Trade Finance - Vice President

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SMBC: A trusted partner for the long term

Here at SMBC Group, we want to help you find the next step in your career so read on to discover if this opportunity is the one for you. We like to recognise potential in our people, so we welcome your application even when your experience doesn’t perfectly align with the job description. Whilst we’ll always strive to be better, we’re proud of our inclusive culture, and encourage our applicants and colleagues to be their authentic, unique selves.

United by a sense of purpose towards our customers – to be a trusted partner for the long-term – and our universal banking platform in EMEA, SMBC Group has an international growth agenda and award-winning products, meaning we provide exciting opportunities to work on a diverse range of projects and initiatives. We deliver a full suite of corporate finance products and solutions to our customers as well as investment banking and advisory services, and a range of innovative solutions in global capital markets.

Read on to find out how you could enhance your skills and gain valuable experience, by joining us to support our clients transition to a sustainable future.

• The role requires client facing dealing to interact with investors for trade finance products. An ability to structure and lead the execution of the distribution is required as is a knowledge of relevant documentation for both the underlying assets and documentation with investors.
• Identify and onboard new investors / counter parties and distribution structures for trade finance products (both corporate and FI assets) alongside maintaining relationships with the existing portfolio of investors.
• Structure and lead the execution of the distribution / risk-mitigation of both corporate and FI assets when required.
• The role requires strong communication skills to interface with various other departments in EMEA, branches across the regions and other global locations both within GTFD and other departments of the Bank.

The anticipated salary range for this role is £90,000 - £136,000, with the final offer determined based on the candidate’s skills, experience, role scope, location, and relevant market factors. In addition to base salary, the role may be eligible for a discretionary incentive award and a competitive benefits package, including core benefits such as pension provision

• The role sits within the EMEA Trade & Working Capital Solutions team, reporting into the Head of Distribution Desk.
• This role will proactively contribute to distribution / risk-mitigation of trade products on a deal-by-deal, facility level or portfolio basis, including running the distribution of transactions with a high level of autonomy. The role includes taking personal control of transactions as deal team lead.
• Engagement involves leading on marketing assets to investors, coordination with wider deal teams within SMBC at the outset of a deal and ensuring smooth transaction execution.
• There is a significant customer facing element to the role covering all types of customers including banks and non-bank financial institutions, institutional investors and Multilaterals/DFIs. The role may be expected to have its own network of investors and other industry players.
• Internally, the role interfaces with various other departments in EMEA, branches across the regions and other global locations both within GTFD and other departments.
• These interfaces will occur largely on a transaction specific basis whilst working as part of a deal team. In addition, there will be times when these consultations will be related to broader strategy and policy matters, i.e. not transaction specific.