Latin America Trade Finance- Analyst/Associate

SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group offering a diverse range of financial services. The Analyst or Associate position in the Global Trade Finance Latam team will support Senior Sales and Origination Team in business origination, deal structuring, and working capital analysis while collaborating with various stakeholders for internal approval processes.

Responsibilities

• Support the origination of new business opportunities
• Perform working capital and free cash flow analysis, benchmark against client peers and comparables
• Prepare and deliver client pitch materials (presentations and/or written proposals)
• Prepare and deliver internal materials and reports to be presented to management
• Provide monthly reports to management and other ad hoc reports
• Support the structuring of working capital solutions for clients
• Work together with Corporate Finance for credit and all other internal approval committees process
• Support document review in coordination with in-house legal counsel or external counsel
• Remain aware of all compliance and risk factors and continually work together with senior members of the team to proactively minimize and mitigate risk
• Participate in quarterly and annual portfolio review and related management reporting
• Support the senior Sales originators in the development of new product solutions with the respective areas
• Responsible for ad-hoc requests from team leader of the business
• Keep abreast of industry updates and economic environment as it relates to working capital finance
• Respond to day-to-day inquiries from clients, relationship managers, middle and back office
• Responsible for ad-hoc requests from team leader of the business
• Maintain and develop good communication channels with all internal business partners

Skills

• 1 to 4 years of experience in trade finance or corporate finance
• Knowledge of cross border trade finance either within a Financial Institution or a company that acted as client of Trade Finance
• Bachelor degree in Business, Economics or related field
• Fluent in Spanish and English
• Ability to deliver results under pressure and tight timeframes
• Critical thinking, teamwork / collaboration and pro-activeness
• Minimum of 2+ years of work experience in the front office of a corporate bank or trade finance department preferred
• Master's degree is preferred
• Desirable Portuguese

Benefits

• Competitive portfolio of benefits

Company Overview

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