Senior Analyst

• Job Title: SBLC/Guarantees team - Analyst II
• Duration: 1 year (Possibility of extension/Conversion)
• Location: Montreal (preferred), Toronto (2nd preference) - First 3 months, 5 days onsite. Once trained, 3 days a week

***Overtime occasional, sometimes working on Canadian Holidays as the team supports US clients***

• Required Degree/Level of Education: Post-secondary education
• Certifications Required: Trade finance certs- CSDG would be top cert, CSDC – 2nd preferred
• Required Years of Overall Experience: 3 to 5 years would be ideal

• Preferred/Ideal Candidate Background:Trade finance experience
• Good knowledge of AML
• If they spoke Spanish- would be an asset
• Bilingual would be ideal as well
• Summary Of The Role:
• Drafting, issuing, advising and amending different types of SBLC/Guarantees and processing any other requests or correspondence regarding SBLC/ Guarantees issued or advised

• Must-Have Skills:Trade Finance exp- Standby LC and Bank Guarantee’s
• AML knowledge

Soft Skills:

1.) Strong communication skills – very important for this role. Strong verbal and written communication skills.

• Nice-To-Have
• 1.) Knowledge of TF360

• Job AccountabilitiesThis is a hybrid role where the chosen individual will both work in administrative tasks and will also issue and advise new transactions and amendments as per the necessity of the team
• Reviewing text of guarantees requested by clients and providing comments either directly to clients or relationship managers
• Drafting, issuing, advising and amending different types of SBLC/Guarantees and processing any other requests or correspondence regarding SBLC/ Guarantees issued or advised
• Releasing transactions as per volumes and requirements of the team
• Delivering timely and efficient services as per Service Level Agreements (SLA)
• Prioritize, manage and monitor day to day operations of the team and workflow and distribute daily requests among officers and ensure maximum efficiency
• Participate in monthly reporting and reconciliation tasks
• Ensure appropriate controls are in place to minimize risk
• Provide technical advice to clients/partners
• Ensure adherence to internal policies and regulatory guidelines
• Demonstrate strong process management skills
• Ensure consistency & accuracy of the process
• Identify potential risks and operational gaps; recommend and document resolutions
• Ensures due diligence is completed as part of all transactions, as per terms of the trade finance AML procedures
• Execute on ad-hoc requests
• Requires to be available during some Canadian Statutory Holidays on rotational basis in order to cover our multiple province holidays, US & UK business
• This position requires minimum of 18 months commitment to the role
• Hybrid role currently minimum 3 days per week in the office following succesful completion of initial training period, which will take place full time at the office.

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At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws.This position's pay range is $48.00/hr - $52.74/hr.