🌍 Exciting Career Opportunity: Trade Operations Officer – NMB Bank PLC
📍 Location: Head Office, HQ
📌 Employment Type: Full-Time
🔹 About the Role
NMB Bank PLC is seeking a highly skilled Trade Operations Officer to support the Trade Finance Operations Manager in ensuring smooth execution of trade finance products while complying with regulatory and operational requirements.
This is a great opportunity for a detail-oriented and analytical professional who thrives in a fast-paced financial environment.
🔹 Key Responsibilities
✅ Trade Finance Operations & Compliance:
- Ensure smooth and efficient operation of Trade Finance Products in compliance with regulatory requirements.
- Conduct thorough AML screenings and sanctions checks for all trade transactions before submission.
- Verify and process all trade finance applications, ensuring documents align with customer mandates and facility approvals.
- Monitor trade product transactions, payments, claims, and settlements to ensure accuracy and timely execution.
✅ Risk Management & Process Adherence:
- Understand and monitor key operational risk indicators, escalating any risk-related concerns promptly.
- Ensure strict adherence to security policies and system controls in all transactions.
- Process inward and outward SWIFT messages related to trade finance and ensure timely follow-up.
- Review daily maturity reports for trade finance products such as Letters of Credit (LCs), Guarantees, Trade Loans, and Export Bills, ensuring settlement or closure of non-performing/expired contracts.
✅ Stakeholder & Client Management:
- Collaborate with internal teams and external stakeholders to ensure seamless processing of trade finance products.
- Maintain strong client relationships through effective communication and prompt service delivery.
- Provide KYC support to ensure compliance with banking and trade finance regulations.
🔹 Required Qualifications & Experience
🎓 Education:
✔ Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Taxation, or any other business-related field.
📌 Certifications & Professional Skills:
✔ Certification in Trade Finance (CITF), CPA, CPB is an added advantage.
✔ Minimum 3 years of experience in banking operations, preferably in Trade Finance.
✔ Sound knowledge of international trade finance regulations including:
- UCP 600 (Letter of Credit)
- URDG (Demand Guarantees)
- URC 522 (Collection of Trade Documents)
✔ Understanding of Exchange Control Rulings, Sanctions Policies, and Trade Finance regulations.
✔ Ability to analyze complex trade operations in a multi-party transactional environment.
📌 Soft & Technical Skills:
✔ Strong attention to detail and risk management capabilities.
✔ Excellent client communication and relationship-building skills.
✔ Ability to work collaboratively in a diverse team environment.
✔ Analytical thinking with the ability to manage multiple transactions effectively.
🌍 Why Join NMB Bank PLC?
NMB Bank PLC is an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to fostering a diverse and gender-balanced workforce. We strongly encourage female candidates and persons with disabilities to apply.
📅 Application Deadline: 31st March 2025
📅 Job Opening Date: 17th March 2025
🎯 Take this opportunity to grow your career with one of the leading financial institutions in the region! 🚀
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