Mandarin speaking Trade Services Clerk - Banking

The Skills You'll Need:

• Fluent Mandarin and English
• Importing and exporting initiation and settlement business, including L/Cs, Clean and Documentary Collections, Bank Guarantees, trade finance business
• Swift Experience within banking

Your New Salary: Depending on experience

Fully Office Based

Start: ASAP

Report to: Head of Institutional Banking

To be successful in this role our client has said it is essential that candidates:

• Are fluent in Mandarin Chinese
• Have importing and exporting initiation and settlement business within banking
• Have L/Cs, Clean and Documentary Collections, Bank Guarantees, trade finance business experience
• Have Swift Experience within banking

If that means this job isn't a match for you please view our other vacancies for one that may be a better fit.

What You'll be Doing:

• Perform tasks relating to import and export initiation and settlement business, including L/Cs, Clean and Documentary Collections, Bank Guarantees, trade finance business
• AML System checking and assessment on trade transactions
• All aspects of import/export transactions including: L/C advising, issuance, confirmation, acceptances, collections such as D/P, D/A, etc., scan document and send to BPC for their checking under import/export L/Cs, effecting payment under L/Cs, D/P, D/A, etc., bank guarantees / standby L/Cs and import finance, L/C reimbursement and collections under D/P, D/A, etc.
• Double check the contents of delivery documents before mailing
• Trade related finance solutions such as packing loans, factoring, bills discounting, forfaiting and funded or un-funded risk participation
• Calculate accurately the fees and interests for the relevant transactions
• Liaise correspondence in connection with documentary import and export letters of credit for customers of the Bank in line with agreed procedures with BPC
• Collate and check documents which have been processed by BPC to ensure compliant with letters of credit terms and conditions
• Proficient checking of payments with appropriate knowledge of Swift rules after being made by BPC
• Liaise with clients on matters relating to L/C transactions together with BPC
• Assist Head of Institutional Banking in carrying out various trade finance related statistical reports for Management and Head Office
• Funds positioning
• Carrying out periodical accounting reconciliation internally with Credit Administration, Corporate Banking and Financial Control departments and externally with BPC
• Filing and archiving
• All the CDD and AML checking in trade services and other products lines as required by the Bank's policy
• Keep all AML check evidences for audit trail purpose
• Must report / escalate to MLRO for potential positive hit or suspicious transactions in accordance to the Bank's AML policy

The Skills You'll Need to Succeed:

• Fluent in both Mandarin and English
• Support/Operations experience in banking, if possible in Trade Finance/Services, but not essential
• Must have trade finance knowledge if no experience
• Swift system experience is essential
• Accuracy and able to adapt to change in work flows
• Analysis, planning and organising
• Teamwork and communication

We would be grateful if you could send your CV as a Word document. If your application is successful, you will be contacted within 7 days. We regret that due to the high volume of applications we receive we cannot provide feedback on individual CVs. Please note that we can only consider candidates who are eligible to work in the UK and are able to provide relevant supporting documentation.

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