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Job Title: Trade Finance Operations- Assitant to Department Manager
Job Location: NJ: Jersey City
Pay Rate: Open
Job Length: full time
Start Date: 2008-05-02

Company Name: Robert Half International
Contact: HR
Phone: email only please
Fax: email only please

Description: Trade Finance Operations- Assitant to Department Manager

Our Client, a an international investment bank is looking for an assistant to the manager of Trade Finance. Commodities (Hard & Soft) Trade Finance and structuring International Standby Letters of Credit. The continuing development, maintenance and monitoring of processes and controls. Day to day monitoring of workflow to ensure adherence to internal / external deadlines. Prompt upward communication of possible or actual missed deadlines. Proactively provide management with observations and action plans for workflow improvements and or issues. Actively participate in internal technical discussions Continuously monitor workflow and actively address / resolve issues as appropriate advising the department manager accordingly. Perform surprise spot checks on daily work processes to identify procedural inefficiencies / weaknesses, staff training needs, control deficiencies. Report same to management. As directed, assist in the development, acceptance testing, user training and establishment of procedures / controls of the department’s processing application and peripheral systems. Department’s Business Recovery and Pandemic plans. This will include the periodic testing of plans and prompt resolution of deficiencies. Department activities both current and planned, comply with all applicable Regulatory and Legal Regulations. Assist staff in the resolution of technical issues related to Trade Finance and related processing applications. Perform periodic review of work outstanding within the department and a quality check of work undertaken, ensuring that all policies and procedures are being complied with Assist management in the review and analysis of proposals for new business and products from an operational perspective. Provide hands on processing support as required due to workload and or resource demands Provide additional support to approvers as situation demands Additional Information Location: Jersey City, NJ

Job ID: 02681-100175

Experience: Qualifications 7 to 10 years of experience in the structuring and issuance of Trade Finance related products with particular emphasis on Standby Letters of Credit. Thorough knowledge of all prevailing Uniform Customs and Practices for Documentary Credits [UCP600] and International Standby Practices (ISP98) including Uniform Commercial Code Article 5. Boycott regulations. Money transfer and its relation to processing Trade Finance transactions. Good verbal and written communication skills. Comfortable using Microsoft software with emphasis on WORD, EXCEL Ability to multi task and flexibility is essential

Unit: Robert Half Finance & Accounting

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