Assistant Manager - Trade Operations (Mashreq Global Network Pakistan)

Mashreq; Pakistan; On-site; PKR 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Mashreq in Pakistan seeks a senior Trade Operations professional to oversee processing, sanction checks, and SWIFT messaging in line with UCP/ISBP/ISP guidelines.

The role requires deep knowledge of guarantees and letters of credit, strong accounting know-how, and excellent analytical and interpersonal skills. You will manage transactions, ensure accurate charging, and prevent reconciliation issues.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 9–12 years of relevant experience in Trade Operations.
• Expert knowledge of Letter of Guarantee and Letter of Credit.
• Expert knowledge of accounting entries and UATs.
• Understanding of amortization principles.
• Strong communication, team management and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency in MS Office.

Responsibilities

• All processing should follow SOP/OPM and UCP/ISBP/ISP as applicable and charges per extant guidelines.
• Perform sanction checking of relevant parties in documents.
• Handle Trade Operations.
• Authorize/input transactions into the system and prepare/authorize relevant SWIFT messages.
• Ad-hoc tasks as assigned by the Team Head.
• Ensure no revenue leakage due to missed charges collection.
• No outstanding reconciliation entries pending in Nostro or Internal accounts.

Skills

Communication skills

Team management

Interpersonal skills

Attention to detail

Analytical skills

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

MS Office

Job description

The incumbent will be responsible for Trade Payments and Other Miscellaneous activities as per Bank’s internal policies, SOP’s as well as ICC guidelines and authorising the transactions in the processing system. The coverage will be all the areas of Trade Finance for various business segments.

Key Result Areas

• All processing should be as per SOP/OPM’s and UCP/ISBP/ISP as applicable and charges recovery to be as per the extant guidelines.
• Perform sanction checking of relevant parties in documents.
• Handle Trade Operations.
• Responsible for authorizing/inputting transactions into the system and prepare/authorize relevant SWIFT messages.
• Ad-hoc tasks given by the Team Head
• Ensure errors/knowledge gaps are shared with line manager/team to address customer service issues.
• No revenue leakage due to miss out in charges collection
• No outstanding reconciliation entries pending in Nostro or Internal accounts.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree
• At least 9-12 years of relevant working experiences in Trade Operations
• Expert level knowledge in Understanding of Letter of Guarantee and Letter of Credit
• Expert level knowledge of accounting entries and UATs.
• Understanding of amortization principles
• Good communication skills, Team Management and interpersonal skills
• Proficiency in MS Office (Word and Excel)
• Attentive to details, good analytical skills and interpersonal skills