, supply chain finance and dynamic discounting
• Assists with verification and disbursement of payments
• Adheres to export and import regulations as outlined by regional regulatory agencies
• Assists in tracking and improving standard operating procedures

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) is an equal opportunity employer. We view our employees as our key assets as they are fundamental to our long‑term growth and success. MUFG is committed to hiring based on merit and organsional fit, regardless of race, religion or gender.