Senior Analyst – Finance Operations (Structured Trade Finance)

Role Overview

The Senior Analyst – Finance Operations (Structured Trade Finance) is responsible for the end-to-end operational management of Trafigura’s structured finance portfolio, from transaction onboarding and pre-disbursement control through to ongoing transaction monitoring, debt servicing, exposure reporting, and portfolio analytics.

What You Will Do

Key responsibilities include pre-disbursement management, transaction management, covenant monitoring, conditions subsequent monitoring, performance monitoring against contractual documentation, financing facilities, and providing regular updates to funding banks and risk participating institutions.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate will have 4-8 years of relevant work experience in structured trade finance, commodity finance, or lending portfolio management, with a strong control mindset, proactive and innovative, and excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Requirements

• 4-8 years of relevant work experience in structured trade finance, commodity finance, or lending portfolio management
• MBA in Finance
• Undergraduate degree in Engineering (desirable)
• Familiarity with pre-export finance, prepayment facilities, risk participations, ECA structures, and tolling facilities (advantageous)
• Ability to interpret legal agreements and term sheets across a range of structured finance products
• Solid financial analysis skills including covenant monitoring (financial ratios, coverage ratios)
• Proficiency in Excel
• Familiarity with covenant monitoring solutions (advantageous)
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Proactive and innovative
• Strong organisational skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Collaborative team player

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Benefits package
• Opportunities for professional growth and development
• Collaborative and dynamic work environment

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