Trade Finance Analyst

**Main Purpose**:To ensure the timely issuance of Trade Finance instruments and to provide necessary information and documents to banks to properly finance all purchase and sale transactions. To ensure that the team is not accountable for any losses as a result of transactions not being properly financed.
**Knowledge Skills and Abilities, Key Responsibilities**:

- Bachelor degree in Economics/ Accounting/ International Business/ Business Administration
- 2 years working experience within a Trading Company / Financial institution having gained a basic understanding of the principals surrounding Trade Finance instruments and their pitfalls.
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office products (particularly Excel)
- Accurate & precise
- Highly numerate and analytical
- Highly motivated, able to meet tight deadlines
- Team Player
- Advanced English level

**Key Relationships and Department Overview**:
Issuance of bonds whenever material is imported in Peru: Maintain fluent communication with financial institutions, Trafigura departments and Impala for the Issuance, renewal and return of BID bonds necessary for all imports entering Peruvian borders. Maintain up to date paperwork in regards to BID bonds issued to ensure their appropriate tracking on a daily basis.

Checking and processing of cargo payments from countries in the Americas Region. Maintain good relationship and communication with Traf Operations Team in order to understand the biz and ensure correct payment approval. Ensuring timely processing and reviewing of product payments, as well as possible invoice discounting.

Timely and accurate managing of various Borrowing Bases Facilities: Reporting on time and accurately to the Banks. Performing an extensive review of the data to be included in reports to be sent to the Bank. Manage the payment of interest and collateral to Banks.

Liaising with operators regarding deal specifics and authorizing sales only after security is in place.

Liaising with Banks in order to finance the transactions on a bilateral basis and being able to answer all relevant questions from the bank with regards to timing and security.

Checking of contracts for workability from finance perspective to reduce performance and financial risk.

Allocation of bank charges to individual deals through Trafigura’s in house Trading and Accounting system - to include the investigation through the bank channels of any charges which do not meet the agreed criteria set when deal initially negotiated.

The reception/checking and distribution of shipping documents - including the allocation and dispatch of such documents to our trading counter-parts / financing banks.

Preparation of various volume reports for management and banks.

Keeping the in house system updated with information regarding the trades being financed.
Checking of contracts for workability from finance perspective.

Checking Letters of Credit received in our favour and requesting amendments as necessary.

Weekly monitoring and reporting of product in storage for financing purposes with our different banks.

The regular chasing of LC cancellations or reductions not received in a timely manner from our trading counter-parts - thus ensuring that our credit lines are reduced accordingly.

Ensuring timely processing and reviewing of product payments, as well as possible invoice discounting.

Preparation of various volume reports for management and banks.

Keeping the in house system updated with information regarding the trades being financed.

About Us
Founded in 1993, Trafigura is one of the largest physical commodities trading groups in the world. At the heart of global supply, Trafigura connects the world with the vital resources it needs. Through our Oil & Petroleum Products, Metals and Minerals, and Power and Renewables divisions, we deploy infrastructure, skills and a global network to move commodities from where they are plentiful to where they are needed most, forming strong relationships that make supply chains more efficient, secure and sustainable.

Trafigura also owns and operates a number of industrial assets including a majority share of global multi-metals producer Nyrstar and fuel storage and distribution company Puma Energy; and joint ventures Impala Terminals, a port and logistics provider, and Nala Renewables, a power and renewable energy investment and development platform. With over 1,000 shareholders, Trafigura is owned by its employees and employs over 13,000 people working in 48 countries.