Trade Integration Analyst

Thakral One Pte. Ltd.; Makati; On-site; PHP 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Thakral One Pte. Ltd. is seeking a Trade Integration Analyst to define and support integration solutions across Trade Finance platforms and the broader banking technology ecosystem.

You will translate requirements into functional specs, data mappings, interfaces, and test scenarios for reliable processing across trade systems, core banking, payments, compliance, and external networks. You will gather and document requirements, map current and target processes for LC, guarantees, and collections,

Qualifications

• You have 8–10 years in banking or financial services with 3+ years in Trade Finance analysis, operations, implementation or integration.
• You understand Trade Finance instruments (LCs, bank guarantees, documentary collections).
• You can produce BRDs, functional specs, interface docs, data mappings, process models, and test artefacts.
• You hold a related Bachelor's degree as listed in education, and have experience in core banking transformation or multi-system integration.

Responsibilities

• Gather, validate, and document requirements for Trade Finance initiatives.
• Map current and target state processes for LC, guarantees, and documentary collections.
• Define integration requirements between trade platforms and core banking, payments, treasury, GL, AML, and external networks.
• Prepare interface specs, mappings, transformation rules, validations, and reconciliations.
• Collaborate across architects, developers, vendors, and operations to validate designs.
• Develop and support test scenarios and perform defect triage and root-cause analysis.
• Validate end-to-end transaction and message flows including accounting entries and settlements.
• Facilitate workshops, design reviews, fit-gap sessions, and stakeholder reviews.
• Maintain traceability, decisions, risks, dependencies, and interface documentation.
• Support data migration, cutover, and post-go-live stabilization.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder communication

Client-facing collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Banking, Finance, Business, IT or CS

Tools

Finastra Trade Innovation

Oracle FLEXCUBE

Temenos Transact

FIS core banking platform

Job description

As a Trade Integration Analyst, you will analyse, define, and support integration solutions across Trade Finance platforms and the wider banking technology ecosystem. You will translate operational and product requirements into functional specifications, interface designs, data mappings, and test scenarios to enable reliable processing across trade systems, core banking, payments, compliance, finance, and external networks.

What You'll Do and How You'll Succeed

• Gather, analyse, validate, and document business, functional, non-functional, and integration requirements for Trade Finance initiatives.
• Map current-state and target-state processes covering Letters of Credit, Bank Guarantees, Documentary Collections, Open Account Trade, and related servicing activities.
• Define integration requirements between Trade Finance platforms and core banking, payments, treasury, general ledger, AML and sanctions screening, regulatory reporting, and external messaging networks.
• Prepare interface specifications, source-to-target mappings, transformation rules, validation rules, exception handling, and reconciliation requirements.
• Collaborate with architects, developers, vendors, operations, product, compliance, finance, and testing teams to validate solution designs.
• Develop functional, integration, system, and user acceptance test scenarios and support test execution, defect triage, and root cause analysis.
• Validate end-to-end transaction and message flows, including accounting entries, charges, settlement, status updates, and exception processing.
• Facilitate requirements workshops, design walkthroughs, fit-gap sessions, and stakeholder reviews.
• Maintain requirements traceability, decisions, assumptions, risks, dependencies, and interface documentation throughout delivery.
• Support data migration, implementation readiness, cutover, post-go-live stabilisation, and knowledge transfer.

We'd Love to Hear From You If...

Experience

• You have 8–10 years of experience in banking or financial services, including at least 3 years in Trade Finance analysis, operations, implementation, or integration.
• You have working knowledge of Trade Finance instruments and processes, including Letters of Credit, Guarantees, and Documentary Collections.
• You have experience producing business requirements, functional specifications, interface documents, data mappings, process models, and test artefacts.
• You have a Bachelor's degree in Banking, Finance, Business, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field.
• You have experience in core banking transformation, platform modernisation, or multi-system integration programmes is preferred.
• You have experience working in Agile, waterfall, or hybrid delivery environments is preferred.

Technical Expertise

• You are familiar with SWIFT trade messages, ISO 20022 concepts, trade compliance, sanctions screening, and industry rules including UCP 600, ISP98, and URDG.
• You have experience with a recognised Trade Finance or core banking platform such as Finastra Trade Innovation, Oracle FLEXCUBE, Temenos Transact, FIS, or an equivalent solution is preferred.
• You understand of APIs, middleware, message queues, event-based integration, batch files, and enterprise service bus patterns is preferred.

Ways of Working

• You can communicate effectively with business and technical stakeholders in a client-facing environment.
• You bring structured analytical problem-solving and clear documentation skills, with the ability to coordinate effectively across stakeholders and vendors.
• Employment Type: Full-time / Project-based