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Manager Trade Finance

Kampala, Uganda * Full-time
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Exim Bank

Category: Finance Total Positions: Location: Kampala, Uganda Full-time Salary: Attractive Posted 1 year ago
KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Responsibility for leading Trade Sales across Corporate & Branch Business segments, advising and structuring for International Trade & Commodities Finance and Correspondent Banking relationships. • Development and implementation of policies, processes, and structures to manage risks in dealing with Trade products within the Bank. • Overall management and responsibility for Trade Finance & Trade related correspondent banking income. • Ensuring maintenance of healthy business environment through strict compliance with policies and procedures, as defined by the Exim Bank and local regulatory authorities. • Develop work plans for the Unit and set SMART goals that are consistent with Exim Bank’s overall strategic objectives. • Responsible for the Growth of the trade finance Business portfolio to ensure set targets of portfolio growth, income and quality are achieved. • Primary responsibility for management of the Trade finance Budget in collaboration with the relationship management teams in the respective business units/segments. • Provide necessary support to the relationship teams through sales materials, sales drives etc. to ensure sustainable growth of Trade funded and NFI numbers. • Work with Corporate, Treasury and Branch Business to develop sales pipelines for Trade-related business in line with overall Account Plans. • Maintenance of the existing client base and acquisition of new businesses from the market and region in which the Exim Bank is represented. • To structure Working Capital solutions and sell Trade solutions to new and existing customers within Corporate & Retail Banking segments. • Drive innovative product offerings through re-engineering existing products or developing new ones for roll out to clients across the region. • Ensure adherence to statutory and bank legal requirements in relation to operations in the Trade Finance front office in the respective subsidiary offices. • Provide support for approvals for concessionary pricing of both funded and non-funded Trade finance products to business units and operations. • Regularly identify, measure, monitor and control the overall levels of risks in the Trade Finance business • Responsible for the units RCSA development, regular reviews and updates to ensure risk management adaptation to the changing business environment • Periodically review and support in development of Structured Trade Finance procedures and processes to mitigate against inherent risks in the region using a solid understanding of the working capital cash conversion cycle and be able to effectively quantify and relate how our Supply Chain Finance and / or traditional Import LC or Export LC solutions would improve a company’s working capital metrics. • Co-ordination of utilization reports for STF facilities between the Trade finance back office, the relationship management team(s) and credit risk for purposes of monitoring. • Support drawing up and implement process SLAs and its effective management (service level agreements)
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QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS
• Ability to analyze and/or interpret financial statements, prepare and assess credit papers. • Keen to detail and able to conceptualize financial investment proposals and provide viable solutions. • Computer literate with proficiency in computerized financial analysis applications. • knowledge of the financial sector, Government securities investment, International Trade Finance opportunities, Money Market and Forex. Dealing Concepts as well as current banking operations practice and Liquidity Management. • Goal driven and result’s oriented: Enjoys being measured and judged by financial and other performance targets. • Must be honest, fair and just with self and others, and demonstrate integrity in work and business contacts. • Must be a people’s person, with the ability to interact with key stakeholders in the various business sectors. • Must be proactive, a self-starter and can see, grasp and advice on opportunities. • REQUIREMENTS. • A bachelor’s degree from a recognized University. • Trade Finance Certification (s) will be an added advantage. • At least 5 years’ work experience in Banking, 3 years of which should be in a Trade or Relationship Management role.
HOW TO APPLY
Kindly send your cover letter and up to date CV to hr@eximbank-ug.com with the subject: JOB APPLICATION: MANAGER TRADE FINANCE by close of business, Tuesday 24th June 2025. Only candidates who meet the minimum requirements shall be contacted.
Deadline: Expired
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